Co-Directors

Paola Divieti Pajevic, Associate Professor of Translational Dental (pdivieti at bu.edu), David Felson, Professor of Rheumatology (David.Felson at bmc.org), and LaDora Thompson, Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Programs in Human Physiology (lvthomp at bu.edu)

 

Synopsis

The mission of the Musculoskeletal Health (MHet) Affinity Research Center (ARC) is to bring together investigators across specialties and campuses (Med and CRC) to conduct multidisciplinary studies related to the musculoskeletal system. The MHet ARC will comprise investigators from BUSM, GSDM, BMC, Sargent and College of Engineering. The following aims are proposed: 1) Create a University-wide community of investigators interested in musculoskeletal conditions, 2) Generate pilot data using animal models and organ systems to support NIH proposals 3) train the next generation of researchers (pre and post-doctoral fellows) and 4) organize monthly meeting, seminars and an annual mini-symposium with invited speakers. The ARC will be co-directed by Drs. Divieti Pajevic, Felson and Thompson. Core members are Drs Gerstenfeld and Bragdon (project 1), Connizzo and Zhang (project 2), Bragdon (project 3) and Gerstenfeld and Tornetta (Aim2). The MHet will comprise numerous trainees and more than 20 faculty members committed to and interested in musculoskeletal research.

Seminar Series and Invited Speakers

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Members

Name Title Institution Department Area of Expertise for this Project Contact Info
Elise Morgan Professor Eng Mechanical Engineering Bone Biomechanics efmorgan at bu.edu
Manish Bais Assistant Professor BU/GSDM Translational Dental Medicine Preclinical model of osteo arthritis bmanish at bu.edu
Michael Albro Assistant Professor Eng Mechanical Engineering Cartilage and extracellular matrix albro at bu.edu
Deepak Kumar Assistant Professor Sargent Physical Therapy Movement and Applied imaging kumard at bu.edu
Cara Lewis Associate Professor Sargent Physical Therapy Human motor adaptation Lewisc at bu.edu
Mike LaValley Professor BUSPH Biostatistics Osteo-arthritis mlava at bu.edu
Morone Natalia Associate professor BMC Medicine Chronic low back pain natalia.morone at bmc.org
Eric Roseen Assistant Professor BMC Family Medicine Musculoskeletal conditions Eric.Roseen at bmc.org
Malaban Alan Associate Professor BUSM/BMC Endocrinology Bone disorders malaplan at bu.edu
Yun Ma Assistant Professor BU/GSDM Periodontology Periodontal disorders yunma at bu.edu
Ayesha Abdeen Assistant Professor BUSM/BMC Orthopedic Surgery Hip and Knee arthroplasty Ayesha.Abdeen at bmc.org

 
Michael Kain Assistant Professor BUSM/BMC Orthopedic Surgery Hip and Knee arthroplasty mshkain at gmail.com
Mary Shannon Fisher Associate Professor BUSM Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics Craniofacial development shanfish at bu.edu
Jean Liew Assistant Professor BUSM Rheumatology Knee osteoarthritis jwliew at bu.edu
Reza Jafarzadeh Assistant Professor BUSM Medicine srjafarz at bu.edu
Andrew Henry Assistant Professor BMC Oral and Maxillofacial Temporo-mandibular Joint Andrew.Henry at bmc.org
Fracisco Naya Associate Professor CAS Biology Skeletal muscle fnaya at bu.edu
Kathy Bacon Assistant Professor BUSM Medicine Osteo-arthritis kbacon at bu.edu