Leadership

Center Director

Tamara Alliston

Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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
Interests: Intervertebral disc, tissue engineering, biomechanics.

Associate Center Director

Robert Nissenson, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine
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
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
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
Interests: Knee and hip osteoarthritis, epidemiology and risk factors, multicenter studies.

Imaging Core

Director, Imaging Core

Galateia Kazakia, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
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

Roland Krug, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Interests: Quantitative Bone and Marrow Imaging at the Hip, Muscle Imaging, Metal MRI, MR guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRgHIFU).

Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics (SBB) Core

Director, SBB Core

Wenhan Chang, PhD

Professor

Department of Medicine
Interests: Ionic and hormonal regulation of skeletal development and repair.

Co-Director, SBB Core

Aaron Fields, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Interests: spine, biomechanics, intervertebral disc degeneration, osteoporosis, low back pain, finite element analysis.

Representatives

Representative of Bone Biology & Osteoporosis Research

Dan Bikle

Daniel Bikle, MD, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine
Interests: Vitamin D, calcium, parathyroid hormone, insulin-like growth factor, ephrins, integrins, keratinocytes, wound healing, skin cancer, endochondral bone formation, fracture healing, skeletal loading, and unloading.

Representative of Cartilage Biology & Osteoporosis Research

Alexis Dang, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Interests: small animal models of musculoskeletal injury, including the development and refinement of a articular injury model for post-traumatic osteoarthritis.