2016-12-05

ORS New Investigator Recognition Award

New Investigator Award

The New Investigator Recognition Awards (NIRA) are presented to ten individuals during the ORS Annual Meeting for their work as young investigators.

Eligibility Criteria

NIRA candidates must have completed a residency or a PhD at the time of submission of their abstract to qualify, and must not have more than the equivalent of 5 years of active research experience (i.e., approved institutional leaves of absence excluded) beyond completion of their residency or PhD.

Candidates must be the first-listed and presenting author on the abstract submitted for the annual meeting, as well as corresponding author and cannot be a previous award winner.

The work must clearly be that of the applicant and not that of any co-author.

Potential candidates must indicate a desire to compete by checking the NIRA box during the online abstract submission.

Candidates must be a member of the ORS in good standing.

Note: You need to be a current member in good standing of the ORS, to be eligible for this award. If you are not a member, visit our membership section of the website for an application. Thank you for your interest.

Forty finalists are chosen to present at the Annual Meeting and must be present at their posters during the Poster Sessions to maintain eligibility. Alternates cannot present on their behalf. Finalists will be interviewed by the NIRA committee.

Award recipients will be selected upon the quality and presentation of material in the abstract, the quality of the poster, and the ability to discuss the material.

Awards are presented at the Annual Meeting during the ORS Awards Session.

2016 New Investigator Recognition Award Recipients



From left to right:

Back row: Wei Tong, PhD; Kevin Bell, PhD; Susumu Wada; Christopher O’Connor, PhD

Front row: Prism S. Schneider, MD, PhD; Brian Snyder, MD, PhD; Julianne Huegel, PhD; Jonathan M. Brunger, PhD; Tomohiro Kayama, MD, MBBS, Bsc(hons)

Not included in photo: Jang-Hwan Choi; Joo Han Oh, MD, PhD

2016 NIRA Winners List

Jonathan M. Brunger, PhD

Poster # 1
Targeted Genome Engineering to Create Designer Stem Cells with Autonomously Regulated Anti-cytokine Therapy for Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine

Co-Authors: Ananya Zutshi, Vincent P Willard, Sameer D Chervu, David S Pisetsky, Charles A Gersbach, Farshid Guilak

Duke University, Durham, NC
NIRA Supported by: Brown University

Tomohiro Kayama, MD, MBBS, Bsc(hons)

Poster # 160
Elucidating the Transcriptional Network of Mechanosensitive Tendon Master Gene Mohawk (Mkx)

Co-Authors: Masaki Mori, Yoshiaki Ito, Ryo Nakamichi, Takahide Matsushima, Shizuko Ichinose, Mitsuru Saito, Keishi Marumo, Hiroshi Asahara

Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo, Tokyo
NIRA Supported by: Duke University Medical Center

Julianne Huegel, PhD

Poster # 158
Effects of Autologous Tenocyte-Seeded Nanofibrous Scaffolds in Rotator Cuff Repair are Age-Dependent

Co-Authors: Dong Hwa Kim, James M Cirone, Adam M Pardes, Tyler R Morris, Courtney A Nuss, Robert L Mauck, Louis J Soslowsky, Andrew F Kuntz

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
NIRA Supported by: Hospital for Special Surgery

Kevin Bell, PhD

Poster # 126
In-Situ Forces in the Anterolateral Capsule Resulting from a Simulated Pivot Shift Test

Co-Authors: Ata A Rahnemai-Azar, Sebastian Irarrazaval, Daniel Guenther, Freddie H Fu, Volker Musahl, Richard E Debski

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
NIRA Supported by: Washington University

Christopher O’Conor, PhD

Poster # 8
Cartilage-specific Knockout of the Mechanosensory Ion Channel TRPV4 Inhibits Age-Related Osteoarthritis

Co-Authors: Hari Ramalingham, Nicole Zelenski, Halei C Benefield, Isaura Rigo, Dianne Little, Chia-Lung Wu, Di Chen, Wolfgang Liedtke, Amy L. McNulty, Farshid Guilak

