Congratulations to the 2025 ORS Tendon Section Award Winners

2025 Winners Presentation Topic
Alison Bode 

Mayo Clinic

Cellular Landscape of Connective Tissue Failure to Heal – Biomarkers and Therapies

Chelsea A. Wu 

Mayo Clinic

Senescent Associated Secretory Factors Drive Fibroblast Senescence

Talayah Johnson, MS 

University of Pennsylvania

Differential Response of Neonatal and Adult Limbs to Reduced Loading from Sciatic Nerve Resection

Nicole Migotsky, PhD 

University of Michigan

Mouse Tendon Mechanical Properties Vary Across Eight Inbred Strains

Zizhao Li, MS 

University of Pennsylvania

Advanced Citrate-Based BMP-7-loaded Biphasic Scaffold for Effective Osteochondral Repair

Emily Rogers 

Virginia Tech

Focused Ultrasound Stimulation of PEG-Fibrinogen NO-Releasing Hydrogels for Tendon Healing

Paula Sarmiento, PhD 

Purdue University

Sex-Differences in Rotator Cuff Tissues Through Multiomics

Andy K. Smith, PT, DPT, MS

University of Delaware

Presence Of Intratendinous Neovascularization or Calcifications Does Not Change Tendon Mechanical Properties

Claire D. Eliasberg, MD

Hospital for Special Surgery

Characterization of Macrophage-Related Gene Expression and Folate Receptor Activity in a Murine Subacromial Impingement Model

Emma Stowe, MS 

Boston University

3-Minute Pitch Competition

Emily King, BS, ME

Columbia University

3-Minute Pitch Competition

Elizabeth Seidl

University of Pennsylvania

3-Minute Pitch Competition