BMRC and EUROSPINE: A new transatlantic research opportunity

Breaking News! A new, international fellowship opportunity was announced today at this year’s 2025 EUROSPINE Annual Meeting: the BMRC / EUROSPINE Visiting Research Scholarship. EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe, is a leading professional, non-profit...

BMRC Lab Naming Ceremony Celebrates Bethel Family and Newly Upgraded Space

The Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) recently celebrated the naming of its newly upgraded laboratory space in the Biomedical Science Tower (BST) with a ceremony honoring Mr. Orland Bethel and his family. The event was attended by University...

Dr. Nam Vo Appointed Ruby and James Kang, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery

We are proud to announce that Dr. Nam Vo has been appointed the Ruby and James Kang, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, effective September 1, 2025. Dr. Vo’s appointment reflects his outstanding achievements as a...
Meet The Researcher – Albert Lin, MD

Meet The Researcher – Albert Lin, MD

Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics? I’m a native Pittsburgher through and through.  I was born in West Penn Hospital, grew up in Monroeville and went to Shady Side Academy.  My...

Meet The Researcher – John R. Fowler Jr., MD

Meet The Researcher – John R. Fowler Jr., MD

Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics? I was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Plum until about 3rd grade when my family moved to Erie.  I have always been interested in science and started...

100+ Applications For First Year of Bethel Fellowship Grants

100+ Applications For First Year of Bethel Fellowship Grants

Today we are celebrating a highly successful first round of applications for our inaugural class of Bethel Fellows! We received an outstanding amount of interest from the MSK research community, and it proves to us that grants for early- and mid-career scientists are...

Meet The Researcher – Mark W. Rodosky, MD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...