The existence of the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center is thanks to grateful patient Orland Bethel, founder of Hillandale Farms. Bethel was treated for a debilitating spinal condition by Joon Lee, MD, spine surgeon and professor of orthopaedic...
The Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC)launched its first-ever Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) in 2024, a competitive program designed to foster the next generation of musculoskeletal researchers. The program was created to provide...
On the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) team is Prashanta Silwal, PhD, an international postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh. He is working toward identifying molecular and cellular mechanisms of low-back pain and...
Research is essential to advancing the science that leads to better health care for all. However, about half of all early-career researchers leave their academic research positions within five years of earning a PhD. Many have said that the main reason they leave...
The Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) is thrilled to congratulate Dr. Ines Lohse, co-director of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Lab, on receiving the Distinguished Research Mentor Award at this year’s Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE)...
Congratulations to this year’s cohort of BMRC Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) participants, which includes nine students from both inside and outside the University of Pittsburgh. Following on the heels of last year’s successful inaugural season, SSRP will...
The Pittsburgh Pain Consortium (PPC) held their inaugural Pain Day on Wednesday, May 7 highlighting scholarship, innovation and engagement in pain research and care. The PPC comprises of multiple centers at the University of Pittsburgh, including Pittsburgh LB3P in...
We are pleased to announce that Dr. John Drazan, assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at Fairfield University has been named the 2025 BMRC/ORS Mentorship & Outreach Fellow.Dr. Drazan and his team from Fairfield University recently led the first...
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,...
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...