Program Leadership and Preceptors

Karin Payne, PhD
Karin.payne@cuanschutz.edu

Mike Zuscik, PhD
Michael.zuscik@cuanschutz.edu

Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, PhD
Associate Professor of Orthopedics (Anschutz)

Douglas Adams, PhD
Associate Professor of Orthopedics (Anschutz)

Kristi Anseth, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Boulder)

Andrea Bonetto, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology (Anschutz)

Todd Bredbenner, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Colorado Springs)

Stephanie Bryant, PhD
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Boulder)

Jason Burdick, PhD
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Boulder)

Sarah Calve, PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Boulder)

Julio Carballido-Gamio, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology (Anschutz

James Carollo, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Anschutz)

Dana Carpenter, PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Denver)

Cory Christiansen, PT, PhD
Professor of Physical Therapy (Anschutz)

David Clouthier, PhD
Professor of Craniofacial Biology (Anschutz)

Virginia Ferguson, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Boulder)

Brecca Gaffney, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Denver)

Nancy Hadley-Miller, MD
Professor of Orthopedics (Anschutz)

Michael Holers, MD
Professor of Medicine - Rheumatology (Anschutz)

David Howell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics (Anschutz)

Srividhya Iyer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics (Anschutz)

Wendy Kohrt, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine – Geriatric Medicine (Anschutz)

Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine - Rheumatology (Anschutz)

Emily Lindley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics (Anschutz)

Maureen Lynch, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Boulder)

Larry Moreland, MD
Professor of Medicine – Rheumatology (Anschutz)

Corey Neu, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Boulder)

Philip Owens, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology (Anschutz)

Viral Shah, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Anschutz)

Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Anschutz)

Christine Swanson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine – Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes (Anschutz)

Chandler Callaway, PhD
Postdoc in Andrea Bonetto Lab
Formation of Liver Metastases Exacerbates Colorectal Cancer Cachexia

Samantha Landgrave
Predoc in Mike Zuscik Lab
Study of Abaloparatide as a Chondroprotective Agent in Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis

Hannah Larson
Predoc in Calve Lab
Elucidating how the ECM modulates tendon response to damage and fatigue

Monica Ohnsorg, PhD
Postdoc in Anseth Lab
Engineering Aggrecan-Mimicking Hydrogel Networks as an Articular Cartilage Regeneration Therapy

Brooke Shepard
Predoc in Virginia Ferguson Lab
Searching for Solutions to Bone Weakness through the Osteocyte Pericellular Matrix

Kate Smulligan
Predoc in Howell Lab
Post-Concussion Cervical Spine Dysfunction: Recovery and Future Musculoskeletal Injury Risk