Duke University, Durham, NC
NIRA Supported by: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Susumu Wada

Poster # 4
Anchorage of Double-network Hydrogel Artificial Cartilage To Underlying Bone Using a Surface Osteoconductive Approach: In Vivo Evaluation of the Bonding Behavior

Co-Authors: Nobuto Kitamura, Takayuki Nonoyama, Ryuji Kiyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong, Kazunori Yasuda

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
NIRA Supported by: University of Pennsylvania

Jang-Hwan Choi

Poster # 120
In Vivo 3D Measurement of Time-dependent Human Knee Joint Compression and Cartilage Strain During Static Weight-Bearing

Co-Authors: Emily J McWalter, Sanjit Datta, Kerstin Mueller, Andreas Maier, Garry Gold, Marc Levenston, Rebecca Fahrig

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
NIRA Supported by: University of Rochester Medical Center

Joo Han Oh, MD, PhD

Poster # 127
Effect of Hypercholesterolemia on Fatty Infiltration and Healing in a Rabbit Model of a Chronic Rotator Cuff Tear

Co-Authors: Seok Won Chung, HaeBong Park, Jieun Kwon, Jong Pil Yoon, Ghee Young Choe

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea
NIRA Supported by: University of California, San Francisco

Wei Tong, PhD

Poster # 215
The Critical Role of Mesenchymal Progenitors in Initiating the Secondary Ossification Center at the Epiphyseal Cartilage

Co-Authors: Haoruo Jia, Xiaoyuan Ma, Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, Ling Qin

University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA
NIRA Supported by: International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society

Prism S Schneider

Poster # 221
The Dose Response Effect of Ketotifen Fumarate on Post Traumatic Joint Contractures

Co-Authors: Herman Johal, Mei Zhang, David Hart, A Befus, Paul Salo, Cun-Yi Fan, Xiangdang Liang, Kevin Hildebrand

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NIRA Supported by: University of Minnesota Medical Center

Past Award Winners

2015

Tomohiro Fujiwara, NIRA Supported by Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

Bing Yu, NIRA Supported by Brown University

Yohei Kawakami, MD, PhD, NIRA Supported by Duke Orthopaedics

Jason A. Horton, PhD, NIRA Supported by Hospital for Special Surgery

Whasil Lee, NIRA Supported by International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICORS)

Michael B. Geary, BA, NIRA Supported by University of California, San Francisco

Jason D. Gibson, PhD, NIRA Supported by University of Pennsylvania Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Kohei Nishitani, NIRA Supported by University of Pittsburgh

Andrea G. Schwartz, PhD, NIRA Supported by University of Rochester Medical Center

Tsung-Lin Tsai, NIRA Supported by University of Minnesota

Iain R. Murray, MD, NIRA Supported by Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine

2014

Kun Yang, PhD, $1,000 winner NIRA Supported by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

Shankar Thiagarajah, NIRA Supported by PENN, Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Peter Grunert, MD, NIRA Supported by Duke University

Masato Yuasa, MD, NIRA Supported by University of Rochester Medical Center

Ciara M. Murphy, PhD, NIRA Supported by University of California, San Francisco and Orthopaedic Trauma Institute

Kensuke Kubota, NIRA Supported by Hospital for Special Surgery

Vincent P. Willard, PhD, NIRA Supported by the American Geriatrics Society

Julia Chen, PhD, NIRA Supported by University of Pittsburgh

Shan Li, NIRA Supported by International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society

Hongchuan Yu, NIRA Supported by University of Minnesota

Chia-Lung Wu, MS, NIRA Supported by Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine

2013

Yupeng Chen, $1,000

William Lack, MD – Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons/CORR (ABJS/CORR) – Clinical

Haruo Kanno, MD, PhD – Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons/CORR (ABJS/CORR) – Basic Science

Valeri Siclari, PhD – Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society (ICHTS)

