Congratulations to the 2026 Award Recipients

2026 Winners Presentation Topic
Denise Iliff Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Combined Anti-tnfα And Anti-depressant Treatments Have Additive Effects Alleviating Pain In Male And Female Rats In A Chronic In-vivo Discogenic Pain Model

Jeffrey Hutchinson Western University

Testosterone Therapy, Friend Or Foe For The Aging Spine

Madeleine Gordon Columbia University

Examining The Role Of CCR2 In Persistent Intervertebral Disc Inflammation

Matthew Fainor University of Pennsylvania

CRISPR Regulation Of Noggin For Growth-factor-free Vertebral Endplate Tissue Engineering

Alejandro Venable-Croft Virginia Tech

Quantitative Analysis Of Anterior Discectomy And Fusion Spine Using Fractal Dimension Analysis

Neharika Bhadouria, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Injury Induces Pain-Like Behaviors And Disability In A Mouse Discogenic Pain Model

Jonah Holbrook University of Utah

DNA Damage in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: CRISPR Modulation of ZNF865 (ZNF865)

Gabriella Bond Columbia University

Regulation Of Nucleus Pulposus Cell Phenotype Through Actomyosin Contractility And Cell Shape

Luca Ambrosio, MD Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico

The Forgotten Spine Score – Towards The Validation Of A Patient-centered Outcome Measure Following Lumbar Spine Fusion