Description
Projects in this area span from the molecular to the cellular and tissue level. We take a combined experimental/computational approach to elucidate structure-function relationships in these tissues and to understand how their mechanical functions are altered in injury and disease.
Grants
- Targeting Mechanical Damage using Collagen Hybridizing Peptides (R01AR071358)
- Mechanical Regulation of Vascular Growth and Remodeling (R01AR069297)
- Mechanics of angular motion transduction by the semicircular canals (RO1DC03658)
- Origins of Elasticity and Viscoelasticity in Knee Ligaments (R01AR047369)
- Comparative Stress Analysis of Hip Dysplasia
- Glenohumeral Joint Stability: Role of the Capsule (R01AR050218)
- CAREER: In Vivo Quantification of Tissue Deformation and Growth from Medical Image Data (NSF BES-0134503)
- Improved Cardiac SPECT with convergent hole collimeters (R01EB000121)
- Mechanical analysis of patellar components for total knee arthroplasty
- Mechanics of the MCL in Normal and ACL-Deficient Knees (R01AR47369)
- Function of the capsuloligamentous structures at the glenohumeral joint during a simulated clinical exam (RG-99-0376)
- Neural mechanisms of vestibular function in fish (NIDCD PO1-DC01837)
- Open Knee(s): Virtual Biomechanical Representations of the Knee Joint (R01GM104139)
- Origins of Elasticity and Viscoelasticity in Ligaments (R01AR047369)
- Biomechanics of the Dysplastic Hip (R01AR053344)
- Compressibility and Permeability Studies of the Medial Collateral Ligament (TF-98-D0031)
- Mechanics of angular motion transduction by the semicircular canals (RO1DC03658)
- A new approach to orthopedic implant design