Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health Researchers

Medical scientists affiliated with the Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, located at IU School of Medicine—Indianapolis, focus on the discovery and development of new treatments, cures, diagnostic tools, new technologies and preventative strategies to address the increasing burden of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders of bone, muscle, tendon, ligament and cartilage affecting patients of all ages. Faculty investigators from universities throughout Indiana who share an interest in bone and muscle research collaborate at the center to address the unknowns and issues of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders.

Director

Melissa A. Kacena

Director, Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health
Chancellor's Professor
Edward H. and Yvonne J. Boseker Professor of Orthopeadics
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Adjunct Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
Vice Chair for Research

primary investigators, IU School of Medicine

Motasem Al Maaieh, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Imranul Alam, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Medicine

Matthew R. Allen, PhD

Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Tarah J. Ballinger, MD

Vera Bradley Foundation Scholar in Breast Cancer Research

Joseph P. Bidwell, PhD

Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Lynda F. Bonewald, PhD

Distinguished Professor

Jeff Brault, PhD

Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Neal X. Chen, MD, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Medicine

Zhenhui Chen, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Erica L. Clinkenbeard, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics

Christopher Collier, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Lingxiao Deng, M.D., PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Linda A. DiMeglio, MD, MPH

Edwin Letzter Professor of Pediatrics

Mark T. Dillon, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Jason Doles, PhD

Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Michael J. Econs, MD

Distinguished Professor

Joshua S. Everhart, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Anthony B. Firulli, PhD

Carleton Buehl McCulloch Professor of Pediatrics

Tatiana Foroud, PhD

Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs

Clair A. Francomano, MD

Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics

Yann Gibert, PhD

Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics

Brett A. Graham, MD

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Ed Greenfield, PhD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Stacey L. Halum, MD

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Renzhi Han, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics

T G. Hornby, PhD

Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Kun Huang, PhD

Chair, Department of Biostatistics & Health Data Science

Joshua R. Huot, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Gary D. Hutchins, PhD

Research Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences

Erik A. Imel, MD

J.O. Ritchey, M.D. Professor of Medicine

Babar A. Khan, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

Tatiana Y. Kostrominova, PhD

Associate Professor of Anatomy,Cell Biology & Physiology

Noriyoshi Kurihara, DDS, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine

Bruce T. Lamb, PhD

Executive Director, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute

Kenneth Lim, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Yunlong Liu, PhD

Director, Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Ziyue Liu, M.D.

Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Health Data Science

Charalampos Lyssikatos, MD

Assistant Research Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Milos Marinkovic, PhD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Larry W. Markham, MD

Phillip Murray Professor of Pediatric Cardiology

Todd O. McKinley, MD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Patrice Mimche, PhD

Associate Professor of Dermatology

Sharon M. Moe, MD

Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Ranjani N. Moorthi, M.D., MPH

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Brian H. Mullis, MD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Harikrishna Nakshatri, PhD

Marian J. Morrison Professor of Breast Cancer Research

Roman M. Natoli, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Christopher L. Newman, MD, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences

Christopher Njeh, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Thomas M. O'Connell, PhD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Dillon C. O'Neill, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Jason Organ, PhD

Executive Director, FACET

Gang Peng, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics

Brian Pierchala, PhD

Sherry Sonneborn Professor of ALS Research

Fabrizio Pin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Lilian I. Plotkin, PhD

Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

Arpan Prabhu, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Alexander G. Robling, PhD

Chair, Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Bryan M. Saltzman, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Uma Sankar, PhD

L. Kenneth & Paula D. Knoebel Professor of Cellular & Integrative Physiology

Stephen Schlecht, PhD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Viral Shah, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

Roman Shrestha, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology & Imaging Sciences

Mithun Sinha, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Brenda J. Smith, PhD

Barbara F. Kampen Professor of Women's Health

Lester J. Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences

David W. Stockwell, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery

Attaya Suvannasankha, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Jan P. Szatkowski, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Stacey E. Tarvin, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Michael E. Weisman, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Steven S. Welc, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology

