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Orthopaedics

• 2024: ScholarGPS has ranked Brown University as the #1 best academic Orthopedic Department in the world!
• 2024: Wentian Yang, Ph.D. was awarded Grant – Title: SHP2’s Regulation of the Bone Marrow Stroma and Hematopoietic Crosstalk; Sponsor: NIH/NIDDK; Project Period: 8/15/24 – 5/31/27; Total Amount: $1,479,930
• 2024: Jillian Beveridge, Ph.D. was awarded Grant – Title: Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research; Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS; Project Period: 7/30/24 – 6/30/28; Total Amount: $1,381,745
• 2024: Nicholas Lemme, MD and team (Rohit Badida, MS, Madalyn Hague, BS, Janine Molino, PhD, Matthew Quinn, MD, Braden Fleming, PhD, and Brett Owens, MD) for being awarded the Cabaud Memorial Award by The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for their paper titled “How Steep is Too Steep? Assessing the Limits of Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis and Slope-Reducing Osteotomy in ACL Graft Force and Knee Stability”.
• 2024: Josephine M. Kalshoven, Ph.D., has been awarded 2024 Contributions to I-BEAM Community Life Award, Brown Institute for Biology, Engineering, and Medicine (I-BEAM) Annual Retreat
• 2024: Josephine M. Kalshoven, Ph.D., has been awarded 2024 Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, Brown Institute for Biology, Engineering, and Medicine (I-BEAM) Annual Retreat
• 2024: Josephine M. Kalshoven, Ph.D., won 2024 Journal of Biomechanics Award Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics “Multidirectional assessment of the ligaments of the thumb carpometacarpal joint”
• Josephine M. Kalshoven, Rohit Badida, Amy M. Morton, Janine Molino, Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, Amy L. Ladd, Joseph J. Crisco
• 2024: Anika Breker, has been awarded the 2024 Morris L. Povar Prize in Zoology or Physiology for her thesis titled: “Effect of initial graft tension on knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled clinical trial with 15-year follow-up”. Anika has worked in Professor Braden Fleming’s lab for the past two years.
• 2024: Richard Terek, M.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: ASPH Targeted Therapy: ASPH Targeted Therapy for Chondrosarcoma; Sponsor: National Cancer Institute; Project Period: 12/2022-11/2027; Total Amount: $1,229,595
• 2024: Chathuraka Jayasuriya, Ph.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: Bioactive Scaffold: Bioactive Injectable Cell Scaffold for Meniscus Injury Repair in a Large Animal Model; Sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Sys; Project Period: 9/2023-8/2028; Total Amount: $282,026
• 2024: Joseph J. Crisco, Ph.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: SAM Supplement: Multi-modal Tracking of In Vivo Skeletal Structures and Implants; Sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Sys; Project Period: 9/2023-8/2024; Total Amount: $256,193
• 2024: Joseph J. Crisco, Ph.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: Hemi Bearing Systems: Advancing Hemiarthroplasty: Predicting in vivo performance of cartilage bearing systems through benchtop and ex vivo testing.; Sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Sys; Project Period: 8/2023-7/2028; Total Amount: $730,514
• 2024: Joseph J. Crisco, Ph.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: Carpal Animal Model: Validation of the Yucatan Minipig as a Pre-clinical Model for Wrist Bone Arthroplasty; Sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculskeletal Sys; Project Period: 1/2023-12/2024; Total Amount: $180,400
• 2024: Jillian Beveridge, Ph.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: Injury COBRE Proj 4: New potential to restore neuromuscular and joint function after ACL injury- Project 4; Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Project Period: 8/2023-1/2024; Total Amount: $492,045
• 2024: Valentin Antoci, M.D. has been awarded Grant – Title: Omnibond: A prospective, randomized, single-blinded study to assess the incidence of wound complications following total knee and hip arthroplasty in patients treated with two different types of topical skin adhesive.; Sponsor: PSI RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC; Project Period: 9/2022-11/2029; Total Amount: $20,700
• 2024: Roy Aaron, M.D., was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RI Arthritis Foundation
• 2024: Dr. Lauren Piana, M.D., has been awarded Grant – “Can Electrical Stimulation Under 10 Minutes Enhance Median Nerve Recovery in Rats” (Award 4233) has been selected as a 2023 AFSH Basic Science Grant.
• 2024: Dr. Myles Dworkin and Co-Investigators Drs. Brad Blankenhorn and Trey Crisco, have been awarded Grant – AOFAS Research Grants Program; Re: 2024-117 R; Title: Biomechanical Testing of 3D Printed Implants for the Fixation of OTA Type B Ankle Fractures; Sponsor: American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society; Project Period: 5/1/24 – 4/30/25; Total Amount: $5,000
• 2024: Jay Trivedi, Ph.D., has been awarded Grant – ON/ORS Kick-Starter Grant; Title of the Project – “Evaluation of the role of DLX5 in cellular hypertrophy to prevent osteoarthritis”; Funding Organization – ON Foundation (Switzerland); Sponsor: Orthoregeneration Network;p Project Period: 2/1/24 – 1/31/25; Total Amount: $10,000
• 2023: Chathuraka Jarasuriya, Ph.D., was awarded Grant – NIH R01 (1R01AR080726). Title: Bioactive Injectable Cell Scaffold for Meniscus Injury Repair in a Large Animal Model. PI: Chathuraka Jayasuriya (PhD), Co-Is: Brett Owens (MD), Braden Fleming (PhD), Janine Molino (PhD) Awarding Institution: NIH (NIAMS & NIGMS); Duration: 5- years; Start Date: 09/04/2023
• 2023: Jillian Beveridge, Ph.D., was awarded a 2-year Research Project Leader position on the RIH Injury Control COBRE grant. Hers and Dr. Fleming’s research on neuromuscular function after ACL reconstruction that supported the application was the cover feature in Bioengineering Journal’s special issue on Precision Medicine and Emerging Technologies for Osteoarthritis in July.
• 2023: Dr. Yajun Liu was awarded a NIH pilot project grant  ‘Regulation of sex dimorphism in osteoarthritis through stress microRNA and Hedgehog signaling’, from the COBRE for Computational Biology of Human Disease of Brown University. Dr. Qian Chen is a mentor of the pilot project grant.   
• 2014:  Nicolas Andry Award, The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons.  “The Puzzle of the Thumb – Mobility, Stability, and Demands in Opposition.”  Amy Ladd, Joseph J. Crisco, Elisabet Hagert, Jessica Rose, and Arnold-Peter Weiss.
• 2014: ACL Research Highlighted in Stephen Hawkings Science of the Future, Designer Humans – Episode 5 of 6, National Geographic Channel, June 15, 2014
• 2013:  Awarded “1st International Thumb Osteoarthritis Workshop (ITOW)”.  NIH/NIAMS
• 2013: Cabaud Research Award, American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine.
• 2013: Award-Winning Research May Make ACL Healing Without Reconstruction Possible. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
• 2013:  Awarded “Thumb CMC Biomechanics and Early OA Progression”. NIH/NIAMS.

