The Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) BioBank recently achieved a significant milestone with the enrollment of its 500th patient and the collection of nearly 18,000 biological samples. Each enrollment represents more than a number. It reflects a patient's...
Last week, we celebrated the conclusion of another successful BMRC Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) with our annual Poster Presentation Day (post on that coming soon!) Over the past nine weeks, these students gained hands-on research experience through lab work,...
Dr. Nam Vo recently delivered a keynote presentation at the ARI Orthopaedics Conferences in Davos, an international meeting with roots dating back to the original eCM Conferences established in 1999. These pioneering conferences helped inspire the creation of the...
Today marks an exciting milestone for the BMRC BioBank with the collection of our first pediatric sample at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. This important achievement was led by Dr. Stephen A. Mendelson, Acting Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC...
We are pleased to announce our first-ever EUROSPINE Visiting Research Fellowship. We are excited to welcome Julia Mocking, a PhD candidate in neurosurgery, for a 12‑month fellowship beginning this summer. Julia will be hosted in our Ferguson Spine Lab and Pittsburgh...
Future researchers alert! Last week we were happy to welcome a group of students from the CNX Mentorship Academy, in partnership with our UPMC/CNX M.O.V.E.S Program. This group of students spent the morning with some of our core lab investigators, learning about their...
Our Bethel Orthopaedic BioBank has reached an incredible milestone: 400 total patients and 15,000 total specimens! Those are the updated stats from this past week and we couldn't be more thrilled. These numbers are the result of more than 18 months of work, averaging...
BMRC was heavily represented at one of the nation’s most important and prestigious professional gatherings for musculoskeletal researchers. The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting in March in Charlotte, North Carolina, brought together more than 2,000...
The Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center’s BioBank is dedicated to accelerating the discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets, ultimately enhancing patient outcomes through personalized orthopaedic medicine. The BMRC BioBank is currently working with one...
This year marked the beginnings of new international fellowship opportunities between BMRC and partners at EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe. EUROSPINE is a leading nonprofit professional organization dedicated to advancing spinal care through education,...