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Member/Title/Institution	Email	Keywords
Allison Altman Singles, PhD Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Mechanical Engineering Penn State Berks	ara5093@psu.edu	Biomechanics, gait, bone, running injury
Ugur M Ayturk Assistant Scientist, Department of Musculoskeletal Integrity Hospital for Special Surgery	ayturku@hss.edu	Bone Biology, Osteoblasts, Orthopaedics
Sriram Balasubramanian, PhD Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Drexel University	sb939@drexel.edu	Pediatric Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Mary Barbe, PhD Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology Temple University	mbarbe@temple.edu	Repetitive strain injury, overuse injury, muscle fibrosis, bone biology, carpal tunnel syndrome
Evangelia Bellas, PhD Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Temple University	evangelia.bellas@temple.edu	Adipose Tissue Engineering, Obesity, In Vitro Disease Models, Angiogenesis, Organs-on-Chip, Soft Tissue Regeneration
Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Rothman Institute	Pedro.Beredjiklian@rothmaninstitute.com	Tendon injury, scar formation, regenerative healing cytokines, collagen
Benjamin Binder-Markey, PhD Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Drexel University	bb983@drexel.edu	Muscle mechanics, biomechanics, muscle adaptation, stroke, cancer
Jarrett D. Cain, DPM, MSc Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation University of Pittsburgh	cain1074@gmail.com	Diabetic bone healing, foot & ankle biomechanics, diabetic tendon healing
Xu Cao, PhD Lee Riley Professor Orthopedic Surgery Johns Hopkins Medical Institute New Member	xcao11@jhmi.edu	Bone remodeling, Osteoarthritis
Nicole M. Cattano, MPH, ATC Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine West Chester University	NCattano@wcupa.edu	Osteoarthritis, biomarker, knee injury, tissue trauma, meniscus, ligament, pathophysiologybiochemical, disease modifying, interventions
Pei-Yu Chen, PhD Senior Research Scientist, Cardiovascular Research Center Yale University	pei-yu.chen@yale.edu	Cardiovascular disease, stem cell, connective tissue disease
Qing Chen, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Immunology, Microenvironment & Metastasis Program, The Wistar Institute Cancer Center New Member	qichen@wistar.org	Cancer metastasis
Lesley Chow, PhD Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering / Bioengineering Lehigh University New Member	lesley.chow@lehigh.edu	Biomaterials, 3D printing, spatial organization, peptides, biodegradable polymers, functionalized polymers, self-assembly
John Collins, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Jefferson University	john.collins2@jefferson.edu	Aging, osteoarthritis, sirtuins, oxidative stress, stem cell biology
Stephanie Cone, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware New Member	sgcone@udel.edu	Tendon, ligament, biomechanics, growth, rehabilitation
Daniel H. Cortes, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Penn State University New Member	dhc13@psu.edu	Soft tissue biomechanics and imaging
Hannah L. Dailey, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Lehigh University	hlr3@lehigh.edu	Orthopaedic trauma, fracture healing, computational mechanics
Uday Dasika, MD Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tower Health/ Assistant Professor, Surgery Drexel University	uday.dasika@towerhealth.org	Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sternal wire closure technique
Jing Du, PhD Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Penn State University New Member	jingdu@psu.edu	Mechanical behaviors of biological tissues and biomedical devices
John Eberth, PhD Associate Professor, BIOMED Drexel University New Member	jfe28@drexel.edu	Cardiovascular biomechanics and mechanobiology
Reyad A. Elbarbary, PhD Assistant Professor Penn State College of Medicine New Member	rae19@psu.edu	Bone healing, obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Osteoarthritis, non-coding RNAs, RNA-binding proteins, Retrotransposons
John Elfar, MD Professor, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Penn State Hersey New Member	jxe263@psu.edu	Mangling limb injury atrophy peripheral nerve
Dawn Elliott, PhD Department Chair Blue & Gold Distinguished Professor Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware New Member	delliott@udel.edu	Biomechanics, disc, meniscus, tendon
Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, DDS, PhD Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery University of Maryland	Motomi.iwamoto@som.umaryland.edu	Cartilage development, cartilage pathology, tendon injury
