UCSF CCMBM and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat - Unleashing your Inner Athlete: Accelerating MSK Healing through Discovery

UCSF CCMBM and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat - Unleashing your Inner Athlete: Accelerating MSK Healing through Discovery

Inspired by elite athletes who push the limits of what the musculoskeletal system can achieve, musculoskeletal research seeks to help everyone unleash the inner athlete to live a healthy and active life. This scientific event brings together researchers from the Bay Area and beyond to discuss cutting edge research that aims to transform human health by improving musculoskeletal function across the lifespan. Researchers from the biological, engineering, imaging, and epidemiologic sciences will discuss advances in soft and mineralized skeletal tissues and muscle in health and disease.

Please join us for this special two-day retreat sponsored by the NIH P30 Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM) and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery for all musculoskeletal researchers. Check online for the full agenda and event updates.

DAY 1 - TUESDAY, April 9th, 5:00-8:00 PM
Genentech Hall, 600 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158

Welcome Gathering: Reception with athletes for MSK Leaders, UCSF Leaders, and invited guests

Event Program with Keynote Speaker Kari Miller, 2016 Gold Medalist Paralympian in Sitting Volleyball; Slam Talks

Exhibits and Reception

Open only to CCMBM Members & Department of Orthopaedic Surgery faculty and their trainees.

DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, April 10th, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Mahley Auditorium, 1650 Owens St, San Francisco, CA 94158

BREAKFAST

WELCOME REMARKS

Tamara Alliston, PhD
UCSF, Orthopaedic Surgery & Event Chair

Jeffrey Lotz, MD
UCSF, Orthopaedic Surgery & CCMBM Center Director

SESSION I – Translating MSK Solutions for Mineralized Tissues
Moderated by Bob Nissenson, PhD

Richard O’Donnell, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Device Platform Technology as a METRiCS Paradigm

Galateia Kazakia, PhD
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF
Visualizing vasculature within bone and understanding its role in diabetic bone disease

Sunita Ho, PhD
Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF
Biominerals: Teeth, Bones, and Stoneses

SESSION II – Engineering Biologic MSK Solutions
Moderated by Richard Schneider, PhD

Todd McDevitt, PhD
Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease &
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF
Engineering stem-cell technologies to understand and treat musculoskeletal conditions

Joy Wu, MD, PhD
Department of Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism, Stanford University
Pluripotent stem cells and skeletal regeneration

Jonathan Brunger, PhD
Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
Engineered Cell-based Therapies for Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine

Hsuan Lung, PhD
Oral and Craniofacial Sciences Graduate Program, UCSF
Elucidating Cellular Mechanisms and Identifying Potential Drug Therapies of Fibrous Dysplasia

POSTER SESSION at Genentech Atrium

LUNCH at Genentech Atrium

SESSION III – Innovating Quantitative Solutions for Non-mineralized MSK Tissues
Moderated by Rich Souza, PT, PhD

Corey Neu, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado
Inaugural Bradford Distinguished Lectureship
Multiscale Imaging and Mechanobiology in the Skeleton

Grace O’Connell, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
Intervertebral Disc Biomechanics – what we’ve learned in the laboratory

Valentina Pedoia, PhD
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF
MRI-Based Multi-Task Deep Learning for Cartilage Lesion Severity Staging in Knee Osteoarthritis

SESSION IV – Systemic Solutions for MSK Health
Moderated by Anne Schafer, MD

Andrew Brack, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
Muscle stem cells: stress resistance and aging

Peggy Cawthon, PhD, MPH
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
Muscle mass assessed by D3Cr dilution and its relation to strength,
physical performance, fractures and disability

Blaine Christiansen, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center
Systemic Bone Loss Initiated by Fracture

CLOSING REMARKS & RECEPTION
Tamara Alliston, PhD - Closing Remarks with Slam Talk & Poster Awards

Reception at The Pub – networking, light snacks, and drinks

View the full agenda and event updates online.