Sports Biomechanics

• 2015: “Brain trauma research, care abounds at Brown“.  News from Brown, Dec. 23, 2015.
• 2014: “WHACK! Study measures head blows in girls’ lacrosse“. News from Brown, Dec. 1, 2014.
• 2013: “Biomechanics: Taking a whack at research“. News and Events, Brown University
• 2013: “Ahead of the Game“. Brown Medicine, Vol 19(3), Fall 2013
• 2013: “For young players, light bats don’t hit too fast“. Brown University.
• 2013: “Study finds non-wood bats don’t propel the ball at dangerous speeds”. Consumer Affairs.
• 2013: Football Helmet Research Aimed at Reducing Concussion Injury. Orthopaedic Research Society News.
• 2012: Q&A with US Lacrosse. US Lacrosse.
• 2012: Helmet study for girls lacrosse. Brown Engineering News.
• 2007: The $1,000 Football Helmet. Time Magazine, Best Inventions of 2007 (Invented by J.J. Crisco and R.M. Greenwald).

Toy Controllers for Rehabilitation

• 2015: “Next level in therapeutic gaming“, Providence Business News, Feb. 2, 2015
• 2013: Awarded “Motion-Specific Toy Controllers for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation in Children”.  NIH/NICHD
• 2009: Toys and Technology for Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy Patients. Science Daily.
• 2009: Student-designed toys help kids with motor disorders. Brown Daily Herald.