UPCOMING EVENTS

October 10, 2024

Title: Jerboas: A New Model System for Integrative Biomechanics Research

Dr. Talia Moore
Assistant Professor
Robotics, Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. Yuji Mishina

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

October 17, 2024

Title: Mechanoadaptation and Healing of Tendon and Enthesis”

Dr. Megan Killian
Associate Professor, Associate Chair for DEI
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
University of Michigan Medical School

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Dr. Joe Decker

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

October 18, 2024

Curious about dental hygiene? Join us for an informational session with Q&A and a tour of the dental school.

Zoom Session Available.
Time: 10am

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October 24, 2024

Title: Breaking the 4th Wall: Secrets of Science Communication from Museums, Movies and Memory

Dr. Jade Marks
Science Communication Manager
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Lauren Surface

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

October 31, 2024

Title: Gene Regulation in Skeleton Development and Diseases

Dr. Veronique Lefebvre, Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopaedics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. Tomer Stern

Location: G550

Sponsored by Victors for Clinical and Research Faculty Development

November 7, 2024

Title: You Are What You Eat: The Role of Essential Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Pain

Dr. Kenneth Hargreaves
Director, Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research
Professor, Department of Endodontics
School of Dentistry
UT Health San Antonio

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. Josh Emrick

Location: G550

Sponsored by Victors

November 14, 2024

Title: Leveraging Focused Ultrasound to Drive Tissue Regeneration via On-Demand Modulation of Microenvironmental Cues

Dr. Mario Fabiili
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Renny Franceschi

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

November 15, 2024

Curious about dental hygiene? Join us for an informational session with Q&A and a tour of the dental school.

Zoom Session Available.
Time: 10am

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December 5, 2024

Title: TBD

Dr. Livia Tenuta, DDS, MSc, PhD.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: TBD

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

December 20, 2024

Curious about dental hygiene? Join us for an informational session with Q&A and a tour of the dental school.

Zoom Session Available.
Time: 10am

RSVP

January 9, 2025

Title: Improving Equity in Pediatric Care: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Gary Freed
Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Health Management and Policy Associate Chair for Government Relations
Dept of Pediatrics Director of Research, Office for Health Equity and Inclusion Director
Program on Equity for Adolescent and Child Health (PEACH) Director, Michigan Child Health Equity Collaborative (MI-CHEC) Director, Michigan Collaborating Hospitals Improving Equity for Children (MI-CHIME)

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Dr. Margherita Fontana

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

January 16, 2025

Title: Advances in Gene Therapy Approaches to Treat Skeletal Disorders

Dr. Jae-Hyuck Shim
Associate Professor
Dept. of Medicine Division of Rheumatology UMass Chan Medical School

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Renny Franceschi

Location: G550

Sponsored by MI OHS

January 23, 2025

Title: The Osteoimmunology of Bone Metastasis: the roles of osteoblasts in regulation of anti-tumoral immunity

Dr. Serkin Park, DDS, Ph.D
Chair and Professor Dept. Of Biochemistry and Biology
Korea University College of Medicine

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Hernan Roca

Location: G550

Sponsored by MI OHS

January 30, 2024

Title: TBD

Dr. Paula Hammond
Vice Provost for Faculty and Institute Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. David Kohn

Location: G550

Sponsored by TEAM and Robert G. and L. Georgine Craig Biomaterials Award Lecture Program

February 6, 2025

Title: TBD

Dr. Hsiao Hsin Sung, DDS, MS
Clinical Associate Professor
Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryUniversity of Michigan
School of Dentistry

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Vesa Kaartinen/p>

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

February 20, 2025

Title: Designing Biomaterials with Spatially Tunable Properties To Drive Functional Tissue Regeneration

Lesley Chow
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Bioengineering
Lehigh University

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. David Kohn

Location: G550

Sponsored by TEAM

February 27, 2025

Title: TBD

Dr. Malika Malik
DSPP Scholar Trainee

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. Darnell Kaigler

Location: G550

Sponsored OHS

March 20, 2024

Title: Refining Hematopoietic Stem Cell Functional Heterogeneity to Improve Bone Marrow Transplantation

Dr. Antonio Morales-Hernandez
Assistant Professor of Dentistry
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Vesa Kaartinen

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

March 27, 2025

Title: Regenerative Biomaterials for Medical Devices and Therapies

Guillermo Antonio Ameer, Sc.D.
Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery Director,
Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering Director, Regenerative Engineering Training Program (RE-Training) Deputy Editor, Science Advances

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Dr. David Kohn

Location: G550

Sponsored by TEAM

April 3, 2025

Title: Tissue Adaptive Biomaterials For Therapeutic Applications

Natalie Artzi, Ph.D.
Core Faculty, Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Assoc Professor of Medicine, Harvard School and Brigham Women’s Hospital
Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science - MIT Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. David Kohn

Location: G550

Sponsored by TEAM

April 10, 2025

Title: TBD

Dr. Erica Scheller
Associate Professor
Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
Executive Director, Washington University Center of Regenerative Medicine President, International Society of Bone Morphometry

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 

Host: Dr. Ormond MacDougald

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS

April 17, 2025

Title: TBD

Dr. Nita Singh
DSPP Scholar Trainee

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Host: Dr. Lauren Surface

Location: G550

Sponsored by OHS