Fletcher A. White, PhD

Vergil K. Stoelting Professor of Anesthesia

Kenneth E. White, PhD

Chancellor's Professor

Carol A. Witczak, PhD

Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology

L D. Wurtz, MD

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Xue Yuan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Rich C. Zellars, MD

Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology

primary investigators, IU indianapolis

Mangilal Argarwal, PhD

Director of the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI)

Keith Avin, PhD, DPT

Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

Rafael Bahamonde, PhD, FACSM, FISBS

Founding Dean & Professor; IPREP Program Director - School of Health & Human Sciences

Angela Bruzzaniti, PhD

Director, PhD Training Program and Research Development - School of Dentistry

Stephen Carter, PhD

Assistant Professor - School of Public Health

Pei-Shiun Chang, PhDPhD, RN, ACNP-BC

Associate Professor - School of Nursing

Tien-Min Chu, PhD, DDS

Associate Dean for Research, Director of Graduate Dental Materials Program, Professor - School of Dentistry

Andrew Coggan, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

Monica Hubal, PhD, FACSM

Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

NiCole Keith, PhD, FACSM

Executive Associate Dean - School of Public Health

Jiliang Li, MD, PhD

Professor of Biology - School of Science

Chia-Ying Lin, PhD

Executive Director of the Convergent Bioscience and Technology Institute - Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering

Terry Loghmani, PhD, PT

Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

Alexandru Movila, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Dentistry

Niki Munk, PhD, LMT

Chair; Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

Randall Roper, PhD

Professor of Genetics - School of Science

Rishma Shah, BDS, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Dentistry

William R. Thompson, PT, DPT, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

Thankam Thyvalikakath, DMD, MDS, PhD, FACMI

Associate Dean of Dental Informatics and Digital Health - School of Dentistry

Yasuyoshi Ueki, MD, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Dentistry

Chandler Walker, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Dentistry

Stuart Warden, PhD, PT, FACSM, FASBMR

Associate Dean for Research and Chancellor's Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

primary investigators, Purdue University

Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Science - College of Health & Human Sciences

Chad Carroll, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology - College of Health & Human Sciences

Wayne Campbell, PhD

Professor, Department of Nutrition Science - College of Health & Human Sciences

Deva Chan, PhD

Director, Purdue Small Animal and Engineering (3T) MRI Facilities - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Jie Chen, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Marxa Figueiredo, PhD

Associate Professor - College of Veterinary Medicine

Tim Gavin, PhD

Professor - College of Health & Human Sciences

Sherry Harbin, PhD

Professor - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Natasha Jaiswal, PhD

Assistant Professor - College of Health & Human Sciences

Shihuan Kuang, PhD

Professor - College of Agriculture

Dianne Little, PhD

Assistant Professor - College of Veterinary Medicine

Julie Liu, PhD

Associate Professor - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Philip Low, PhD

Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor - Department of Chemistry

James F. Markworth, PhD

Assistant Professor - College of Agriculture

Sarah Malek, PhD

Assistant Professor - College of Veterinary Medicine

Kevin Otto, PhD

Professor - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Bruno Roseguini, PhD

Associate Professor - College of Health & Human Sciences

Rachel Surowiec, PhD

Assistant Professor - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Michael Sturek, PhD

Professor - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Diane Wagner, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Engineering & Technology

Joseph Wallace, PhD

Professor - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Waninger, PhD

Managing Director - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Hiroki Yokota, PhD

Professor - School of Engineering & Technology

primary investigators, Marian University

Robyn Fuchs, PhD

Associate Professor - School of Health & Human Sciences

Julia Hum, PhD

Associate Professor - Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jonathan Lowery, PhD

Professor - Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine

Niladri Mahato, MBBS, MS, DNB, PhD

Assistant Professor - Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine

Primary investigators, Ball State University

Scott Trappe, PhD

John and Janice Fisher Endowed Professor of Human Bioenergetics and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory

Primary investigators, University of Notre Dame

Glen Niebur, PhD

Professor - College of Engineering

Ryan Roeder, PhD

Professor - College of Engineering

John Wagle, PhD

Associate Athletics Director - Sports Performance

Primary investigators, Emeriti