Work-in-Progress Series
The CPMR holds a biweekly work-in-progress meeting on Thursdays at noon. During these meetings, two participants, either graduate students, postdocs, or research assistants, provide updates on their projects through presentations. The sessions are highly interactive, encouraging significant engagement from faculty, trainees, and research staff. This format helps trainees build confidence in their oral communication skills in front of a larger audience, typically consisting of over 30 people. It allows them to showcase their research knowledge and receive constructive feedback from a diverse group that includes seated and unseated trainees, preceptors, and affiliated investigators. This diverse audience fosters real-time troubleshooting and refinement of research direction. The format emphasizes active engagement, strengthens scientific rigor, improves communication skills, and promotes collaborative problem-solving.
2026 Work-in-Progress Speakers
| 6/16/26 | Hannah Zlotnick, PhD Monitoring Joint-Wide Health Via Stimuli-Responsive Microgels |
| 5/14/26 | Katie Gallagher, MS Integration of Granular ECM Biomaterials with Native Cartilage for Defect Repair |
| 4/29/26 | Hannah Zlotnick, PhD Design and In Vitro Validation of a Peptide-based Sensor of Joint Infection Lorin Danielsen, B.S. Light-mediated Mechanical Stimulation of Engineered Meniscal Tissues |
| 2/12/26 | Julia Matthias, PhD Developing a Novel Clinical Classification for Peroneal Tendon Disease and Defining Tenosynovial Signatures |
Past Seminar Speakers
| 6/12/25 | Hannah Zlotnick, PhD Monitoring Joint-Wide Health Via Stimuli-Responsive Microgels |
| 4/23/25 | Emma Briggs, M. Eng Bone Mechanical Stimulation Prior To Breast Cancer Inoculation Impacts Lesion Formation |
| 3/13/25 | Peter B. Thomsen, PT, DPT, MS Kinetic and Kinematic Analyses of Daily Sit-Stand Transitions among Transfemoral Bone-Anchored Limb Users |
| 12/12/24 | Honey Hendesi, PhD Intermittent Fasting Improves Bone Fracture Healing in Obese Mice by Altering the Gut Microbiota Katie Gallagher, MS Assessing chondrogenic DNA damage following acute impact injury in cartilage explants |
| 11/14/24 | Alysse DeFoe Engineering Large Anisotropic Microtissues via Digital Light Processing (DLP) Printed Molds for Applications in Meniscal Repair |
| 8/22/24 | Hannah Larson, BS Hyaluronic Acid Influences Collagen Fiber Strain Recovery in Tendon |
| 4/25/24 | Peter B. Thomsen, PT, DPT, MS Cumulative Loading Increases and Loading Asymmetries Persist During Walking for People with a Transfemoral Bone-Anchored Limb |
| 4/11/24 | Mohamed Awad, MD, MBA Colorado Limb Donning – Timed Up and Go (COLD-TUG) Test: Developmental and Preliminary Validation in Individuals with Lower Extremity Amputation Before and After Implantation of Osseointegrated Bone-Anchored Limbs Aaron Epperson, MS Patient-Reported Cannabis Use is Associated with Shorter Hospital Stay and Higher Readmission Rate in Patients with Tibial Shaft Fracture Fixation |
| 1/11/24 | Bianca Guillesser Banking Chondrocytes for Defect Repair: Investigating Immortalized Chondrogenic Microtissues using Human Chondrocytes and Microwell-mesh Cell Culture Platform |
| 12/14/23 | Brooke Shepard, BS A Novel Approach to Visualize Osteocyte Protein Turnover Samantha Landgrave, BS Abaloparatide Decelerates Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis in Mice |
| 11/9/23 | Hannah Larson, BS Regional Proteomics Show Heterogeneous Gradient of ECM Composition in Tendon Chandler Callaway, PhD Role of PRPS1 in skeletal muscle during aging and cancer cachexia |
| 9/28/2023 | Ellyse Schneider, PhD Epigenetic Treatments Protect Nuclear Architecture in Cardiomyocyte Cultures Honey Hendesi, MD, PhD The intermittent fasting induced shifts in gut microbiome impacts bone fracture healing in obese mice |
