Our Current Trainees: Training Program In Musculoskeletal Research

Predoctoral Trainees

• Ivana Cuberovic, BS
  Department: Biomedical Engineering
  Research Project: Restoring proprioception through electrical stimulation of nerves
  Mentor: Dustin Tyler, PhD
• Brian Fort, BS
  Department: Pathology/Immunology
  Research Project: The role of extracellular ATP in loosening of orthopaedic implants.
  Mentor: Ed Greenfield, PhD
• Beatriz Ibarra, MS
  Department: Biology
  Research Project: Wnt signaling in mesenchymal specification
  Mentor: Radhika Atit, PhD
• Greg Learn, BS
  Department: Biomedical Engineering
  Research Project: Physically induced nuclear elongation as a determinant of stem cell fate
  Mentor: Ozan Akkus, PhD

Postdoctoral Trainees

• Edgardo Rivera-Delgado, PhD
  Department: Biomedical Engineering
  Research Project: Validating an osteoarthritis drug delivery platform with sustained delivery and capacity for reloading
  Mentor: Horst von Recum, PhD
• William Samsa, PhD (postdoc)
  Department: Orthopaedics
  Research Project: The crucial role of Jab1 in bone formation and osteosarcoma pathogenesis
  Mentor: Guang Zhou, PhD
• Victoria Webster-Wood, PhD
  Department: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  Research Project: The Role of Substrate Topography Induced Nuclear Elongation on Tenogenic Differentiation and Transforming Growth Factor 1 and 3 Response of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  Mentor: Ozan Akkus, PhD