Congratulations Robert Merrill on finishing up your Research Rotation. You were remarkably productive with great impact on our basic and clinical research efforts. Thanks for your hard work. Good luck on your rotations and with admissions to orthopaedic residency programs!
Congratulations Varun Hariwan on completing your MS degree in Biomedical Engineering at City College of New York. Thanks for your hard work on your MS program. We’re excited to work with you futher.
Congratulations Rose Long on your latest publication. Our invited review article on design requirements for annulus fibrosus repair was just published!
Design Requirements for Annulus Fibrosus Repair: Review of Forces, Displacements, and Material Properties of the Intervertebral Disk and a Summary of Candidate Hydrogels for Repair. Long RG, Torre OM, Hom WW, Assael DJ, Iatridis JC. J Biomech Eng. 2016 Feb;138(2):021007. doi: 10.1115/1.4032353. PMID: 26720265
Congratulations Morakot Likhitpanichkul and Olivia Torre on your latest publication! Our stretchflam project looking at the interaction of mechanical strain with pro-inflammatory cytokines was just published:
Do mechanical strain and TNF-α interact to amplify pro-inflammatory cytokine production in human annulus fibrosus cells? Likhitpanichkul M, Torre OM, Gruen J, Walter BA, Hecht AC, Iatridis JC. J Biomech. 2016 May 3;49(7):1214-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.029. Epub 2016 Feb 18.
ORS Spine Section 2016 Poster and Podium award winners with ORS Spine Section leadership.
The ORS Spine Section held its first section meeting on Friday, March 4 as part of the ORS 2016 Annual Meeting programming at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida.
The theme for the 2016 meeting was Spine Research for Functional Translation with scientific symposia on animal models and imaging. Invited speakers included spine researchers and clinicians representing academics, government, and industry.
The ORS Spine Section meeting aimed to disseminate cutting edge information on focus topics of interest, to develop & strengthen collaborative research networks, to support young investigators, and to engage clinicians & industry experts. Dr. James Iatridis (shown sixth from left) served as the Chair of the newly created ORS Spine section for 2015 and 2016. Svenja Illien-Junger, PhD (shown third from left) received a Podium Award at for her presentation at this year’s meeting. In all, Dr. Iatridis’ Spine Bioengineer Lab had nine podium presentations at the ORS.
In addition, Mount Sinai alums Dr. Devina Purmessur and Dr. Nelly Andarawis-Puri organized two popular New Investigator mentoring sessions: I) Successfully competing for a faculty position and II) How to lead and motivate a successful team. As one of the leaders of Orthopaedic Research, Dr. James Iatridis was invited to give a lecture on “Choosing the right people” for the second session.
The tendon research program was well represented at the ORS this year with three podium presentations given by Dr. Alice Huang, Kristen Howell, and David Shiovitz. Dr. Huang also served as a moderator for the New Investigator mentoring sessions I and II, as well as Tendon and Ligament: Cell Biology and Development.