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FOR INFORMATION
Cindy Gordon or Anne Burns
Insight Communication
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Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Announces
2012 Research Grant Recipients
Edison, NJ, January 16, 2012--The Musculoskeletal Transplant
Foundation (MTF), the world’s leading tissue bank has announced the
recipients of its 2012 Research Grants. Since 1987 the
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation has been at the forefront of
tissue research, with about $33 million awarded through 2011. MTF
anticipates awarding close to $2 million in grants and awards in the
2012 calendar year. The 2012 grant recipients approved for funding
are as follows:
PEER REVIEW – ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATOR
Louis Gerstenfeld, Ph.D., Trustees of Boston University, BUMC, Role of
Angiogenesis in Bone Repair.
Matt Kipper, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Smart Cortical Allograft
for Reconstruction of Large Segmental Defects.
Xinping Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., University of Rochester, Tracking
Perivascular Progenitor Cell Contribution to Bone Graft Repair.
J.R. NEFF AWARD
Thomas Brown, Ph.D., The University of Iowa, Automated ShapeMachining of Custom Bone Allograft Implants.
-more-
PEER REVIEW – JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR
Chelsea Bahney, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco,
Bioresponsive Scaffold Designed to Promote Bone Regeneration
Through a Cartilage Intermediate.
Matthew Fisher, Ph.D., Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania,
Controlled Release of Enzymes using Nanofibrous Scaffolds to Improve
Integration and Healing Following Meniscal Injury.
Mimi Sammarco, Ph.D., Tulane University, The Revitalization and
Optimization of Allografts Prior to Grafting.
Patrick Vavken, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Boston, The Use of Bone
Marrow Concentrate to Enhance Achilles Tendon Repair.
Abhijeet Wahegaonkar, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Assessment of Nerve
Regeneration and Motor Recovery Following Reconstruction of Long
Segmental Nerve Defects of the Upper Trunk in a Rabbit Bracheal
Plexus Injury Model. A Comparison between Reversed Autograft and
Size-Matched Processed Allograft.
PEER REVIEW – DERMAL
Alexis Armour, M.D., University of Missouri, Acellular Human Dermis as
a Scaffold for In Vitro Vascularized Skin Engineering.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Jonathan Schoenecker, M.D., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, Plasminogen Augments Vascular and Osseous Integration of
Transplanted Bone.
OREF AWARD
Chao Xie, M.D., University of Rochester, PTH Effects on Intravenously
Delivered hMSC During Skeletal Repair.
-more-
HERNDON AWARDS
Nikolas J. Kazmers, M.D., Washington University, The Role of
Hedgehog Signaling in Determining the Osteogenic Response to
Mechanical Loading of Bone.
Verena M. Schreiber, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, Bone-TendonBone Versus Soft Tissue Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction: Is there a difference in In Vivo Grant Performance?
The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation is a national
consortium comprised of academic medical institutions, organ
procurement organizations and tissue recovery organizations. Since
our inception in 1987, MTF has received tissue from more than 90,000
donors and distributed more than 4.8 million grafts for transplantation.
For more information on how you can apply for a research grant,
contact Hans Burchardt, Ph.D., Vice-President, Scientific Affairs (570496-3434 or Hans_Burchardt@MTF.org), or go to the MTF website
(www.MTF.org).
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