Edward J. Fox, M.D. Professor, Musculoskeletal Oncology Service Penn State University Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine New Member	efox1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu	Musculoskeletal Oncology, Osteoporosis
Benjamin Freedman, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University New Member	bfreedm2@bidmc.harvard.edu	Tendon, biomaterials, drug delivery
Joseph Freeman, PhD Professor, Biomedical Engineering Rutgers University New Member	joseph.freeman@rutgers.edu	Musculoskeletal tissue engineering
Theresa Freeman, PhD Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Thomas Jefferson University	Theresa.Freeman@jefferson.edu	Fracture healing, MicroCT and histology, image analysis and processing, osteoarthritis, tissue regeneration, plasma biology
Tomas Gonzalez Fernandez, PhD Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Lehigh University New Member	tog221@lehigh.edu	Mesenchymal stromal cells, biomaterials, tissue engineering, gene therapy, bone, cartilage
Valentina Graci, PhD Assistant Research Professor Biomedical Engineering Drexel University	vg474@drexel.edu	Bioemechanics, falls, injury prevention
Jonathan Grasman, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology New Member	grasman@njit.edu	Skeletal muscle tissue engineering, innervation, neurovascular interactions, neuromuscular interactions
X. Edward Guo, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering Columbia University New Member	exg1@columbia.edu	Bone Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Lin Han, PhD Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health System, Drexel University	lh535@drexel.edu	Osteoarthritis, atomic force microscopy, nanomechanics, meniscus, cartilage\|
Li-Hsin Han, PhD Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Drexel University	lh573@drexel.edu	Cartilage Repair, Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, Biopolymer, Scaffold, Microfabrication
Woojin Han, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai	woojin.han@mssm.edu	Skeletal muscle, biomaterials, stem cells, cell-matrix interactions, regenerative medicine
Michael Hast Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering University of Delaware	hast@udel.edu	Biomechanics, implants, computational modeling, fracture, trauma
Noreen J. Hickok, PhD Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Thomas Jefferson University	Noreen.Hickok@jefferson.edu	Infection, bone-biomaterial interface, joint environment, spine prosthesis
Dirk Hubmacher, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New Member	dirk.hubmacher@mssm.edu	Extracellular matrix, proteases, connective tissue disorders, short stature syndromes, disease modeling
Parsaoran Hutapea, PhD Professor, Mechanical Engineering Temple University New Member	hutapea@temple.edu	Mechanics of surgical needle in tissues
Jie Jiang, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery University of Maryland New Member	jie.jiang@som.umaryland.edu	Tendon development, regeneration and mechanotransduction
Stephanie Jo, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology University of Maryland New Member	stephanie.jo@som.umaryland.edu	Osteoarthritis, cartilage
Fadia Kamal, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Penn State Hersey	fkamal@pennstatehealth.psu.edu	Osteoarthritis, chondrocyte hypertrophy, GPCR signaling
Yibin Kang, PhD Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor, Molecular Biology Princeton University	ykang@princeton.edu	Breast cancer, bone metastasis, osteoclastogenesis, tumor-stromal interactions, TGF-b, Notch
Megan Killian, PhD Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology	mlkillia@umich.edu	Tendon, enthesis, developmental biology, injury
Minwook Kim, PhD Assistant Professor, Medicine/Molecular Biology Rowan University New Member	kimmin@rowan.edu	Joint development, Cartilage biology and bioengineering
Eric Klein, PhD Assistant Professor, Biology Rutgers University New Member	eric.a.klein@rutgers.edu	Microbiology, tissue stiffness, pathogenesis
Brian Kwee, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware New Member	bkwee@udel.edu	Tissue engineering, biomaterials, drug delivery, immunoengineering, cell manufacturing, vascular and muscle regeneration
Annemarie Lang Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery University of Michigan New Member	annelang@med.umich.edu	Fracture repair, oxygen microenvironment, erythroid cells, osteoarthritis
Alanna Leipold, MSHAPI, LMT Professor, Biology Department La Salle University New Member	alannaleipold@gmail.com	Pain science, biomechanics, clinical, educational
Greg Lewis, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Penn State Hersey	greglewis@psu.edu	Fracture fixation, Shoulder replacement biomechanics, Computer simulation, Micro-CT analysis
