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Welcome to the Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

This National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases of the NIH funded Center (P30 AR050950) was created in 2006 and is directed by Professor Lou Soslowsky. It became an official Type I Center at Penn in 2008. The overall goal of this Center is to promote cooperative interactions among investigators to enrich the effectiveness of ongoing research and promote new research. For our Center, we have chosen the theme of "Musculoskeletal Tissue Injury and Repair". Thus, the primary aims of this Center are to enhance and advance the research productivity of investigators in musculoskeletal tissue injury and repair by:

Aim 1: Developing three critical research core facilities in fundamental areas that cross disciplines and hierarchies. These Core Facilities are Microarray, Structure-Function Biomechanics, and Imaging.

Aim 2: Developing a pilot and feasibility grant program for new and established investigators whereby new approaches, ideas, and collaborations can be developed prior to seeking extramural funding, and,

Aim 3: Developing educational, training, and research enrichment programs for the musculoskeletal community spanning multiple tissue types, research approaches, and paradigms, through which investigators can learn from each other in areas where they are not expert.

In addition to the activities described above, there are also tenure-track faculty positions available within the Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders with partnering departments which will allow the faculty member to join in the contiguous center research space, regardless of home department. Click here to explore open positions.