Brya Matthews, PhD – Sponsored by the Hospital for Special Surgery

Marjolein Caron – Sponsored by the University of Rochester Medical Center

Megan Killian, PhD – Sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco

Nathaniel Dyment, PhD

Chang Lee, PhD – Sponsored by the American Geriatric Society (AGS)

Tetsuya Kuramoto

2012

Jie Shen,$1,000

Dennis Remst – Sponsored by: American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

Kenneth Urish

Sirish K Kondabolu

Meina Wang

Chathuraka T Jayasuriya – Award given in the name of the US Bone and Joint Initiative

Kei Imagawa, MD

Joerg H Holstein, MD – Sponsored by: Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)

Diane Nam, MD

Xueqin Gao – Sponsored by: International Chinese Hard Tissue Society (ICHTS)

2011

Kristen Moffat, PhD – $1,000 Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Erik R Sampson, PhD – Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Do Soung, PhD – Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Muhammad Farooq Rai, PhD – Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Oran Kennedy, PhD – Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade (BJD)

Qing Yang, MD – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Tomoyuki Nakasa- Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Shingo Hashimoto, MD, PhD – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Naosuke Kamei, MD, PhD – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Niamh C Nowlan, PhD -Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

2010

Christopher Price, PhD – $1,000 Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Karen Troy – Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Takeshi Minashima – Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Shigeru Miyaki, PhD – Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Hongbin Lu – Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society

Kenneth M Kozloff, PhD – Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade (BJD)

Roger Cornwall, MD – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Daniel Toben – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

James D Wernle – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

Songlin Peng, MS – Sponsored by MTF (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation)

2009

Choongsoo Shin,$1,000 winner

Young-Min Kwon, Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Eve Donnelly, Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Xiaowei Sherry Liu, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Wei Hou, Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society

Riku Hayashi, Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade (BJD)

Mona Dvir-Ginzberg

Samir Trehan

Takayuki Furumatsu

Akiro Higashikawa

2008

Takehiko Matsushita, MD, $1,000 winner, Sponsored by Wyeth

Yukio Akasaki, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Kazuya Kitamura, Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Naoki Kondo, Sponsored by CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Fiona H. Zhou, PhD, Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society

Shin Miyatake, MD, Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade (BJD)

Takao Setoguchi, Sponsored by Wyeth

Mei Zhu, MD, Sponsored by Wyeth

Shi-Lu Chia, Sponsored by Wyeth

Tetsuro Ohba, Sponsored by Wyeth

2007

Dean H Lang, $1,000 winner, Sponsored by Wyeth

Riku Sakimura, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Bing Wang, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Kyung Ok Kim, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Chao Xie, Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society

Wei Zhu, Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade

Yasumu Kijima, Sponsored by Wyeth

Mitra Lavasani, Sponsored by Wyeth

Yu Zhang, Sponsored by Wyeth

Eric M Darling, Sponsored by Wyeth

2006

Xue Yang, $1,000 winner, Sponsored by Amgen

Kei Miyamoto, MD, PhD, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Roberta Faccio, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Yasuhiko Nishio, MD, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Mo Chen, Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society

Laoise McNamara, Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade

Philipp Schneider, Sponsored by Amgen

Luis Cardoso Landa, PhD, Sponsored by Amgen

Michael J Jaasma, PhD, Sponsored by Amgen

Jonathan B Fitzgerald, BS, Sponsored by Amgen

2005

Shaoxia Zhou, $1,000 winner

Kimihiko Sawakami, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

Xinping Zhang, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Clinical

Wei Wang, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS) – Basic Science

Run Shen, Award givien in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade (BJD)

Andrew Ho, MD

Tian-Fang Li, MD, PhD, MSc

Jinping Xu

Chuanju Liu, PhD

Celine Colnot, PhD

2004

Richard Schneider, $1,000 award winner

Thomas Pufe, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Julia S Kuliwaba, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Clinical

Bang H Hoang, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Basic Science

Janet E Tapper, Award given in the name of the Bone and Joint Decade

ChunBong B Ma, Sponsored by the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society