Christopher Li, PhD Professor of Materials Science Drexel University	cyl24@drexel.edu	Structure and morphology of polymeric and hybrid materials for energy and biomedical applications
Qiaoli Li, PhD Professor, Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology Thomas Jefferson University	qiaoli.li@jefferson.edu	Bone and mineral research
Joohyun Lim, PhD Assistant Professor, Biological Science University of Delaware	limj@udel.edu	Osteogenesis Imperfecta, temporomandibular joint, tendon, mouse genetics
Douglas Lundy, MD Department Chair and Adjunct Associate Professor St. Luke's University Health and Temple University New Member	douglas.lundy@sluhn.org	Orthopaedic trauma
Michele Staud Marcolongo, PhD Department Head and Professor of MSE Drexel University	marcolms@drexel.edu	Orthopaedic biomaterials
John Martin, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Rush University New Member	john_martin@rush.edu	Spine, low back pain, imaging, machine learning, social determinants of health, exercise, cancer
Scott Martin, MD Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Harvard University New Member	scottmartinresearchgroup@gmail.com	Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate, Hip Labral Tear Repair, Femoroacetabular Impingement, Shoulder Instability, Rotator Cuff Repair
Rowena McBeath, MD, PhD Assistant Professor/Attending Surgeon Thomas Jefferson University	rowena.mcbeath@gmail.com	Tendon, mechanobiology, signaling
Patricia Miguez, DDS, MS, PhD Assistant Professor, Adams School of Dentistry University of North Carolina	miguezp@unc.edu	Extracellular matrix, proteoglycan, glycosaminoglycan, ECM biomodification via phytochemicals, bone homeostasis, bone regeneration
Sarah Millar, PhD Director, Black Family Stem Cell Institute Professor, Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology, and Dermatology and Oncological Sciences Icahn Mount Sinai	sarah.millar@mssm.edu	Skin, hair follicles, teeth, mammary gland, Wnt signaling, epigenetics
Axel Moore, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University New Member	axelm@andrew.cmu.edu	Biomechanics, cartilage, spine, arthritis, scoliosis, biorobotics, mechanical testing
Surena Namdari, MD, MSC Professor of Shoulder & Elbow Surgery Rothman Institute	Surena.Namdari@rothmanortho.com	shoulder arthroplasty, periprosthetic infection, shoulder & elbow surgery, rotator cuff repair, fracture fixation, Osteoporosis, shoulder arthritis
Michael O'Connor, MD, PhD Professor, Biodiversity Earth and Environmental Science / Biology Drexel University	oconnomp@drexel.edu	Energetics, allometry, biophysical ecology
David Paglia, PhD RBHS Instructor Rutgers University	pagliada@njms.rutgers.edu	Fracture Healing, Disc Degeneration
Justin Parreno, PhD Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences University of Delaware New Member	jparreno@udel.edu	Cartilage and Tendon Cell Biology and Cell Structure
Nicola Partridge, PhD Professor, Molecular Pathobiology New York University College of Dentistry New Member	ncp234@nyu.edu	Parathyroid hormone, osteoblast gene transcription, transcription factors, coactivators, salt-inducible kinases, signal transduction
Megan Phifer-Rixey Assistant Professor, Biology Drexel University New Member	mp3754@drexel.edu	Evolution, genomics
Jesse Placone, PhD Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering West Chester University New Member	Jplacone@wcupa.edu	Protein-protein interactions, mechanobiology, 3D Printing
Nancy Pleshko, PhD Professor of Bioengineering Temple University	npleshko@temple.edu	Cartilage repair; tissue engineering, spectroscopy, imaging, bone mineralization, Collagen structure
William Querido, PhD Research Assistant Professor Temple University	william.querido@temple.edu	Bone, Biomineralization, Infrared spectroscopy
Asja Radja, PhD Assistant Professor, Physics Bryn Mawr College New Member	aradja@brynmawr.edu	Biophysics
Makarand V. Risbud, PhD Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Cell and Developmental Biology Thomas Jefferson University	Makarand.Risbud@jefferson.edu	Intervertebral disc, nucleus pulposus, hypoxia, HIF proteins, osmoregulation, TonEBP, degenerative disc disease, inflammatory cytokines
Joel Rosenbloom, MD, PhD Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology Thomas Jefferson University	Joel.Rosenbloom@gmail.com	Fibrosis, Fibrotic Diseases, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Keloids, Adhesions, TGF- b, Cardiac Fibrosis, Cytokine Signaling Pathways, Deep burns
Ronaldo Santana, DDS, MScD, DSc Professor of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Deputy Department Chair Temple University New Member	ronaldo.santana@temple.edu	Oral Implantology, Bone regeneration, Bone biology
