Congratulations to the 2025 Award Recipients
| 2025 Winners | Presentation Topic | |
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| Sydney Caparaso
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Gene Expression Correlates of Pain-Like Behavior and Nerve Innervation in a Rat Model of Chronic Low Back Pain |
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| Sade Clayton, PhD
Washington University
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Aging Alters the Infiltrating Immune Cell Profile and Exacerbates IVD Degeneration Following Injury |
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| Hunter Levis, MS
University of Utah
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Targeted Multiplex CRISPRa Upregulation Of Novel Gene, ZNF865, Enhances Cell Infiltration, Cartilage Deposition and Mechanical Properties of Human-sized Engineered Discs |
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Mary Bucklin, PhD Rush University Medical Center
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Income Predicts Low Back Pain But Not Lumbar Disc Height: Data From The UK Biobank Image Dataset |
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| Leonardo Campos, BS
Columbia University
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Murine Intervertebral Disc Mechanical Analysis Reveals Tissue and Region-Specific Changes With Age |
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| Irina Heggli, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Modic Type 1 Change Bone Marrow Contains More Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Which Overexpress Toll Like Receptor 4 and Show Decreased Responsiveness to Toll-Like Receptor 4 Stimulation |
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| Tori Kroon, MSBME, BSME
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Serpina1a Deletion Exacerbates Age-Related Myeloid Cell Recruitment in Response to Intervertebral Disc Injury |
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| Christian Lewis, MS
University of Utah
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CRISPRa Regulation of ZNF865 in Human Intervertebral Discs: Molecular Insights and Therapeutic Potential |
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| Evie Reddick
Arizona State University
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Investigating the Role of Chondroitin Sulfate in Preventing the Development of Disc-Associated Low Back Pain in a Male and Female Rat Model |