Oscar K Lee

Stuart J Warden

Delphine S Perie-Curnier

Chaoyang Chen

2003

Timothy M. Ritty, PhD, $1,000 award winner

James L. Cook, DVM, PhD, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Matthias Honl, MD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Clinical

Moonsoo Jin, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Basic Science

Bryan T. Kelly

Tadahiko Kubo

David L. Glaser, MD

David Hannallah, MD

Tomoya Matsunobu, MD

Takuji Matsumoto

2002

Fumihiko Nakatani MD, $1,000 award winner

Katsuaki Kanbe MD, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

J Mark Wilkinson, MB ChB, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Clinical

Glen L Niebur, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Basic Science

Lisa A Fortier, DVM

Matyas Czipri, MD

Alexander Robling, PhD

Leon Nesti, PhD MD

Fergal O’Brien

Gerard Schmidmaier, MD

2001

Kathleen T Rousche, PhD, $1,000 award winner

Kuzuo Yudoh, MD, PhD, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Sevan Hopyan, MD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Clinical

Toshiki Miura, MD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Basic Science

Yoshihiro Matsumoto, MS

Ulrich Noth, MD

Lei Wei, PhD

Christopher R Purple, PhD

Suzuyo Ohashi, PhD

Xudong Li, MD

2000

Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD, $1,000 award winner

Kathy Buhl, MS, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Markus Heller, MS, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Clinical

Michael A K Liebschner, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Basic Science

Scott Meyer MD

Qiuqian Wu

Sean Nicklin

Henning Madry, MD

Lian P Xing, MD

Tasuku Mashiba

1999

Kazuhiro Tanaka MD, PHD, $1,000 award winner

Elizabeth T Hsiao, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Tung-Wu Lu, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Clinical

Edward Schwarz, PhD, Sponsored by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons – Basic Science

John R Mosley

Norimasa Nakamura, MD

Peter L Mente, PhD

Xuechu Zhen

Hirotaka Haro, PhD

Fackson Mwale, PhD

1998

Scott A Yerby, PHD, Sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society

Randy Goomer, PhD

Qian Chen, PhD

Eleftherios P Paschalis, PhD

Weiyong Gu, PhD

Janey D Whalen

Thomas WF Mittlmeier, MD

Ichiro Sekiya, MD

Stephen E Gould, PhD

1997

Hiroshi Hatano

Yasuharu Nakashima MD

Yohichi Ezura MD

Shunichi Murakami, MD

Jill Ann Helms, PhD

Joyce H Keyak, PhD

Marina D’Angelo PhD

Anthony Hayes

1996

Lisa Durrant

James D Kang, MD

Partap S Khalsa

Thorsten Kirsch, PhD

Brian D Mariani

Kenneth J Noonan, MD

Matthew J Silva, PhD

Jack H Wang

1995

Patrick W Lawlor

Howard A. Chansky, MD

George A Dahir, MD

Mark S Smeltzer, PhD

TJA Mommersteeg

Monique Vandermolen

Z Maria Oden

Wen Chao, MD

1994

Farshid Guilak, PhD

Jian-Ling Yao, MD

Greta M Lee, PhD

Paul Pollice, MD

Diane Raab-Cullen, PhD

Ted S Gross, PhD

Sheldon Lin, MD

Brodie Wood

1993

Kjell S Olmarker, MD

Annette Lundgaard, MD

TL Lincoln

Harry K.W. Kim, MD

GS Kitay

Jo A Hannafin, MD

K Hoy, Honorable Mention

AHRW Simpson, Honorable Mention

NA Hadley, Honorable Mention

Seiya S Jingushi, MD, Honorable Mention

Roger Nightingale, Honorable Mention

R Pereia, Honorable Mention

1992

Carl R Flannery, PhD

Steve P Evanko

Benjamin A Alman, MD

Rick B Delamarter, MD

X Edward Guo, PhD

Scott J Hollister, PhD

For more information contact ORS Education Manager Mary Jo Heflin heflin@ors.org

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