BMRC Hosts First Community Outreach Program, Sports2STEM
The BMRC hosted its first community outreach program, Sports2STEM, a two-hour basketball program, at the UPMC Cooper Field House at Duquesne University on Tuesday, April 8. The BMRC partnered with Dr. John Drazan, assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering,...
2025 BMRC/ORS Fellowship – Apply Today!
Get up to $30,000 in funds to support your translational basic science or clinical musculoskeletal research project in 2025. Become a Bethel Fellow and apply today to the BMRC/ORS Fellowship, now open for applications. The BMRC aims to support the next...
Apply Now – BMRC/Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellowship Applications Now Open
Deadline: March 1, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis) Apply here or paste this URL into your browser: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5ZMB-OSL_Plisesx6rk5vkwOesKmeXiezMvOx8m7LvDwKcQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Application Requirements Cover...
Pioneering BioBank Launched with $18.5M Investment to Revolutionize Musculoskeletal Disease Research
The Orland Bethel Family Foundation has announced a significant investment of $18.5 million to establish a biological specimen repository within the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) at the University of Pittsburgh. This initiative aims...
Hillandale Farms owner commits another $18.5M to Pitt for orthopedic-based biobank
It’s one thing to give $25 million to advance medicine, as Greensburg’s Orland Bethel and his family foundation did last year in helping to establish a new University of Pittsburgh center for musculoskeletal research. But Bethel, 88, founder of Hillandale Farms,...
Pitt will create first known orthopedics-based biobank in the Western Hemisphere after $18.5 million gift
An $18.5 million donation to the University of Pittsburgh will allow the school to create what is believed to be the first orthopedics-based biobank in the Western Hemisphere. Orland Bethel, founder of Greensburg-based egg giant Hillandale Farms, is making the...
University of Pittsburgh receives $18.5M gift for orthopedic research
University of Pittsburgh received an $18.5 million donation from the Orland Bethel Family Foundation to support a biological specimen repository within the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center for orthopedic research. Read complete story at...
Orland Bethel Family Foundation donates $18M for Pitt biobank
It will continue the work the foundation and family have done to support the work of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. Read complete story on Pittsburgh Business Times.
Hillandale Farms founder donates $45.5M to Pitt for musculoskeletal research
Orland Bethel knows the meaning of a hard day’s work. The founder of Hillandale Farms grew up on a dairy farm in Belmont County, Ohio. He borrowed $4,000 from his parents and in-laws to get his egg company off the ground and frequently put in 18-hour days to keep...
Hillandale Farms family giving to support musculoskeletal care and research tops $45 million with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
PITTSBURGH, September 19, 2024 — The Orland Bethel Family Foundation, already a major supporter of the health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has committed $18.5 million to create a biological specimen repository within the Orland Bethel Family...
2024 Bethel Fellows Announced
We are thrilled to announce the selection of the first class of Bethel Fellows of the Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC), part of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After a rigorous search process, five...
Meet The Researcher – Michael Spitnale, MD
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? What were some pivotal moments or influences during your education that shaped your research interests? During my senior year of high...