2017 - 2018 Awarded Projects
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Basic Science
Tamara Alliston, PhD
"High-throughput screening for osteocyte-mediated bone remodeling (OMBRE) regulatory compounds"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Tamara Alliston, PhD
"Nerve/Bone crosstalk: PEMF control of cAMP-sensitive TGFb signaling"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Biomaterials
Sarit Bhaduri, PhD
"Development of hard antibacterial (TiN/Ag) coatings on orthopedic instruments fabricated from Ti-alloys."
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Clinical Outcomes
Stefano Bini, PhD
"A validation study using gait analysis to test the accuracy of wearable sensor data in postsurgical patients"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Sigurd Berven, MD
"Predictive modeling for clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of surgery for lumbar degenerative pathologies and spinal deformity"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Innovative Devices/Tools/equipment or Surgical Technique Evaluation
Koichi Sairyo, MD and Vijay Goel, PhD
"Biomechanical evaluation of the newly developed decompression surgery: Transforaminal ventral facetectomy"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Deniz Erbulut, PhD
"Development of an innovative posterior pedicle-based screw device for multilevel semi-dynamic stabilization"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Vijay Goel, PhD
"Effect of Talotarsal Joint Instability on Lower Extremity Alignment and the Role of Extra-osseous Talotarsal Joint Stabilization"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Anad Agarwal, MD
"Tapered reduction of cement volume in the proximal vertebrae adjacent to the fused segment may translate into a decreased rate of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis (PJK) using Calcium phosphate cement - A biomechanical investigation"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update
Anad Agarwal, MD
"Transporter Table System"
Synopsis // Q1 Update // Q2 Update // Q3 Update