| 9/14/2023 | Kaitlyn Whitney, MPH Orthobiologics in Sports Medicine & Pain Management: Charting A Course Forward Ruth McCarrick-Walmsley, BS CU Regenerative Medicine Biobank: Validation of preservation and isolation techniques |
| 8/24/2023 | Katie Gallagher, BS Mechanically Induced Premature Senescence after Impact Injury in Articular Cartilage Explants |
| 8/10/2023 | Anna-Laura Nelson, MS Engineered platforms for localized mRNA delivery in fracture repair Johnny Zhu, MS MRI-based Analysis of Intratissue Biomechanics and Biochemistry for the Early-stage Osteoarthritic Human Knee Cartilage |
| 7/27/2023 | Abigail Anderson Abaloparatide as a Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Treatment Adriana Joyce, BS Co-cultured bacterial adherence to silicon nitride surfaces |
| 6/8/2023 | Pablo Argote, MS Cartilage Electromechanics by Magnetic Resonance Electrical Properties Tomography (MR-EPT) and dual MRI Michi Kanai, PhD The role of heterotrimeric G proteins in establishing positional identity of chondrocyte and osteoblast precursors during early craniofacial development |
| 5/25/2023 | Michael David, PhD Exploring the Utility of Machine Learning for Orthopedic Research Alan Morris, PhD Preliminary data comparing the efficacy of acute vaporized cannabis to oral oxycodone and placebo for chronic spine pain |
| 4/13/2023 | Mitchell Hutchings, BS Characterization of Corrosion on Orthopedic Spinal Devices Using Structured Light Scanning Mathew Wingerson, MS Exercise and neurochemistry in adolescents with concussion: Implications for future research |
| 3/23/2023 | Megan Cooke, PhD Spheroid-only Bioinks for Suspension Bioprinting of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Constructs Beatriz Bermudez, BS The impacts of polyunsaturated fatty acids on osteoblast function using MC3T3E1 cells |
| 3/9/2023 | Hannah Larson, BS Quantifying How Tendon ECM Composition Alters Collagen Fiber Mechanics Lomeli Shull, PhD PRDM paralogs are required during Meckel's cartilage and mandibular bone development |
| 2/23/2023 | Brittany Truong, BS Out on a limb: PRDM1 in limb development and Split Hand/Foot Malformation David Villani, BS Ablation of MCP1 from the intestinal epithelium is protective in the OA of obesity |
| 1/26/23 | Kristine Fischenich, PhD Onset of Skeletal Deformities in a Rabbit Model of Growth Plate Injury is Delayed with a 3D Printed Biomimetic Composite |
| 1/12/23 | Katherine Smulligan, PT, DPT Cervical Spine Dysfunction After Concussion: Predicting Subsequent Injury Risk Monica Ohnsorg, PhD Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Influence hMSC Morphology and Mechano-transduction |
| 12/8/22 | Niko Dicaprio, BS Injectable Cellular Spheroid and Microgel Granular Composites for Cartilage Repair. Samantha Landgrave, BS Abaloparatide as an osteoarthritis treatment and a mechanistic study for chondroprotection |
| 7/14/22 | Stacey Thomas, MS Bony Bar Formation After Growth Plate Injuries: Are Macrophages to Blame? |
| 5/26/22 | Christopher Erickson, PhD Exploring cartilage injury in Acomys cahirinus: a non-model mammal with a regenerative track record Kristine Fischenich, PhD Acute response to growth plate injury and treatment in a rabbit model: a 3D printed tissue engineering approach |
| 8/17/21 | Samantha Landgrave Payne Abaloparatide as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis: Mechanistic Basis for Chondroprotection |
| 6/22/21 | Beatriz Bermudez Using exercise to target osteocyte mitochondria and osteocyte senescence to improve bone strength Samantha Landgrave Payne Elaborative as a treatment for osteoarthritis: Mechanistic basis for chondroprotection |
| 3/3/2021 | Katherine Smulligan, PT, DPT Cervical Spine Dysfunction After Concussion: Predicting Subsequent Injury Risk Monica Ohnsorg, PhD Strain-stiffening Bottlebrush Polymer Hydrogels Influence hMSC Morphology and Mechano-transduction |