Center Director
Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests: how major hormonal and regulatory pathways determine the specification, differentiation, and morphogenesis of mesenchymal tissues such as bone, cartilage, muscle, and fat.
Co-Associate Center Directors
Research Interests: spine, biomechanics, intervertebral disc degeneration, osteoporosis, low back pain, finite element analysis.
Admin Core Collaborator & SBB Core Consultant
Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Interests: Intervertebral disc, tissue engineering, biomechanics.
Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Research Interests: Mineralization, bone quality,
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design (EBSD) Core
Director, EBSD Core
Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests: osteoporosis, bone metabolism, obesity, weight loss, bariatric surgery, diabetes, vitamin D.
Co-Director, EBSD Core
Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Interests: Osteoporosis treatment and risk identification, bone mineral density, hip & vertebral fracture risk reduction, clinical trials.
Co-Director, EBSD Core
Senior Scientist
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Research Interests: Human genetics, osteoporosis, human longevity, translational studies.
Co-Director, EBSD Core
Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Interests: Knee and hip osteoarthritis, epidemiology and risk factors, multicenter studies.
Imaging Core
Director, Imaging Core
Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Research Interests: Mineralization, bone quality,
Co-Director, Imaging Core
Associate Professor
Departments of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Research Interests: Lower extremity biomechanics, Motion analysis, Diabetes, Osteoarthritis, Joint arthroplasty, Older adult, Physical therapy, Rehabilitation science, Movement science, Biomedical imaging.
Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics (SBB) Core
Director, SBB Core
Research Interests: Ionic and hormonal regulation of
Co-Director, SBB Core
Research Interests: spine, biomechanics, intervertebral disc degeneration, osteoporosis, low back pain, finite element analysis.
Representatives
Orthopaedic Clinical Representative
Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Interests: trauma systems, poly-trauma, surgery of the pelvis, global health, causal inference, global surgery
Computational Biomedical Informatics Representative
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Endocrinology Clinical Representative
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests: bone metabolism, thyroid cancers
External Advisory Board