Erin Seifert, PhD Associate Professor, Pathology and Genomic Medicine Thomas Jefferson University New Member	erin.seifert@jefferson.edu	Mitochondrial myopathy, bioenergetics, metabolism, lipids, stress responses
James J. Sciote DDS, MS, PhD Professor of Orthodontics Temple University	james.sciote@temple.edu	Clinical orthodontics, dentofacial deformities, orthognathic surgery, skeletal muscle biology, physiology, human genetics
Irving M. Shapiro BDS, PhD Anthony and Gertrude DePalma Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Thomas Jefferson University	Irving.Shapiro@jefferson.edu	Cartilage, bone, intervertebral disc, osteoarthritis, apoptosis, autophagy, chondrocyte, osteoblast, nucleus, pulposus, hypoxia
Sue Shapses, PhD Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences; Center Director of Nutr/Exercise Metabolism at NJ-IFNH; Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School Rutgers University	shapses@rutgers.edu	Calcium and vitamin D metabolism, diet, endocrine and obesity and osteoporosis
Karin Grävare Silbernagel, PhD Professor, Department of Physical Therapy University of Delaware	kgs@udel.edu	Tendon, Achilles tendinopathy, Achilles tendon rupture, clinical outcomes, rehabilitation
Kara L. Spiller Professor, Biomedical Engineering Drexel University	kls35@drexel.edu	Biomaterials engineering, inflammation, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, wound healing
Joseph Stains, PhD Professor Department of Orthopaedics University of Maryland	jstains@som.umaryland.edu	Osteoblast, Osteocyte, Signaling, Mechanotransduction, Intercellular Communication, Sclerostin
Alison Sweeney, PhD Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics Yale University	alison.sweeney@yale.edu	Tissue structure, protein networks, protein self-assembly, biological self-assembly
Spencer Szczesny, PhD Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Pennsylvania State University	ses297@engr.psu.edu	Tendon, mechanics, mechanobiology, computational modeling
Andres Tavares, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences University of Delaware New Member	tavaresa@udel.edu	Developmental Biology, Congenital Birth Defects, Six1, Neural Crest
Sunil Thomas, PhD Professor Lankenau Institute for Medical Research New Member	thomass-02@mlhs.org	Cell biology
Ryan E. Tomlinson, PhD Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Thomas Jefferson University New Member	ryan.tomlinson@jefferson.edu	Bone mechanobiology and skeletal innervation
Ani Ural, PhD Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Villanova University	ani.ural@villanova.edu	Bone Mechanics, Computational Biomechanics, Fracture Mechanics
Sebastian L. Vega, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Rowan University New Member	vegas@rowan.edu	Biomaterials, Stem Cells, Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Vineeth Vijayan, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Alabama State University New Member	vviijayan@alasu.edu	3D Printing, Lattice Scaffolds, Bone Tissue Engineering, Surface Modification, Scaffold Bioactivity
Nam Vo, PhD Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery University of Pittsburgh New Member	nvv1@pitt.edu	Spine, Aging, LBP
Mei Wan, PhD Frank J. Frassica Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Johns Hopkins	mwan4@jhmi.edu	Bone biology, cellular senescence, aging
Bin Wang, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Thomas Jefferson University	bin.wang@jefferson.edu	Parathyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone related protein, parathyroid hormone receptor,bone, cartilage, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
Liyun Wang, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Delaware	lywang@udel.edu	Biomechanics, osteocyte mechanobiology, bone-cancer interactions
David Waning, PhD Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Physiology Pennsylvania State University New Member	dlw83@psu.edu	Bone-muscle crosstalk, bone metastasis, oxidative stress, muscle Ca2+ dysfunction, metabolism
David B. Weiner, PhD Professor, Executive V.P. Vaccine Center Wistar Institute	dweiner@wistar.org	Vaccine; DNA; immunotherapy
Benjamin Wheatley, PhD Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Bucknell University New Member	b.wheatley@bucknell.edu	Musculoskeletal biomechanics, finite element analysis, tissue structure-function mechanisms, musculoskeletal modeling
Yongren Wu, PhD Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Orthopaedics Clemson University New Member	yongren@clemson.edu	Orthopaedics, Osteoarthritis, Smoking, Soft Tissue-Bone Interface
Yingzi Yang, PhD Professor of Developmental Biology School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University New Member	yingzi_yang@hsdm.harvard.edu	Skeletal biology and diseases, signaling pathways, mechanotransduction, stem cells, rare genetic diseases