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ORS Open Door 2024

Date: Friday, February 2, 2024; 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST

Venue: Long Beach Memorial Conference Facilities

Local Partner: CSU Long Beach STEM Outreach and the MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement) Program

Audience: Middle school-aged students from the local Long Beach school districts (120 kids, Paramount Unified School District)

Planning Committee: 8 members across the ORS Social Media Committee, Public Outreach Committee, Scientific Communications Committee, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Partner: California State University (CSU) Long Beach STEM outreach program in collaboration with the Mathematics, Engineering, Science, and Achievement (MESA) organization.

Overview

ORS Open Door is an outreach activity aimed at communicating key aspects of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal science to the general public. The overarching goal of the event is to excite students about the possibility of future careers in musculoskeletal sciences, introducing them to a wide variety of professional pathways and the work performed by our ORS members. Our audience consists of high school students considering college and future career plans, and middle school students choosing their educational trajectory. The focus of this event is specific outreach to underrepresented minorities and first-generation students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.

The program engages participants in presentations and activities designed to teach about potential careers and topics related to musculoskeletal sciences. Events of the day features ORS speakers presenting short talks, a discussion panel of ORS members from under-represented minority backgrounds and first generation students, and hands-on workshops/demos.

View the history of Open Door here.

Speakers

Fairfield University

Sports Medicine / MSK Biomechanics

UT Southwestern

Skeletal Cell Biology

Virginia Tech

Gait Biomechanics and Engineering

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Orthopaedic Medicine

Workshops

  • Sports Medicine / Biomechanics
  • Cartilage & Bone
  • Spine

Program

*Agenda subject to change

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM: Students Arrival and Registration

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM: Welcome / Warmup Activities, Pre-Program Poll

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM: Sports medicine / MSK biomechanics with John Drazan, PhD, Fairfield University 

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM: Skeletal Cell Biology with Paula Hernandez, PhD, UT Southwestern

10:20 AM – 10:50 AM: Gait Biomechanics and Engineering with Robin Queen, PhD, Virginia Tech

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM: Orthopaedic Medicine with Donna Pacicca, MD, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

*All talks: 12 min + 5 min Q&A

11:10 AM – 12:00 PM: Lunch break; ECOTA Elevator Pitch

12:00PM – 12:40 PM: Discussion Panel

MODERATOR: Sharon Smith-Terry, Chief Executive Director, ORS

  • Hugo Giambini, PhD, UT San Antonio
  • Paula Hernandez, PhD, UT Southwestern
  • Sade Clayton, PhD, Washington University

12:45 PM- 2:15 PM: Hands-On Activities / Workshops / Demos (rotating, 25 min + 5 min transition

  •  Sports Medicine / Biomechanics with John Drazan, PhD
  • Cartilage & Bone with Hope Welhaven, BA and Nathanael Reveal, Bioquant
  • Spine with Sade Clayton, PhD and Chester Lowe, Kubtec

2:20 PM – 2:50 PM: Concluding Remarks and Final Q&A

2:50 – 3:00 PM: Post-Program Poll / Dismissal

About the ORS

For over 60 years, the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) has been the leading research society supporting engineers, orthopaedic surgeons, biologists, and clinicians in pursuit of a world without musculoskeletal limitations.

The ORS continues to bring together the best researchers and surgeons in the world and gives them a community to share new research findings, discuss new ideas and to collaborate in new and innovative ways. The ORS offers programs that teach, mentor and encourage our members while inspiring them to move the field of orthopaedic research forward.

Learn more about how you can advocate for increased funding for musculoskeletal research.