Meet The Researcher – Mark W. Rodosky, MD
Tell us a little about your early life and what sparked your interest in research. I grew up in a small Midwestern farming town surrounded by animals and plants. From the time I was a small boy, I enjoyed using all my senses to explore all of the biology that...
First Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) Cohort Announced
Congratulations to Michael Bardos, Joseph Garzia, Anneka Gernert, Marissa Mansour, and Lorin Planinsic for being selected as part of the inaugural class of the BMRC's Student Summer Research Program. BMRC’s SSRP provides undergraduate and medical students from within...
Meet The Researcher – Prashanta Silwal, PhD
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? I was born and raised in Nepal. I have been interested in science since my early childhood. The unlimited potential that science offers has...
BMRC/ORS Announce Grant Partnership
A joint grant partnership between the new Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC), the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) was announced Friday at the 70th Annual ORS Meeting, held in Long Beach, California. These grants,...
Meet The Researcher – Kurt Weiss, MD
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? I was born and raised in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, attending St. Teresa Elementary School and North Hills High School. I was diagnosed with...
2024 Seminar Calendar
January 17: Dr. Jie Shen, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine "Fracture Nonunion: New Insights into Mechanism and Therapy" February 12: Dr. Volker Musahl and Dr. Richard Debski - Biomechanics March 11: Dr....
Meet The Researcher – Allison Bean, MD, PhD
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? When I was in high school, my parents (both civil engineers) told me about the recently established field of biomedical engineering or...
Meet The Researcher – Dr. Hang Lin, PhD
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? When I was a Ph.D. student looking for a lab to do my thesis, I was fascinated by the tissue engineering-related work in Dr. Jianwu Dai’s...
‘He saved my life’: Hillandale Farms founder donates $25M to Pitt after back surgeries
Hillandale Farms family donates $25 million to launch Pitt’s Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center
‘Think big’: How a $25M gift from Hillandale Farms founder will power Pitt’s musculoskeletal program
