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Margaret Tamburro

Pronouns: She/Her

Graduate Student in Bioengineering, Medical Student

University of Pennsylvania

Hometown

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Education

Bachelor of Science, 2019, North Carolina State University

Masters of Science in Engineering, 2023, University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest

Orthopaedic biomechanics, tendon and ligament injury and repair, translational research

Publications

  1. Shetye SS, Tamburro MK, Fung AK, Leahy TP, Magee MN, Raja HA, Weiss SN, Nuss CA, Farber DC, Soslowsky LJ. Sixteen Weeks of High-Speed Treadmill Running is Insufficient to Induce Achilles Tendinopathy in a Rat Model. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 May 8. 
  2. Tamburro MK, Bonilla KA, Shetye SS, Leahy TP, Eekhoff JD, Kim MS, Petucci C, Tobias JW, Farber DC, Soslowsky LJ. Moderate- and High-Speed Treadmill Running Exercise Have Minimal Impact on Rat Achilles Tendon. J Orthop Res. 2025 Mar;43(3):519-530. doi: 10.1002/jor.26030. Epub 2024 Dec 27. PMID: 39731286; PMCID: PMC11806652.
  3. Panebianco CJ, Azar TF, Duffy MP, Nijsure MP, Sharp E, Tamburro MK, Hast M, Shore EM, Mauck RL, Soslowsky LJ, Shuda JR, Gullbrand SE. Learning on a Limb: An outreach module to engage high school students in orthopaedics. J Orthop Res. 2025 Mar.

Conference Abstracts

  1. Tamburro MK, Bonilla KA, Sheyte SS, Leahy TP, Eekhoff JD, Farber DC, Soslowsky LJ. Changes in Viscoelastic Mechanical Properties and Gene Expression in Rat Achilles Tendon Due to Treadmill Running Depend on Exercise Intensity and Duration [Poster]. Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference, Vail, CO, 2023.
  2. Tamburro MK, Carlson JA, Weiss SN, Volk SW, Soslowsky LJ. Collagen III Haploinsufficiency Alters Fibril Size but Not Mechanical Properties in Uninjured, Young Adult Male Murine Tendons [Poster]. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 2023.
  3. Tamburro MK, Fawcett EB, Dixit NN, Saul KR, Cole JH. Effect of Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Location on Muscle Composition [Podium Presentation]. World Congress on Undergraduate Research, Oldenburg, Germany, 2019.
  4. Fawcett EB, Tamburro MK, Dixit NN, Saul KR, Cole JH. Detriments in Scapular Trabecular Bone Following Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Despite Injury Location [Poster]. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2019.
  5. Fawcett EB, Tamburro MK, Dixit NN, Saul KR, Cole JH. Effect of Postganglionic and Preganglionic Brachial Plexus Birth Injury on Muscle Fibrosis [Poster]. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2019. 

Margaret (Maggie) joined the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory in the fall of 2021 and is currently working to complete a combined MD-PhD degree with her doctoral studies in the Department of Bioengineering. In lab, she can be found admiring the natural beauty of tendons or bedazzling the pipette stand. Outside of lab, she is an aspiring Real Housewife of Philadelphia (hoping Andy Cohen will call any day now) and enjoys watching gymnastics, shopping at Marshalls, and checking out Philly's live music scene. 

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