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Visiting Professorship Seminar Series

2023-2024 Seminar Speakers

Upcoming Seminars	*2023-2024*
	Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 130pm-230pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Title: "Interrogating Osteoclast Biology by Live Cell Imaging Reveals Novel Insight into their Cellular and Resorption Dynamics" Sarah L. Dallas, Ph.D. University of Missouri Curator’s Distinguished Professor Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Endowed Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City
	Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 130pm-230pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: "Rotator Cuff Tear and Repair: From Bedside to Bench" Kathleen Derwin, Ph.D. Department Vice Chair Associate Staff, Biomedical Engineering Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Past Seminars
	Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 1:30pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: Building Tissues: Engineering Complexity Through Biomaterial Design Brendan A. Harley, Sc.D. Robert W. Schaefer Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Carl R. Woses Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 1:30pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: Biomanufacturing, Biomaterials and Biomechanics for Improved Treatment of Volumetric Muscle Loss Injuries Chuanju Liu, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Translational Orthopaedic Research Laboratory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Cell Biology NYU Grossman School of Medicine
	Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 8am-630pm/Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons Annual Scientific Symposium Title: Navigating a Path to Understanding Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Arthritis Keynote Speaker: Lori A. Setton, Ph.D., Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor & Chair of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Stay tuned for more information
	Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 1:30pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Click title to watch seminar Title: The Physiology and Pathophysiology of FGF23 in Skeletal and Mineral Biology Michael T. Collins, M.D., FASBMR Senior Investigator Chief, Section on Skeletal Disorders and Mineral Homeostasis National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Health
	Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 1:30pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Click title to watch seminar Title: Life, Death and Transformation in the Transition Zone, Implications for Bone Healing Ralph Marcucio, Ph.D. Professor of Orthopaedic Research Director, Laboratory for Skeletal Regeneration Orthopaedic Trauma Institute Co-Director, Oral and Craniofacial Science Graduate Program University of California, San Francisco
	Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 1:30pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: From Bench to Human Trials: How did we get there? Patrick Mooney, M.D., Ceo and Director Christopher Natale, Ph.D., Co-Founder and VP, Research Linnaeus Therapeutics
	Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 1:30pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: Biomechanical & Energetic Factors Associated with Physical Activity Limitations in Osteoarthritis Kharma C. Foucher, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Director, Biomechanics and Clinical Outcomes Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago
	Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 12:00pm-1:00pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Title: "Thinking Outside the Joint: Can Targeting the Intestine support OA Disease Modification?" Michael Zuscik, PhD Mack Clayton Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Orthopedics University of Colorado
	Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 130pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: "Targeting the Immune System in Regenerative Medicine and Biomaterials" Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D. Morton Goldberg Professor and Director, Translational Tissue Engineering Center Wilmer Eye Institute and Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery, Chemical Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Johns Hopkins University
	Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 130pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: "Decorin: A Central Player of Cartilage Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease" Lin Han, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems Drexel University
	Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 130pm-2:30pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: "My Journey to Demystify the Marvelous Misunderstood Meniscus" Suzanne Maher, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Research Institute Co-Director, Orthopedic Soft Tissue Research Program, Research Institute Associate Director, Department of Biomechanics Hospital for Special Surgery
	Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 8am-630pm/Smilow Rubinstein Auditorium & Commons Annual Scientific Symposium Title: "Navigating the NIH: The Program Director Perspective" Keynote Speaker: Charles Washabaugh, Ph.D., Program Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Health
	Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 130pm-230pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Title: "Understanding Joint Health Through Whole Joint Biomechanics and Mechanobiology" Hai Yao, Ph.D. Professor and Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair Associate Chair for CU-MUSC Bioengineering Program Associate Vice President for Biomedical Innovation Department of Bioengineering Clemson University
	Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 130pm-230pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Title: “Myostatin: A Molecular Rheostat for Muscle Mass” Se-Jin Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Presidential Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences Joint Appointment, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine MD/PhD Executive Committee Chair University of Connecticut
	Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 130pm-230pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium *Seminar cancelled* Title: "Perspectives on Tendon Development" Ronen Schweitzer, Ph.D. Interim Director of Research, Shriners Hospital for Children - Portland Professor in Orthopaedics and Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology Oregon Health & Science University
	Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 130pm-230pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with IRM Title: “Bone Building Molecular Targets: Lessons from Mechanical Signaling in Skeletal Tissues” Alexander Robling, Ph.D. Chair, Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology Indiana University, School of Medicine
	Monday, April 15, 2024, 3pm-4pm/CRB Austrian Auditorium Joint with Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Title: “Mechanisms of Hippo Pathway Dysregulation in Sarcomas.” Munir Tanas, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Health Care

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