Cartilage Biology & Osteoarthritis

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Research for Muscle Biology and Disease, Ohio State University – Nationwide Children’s Hospital

EDUCATION:
1973 PhD, Cell Physiology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1972-73 Post-doc, Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
1983-87 Post-doc, Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Mechanotransduction: intracellular mechanisms of stress-induced signal transduction in musculoskeletal cells and tissues. This project involves examination of the intracellular mechanisms of cartilage/muscle repair by mechanical signals in vitro and in vivo. Mechanical signals play major role in augmenting host’s ability to regenerate and/or repair musculoskeletal tissues.