| Pediatric Orthopaedics
Joseph A. Buckwalter, M.D.
Research Grant Recipient
Resident Research Award Recipient
“Receiving the grant during my residency encouraged me to continue basic research and helped make it possible for me to pursue a career as a clinician scientist. The OREF grant came at a critical time in my career and helped make all of the work I have done since then possible.”
Topic: Investigated how the structure of cartilage proteoglycans, a group of molecules that make it possible for the human joint to function over many years, change with aging and arthritis.
Patient Care Application of Results: Lessening of arthritis pain with new treatments to repair joint surfaces. |
Stephen B. Trippel, M.D.
Research Grant Recipient
Career Development Award Recipient
"Without funding from the OREF, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to successfully establish a career that couples basic research with clinical orthopaedics."
Topic: To research and understand the mechanisms by which skeletal growth and development are regulated by growth factors.
Patient Care Application of Results: Better skeletal growth for those whose growth is insufficient.
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