Leadership

 

Center Director

Tamara Alliston

Tamara Alliston, PhD

Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Interests: Skeletal cell differentiation, mechanobiology, TGF-beta, osteocytes, bone quality, bone, cartilage, osteoarthritis.

Admin Core Collaborator & SBB Core Consultant

Jeffrey Lotz, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Interests: Intervertebral disc, tissue engineering, biomechanics.

 

Associate Center Director

Robert Nissenson, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine

Research Interests: Osteoblast differentiation, G protein signaling, heterotopic ossification, fracture healing, osteoporosis.

 

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design (EBSD) Core

Director, EBSD Core

 

Dennis Black, PhD

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

Anne Schafer, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

Research Interests: osteoporosis, bone metabolism, obesity, weight loss, bariatric surgery, diabetes, vitamin D.

 

Co-Director, EBSD Core

 

Michael Nevitt, PhD, MPH

Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Research Interests: Knee and hip osteoarthritis, epidemiology and risk factors, multicenter studies.

Co-Director, EBSD Core

Daniel S. Evans, PhD, MPH

Senior Scientist
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Research Interests: Human genetics, osteoporosis, human longevity, translational studies.

 

Imaging Core 

Director, Imaging Core

Galateia Kazakia, PhD

Galateia Kazakia, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Research Interests: Mineralization, bone quality, bone architecture, bone microdamage, biomechanics, mechanical properties, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, high resolution computed tomography (CT), fluorescence imaging.

 

Co-Director, Imaging Core

Victor Cheuy, PhD

 

Victor Cheuy, PhD

Assistant 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

Wenhan Chang, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine 

Research Interests: Ionic and hormonal regulation of skeletal development and repair.

 

Co-Director, SBB Core

Aaron Fields, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Interests: spine, biomechanics, intervertebral disc degeneration, osteoporosis, low back pain, finite element analysis.

 

Representatives

Orthopaedic Representative

Dan Bikle

 

Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Interests: trauma systems, poly-trauma, surgery of the pelvis, global health, causal inference, global surgery

 

Endocrinology Representative

 

Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD

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.

 

External Advisory Board

Jane Cauley, DrPH

Professor
 
Department of Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

 

Louis Soslowsky, PhD

Professor
 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania 

 

Samuel Ward, PhD

 

Samuel Ward, PhD

Vice Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery
 
Professor
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Radiology
University of California, San Diego

 

Jennifer Westendorf, PhD

Professor
 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic