The focus of the Orthopaedic Surgery Research Department currently falls into six main areas of research.  Below you can see the PI’s grouped by research focus.

Aging/Bone Repair

  • Shen
  • Silva
  • Tang

Osteoporosis

  • Faccio
  • Silva

Osteoarthritis

  • Abu-Amer
  • Guilak
  • McAlinden
  • O’Keefe
  • Pascual-Garrido
  • Rai

Metabolism

  • McAlinden
  • O’Keefe
  • Shen

Cancer

  • Faccio
  • Goodwin

Inflammation

  • Abu-Amer
  • Faccio
  • Guilak
  • Shen

Fellowships

Fellowship opportunities are available through several training programs.

T32 Metabolic Skeletal Disorders Training Program

Academic Departments

Graduate students are pursuing their Ph.D. in one of several academic departments. Students in these departments may perform research with the Silva Lab.

Department of Biomedical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (MEMS)

Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS)

Graduate Students & Post-Doctural Fellows

We are always looking for qualified graduate students and post-doctural fellows.  Please contact the Principal Investigators to inquire about openings.

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