Research Award Details

2014 - POSNA Research Grant

Effects of Obesity on the Physis


Grant Recipient: Shawn Gilbert, MD - Basic Sci.

Institution:
University of AL, Birmingham
Presentations & Publications:
Presentations:
Obesity Alters Growth Plate Thickness and Strength in Immature Rats  SR Gilbert, P Estep, Moriah Smoot, KS Smith, MD, R Brooks, H Jaudon, AE Eberhardt Orthopedic Research Society 2016 Annual Meeting (Poster 1371)
Obesity Affects Growth Plate Structure and Gene Expression. SR Gilbert, KS Smith, AE Eberhardt.  EPOSNA 2017, Barcelona, Spain (Abstract 66, Podium presentation)     

Publications:  pending
 
Further Funding:

Planned resubmission of NIH grant application Feb 2018