Congratulations to our Orthopaedic research teams and Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center (BMRC) labs, who displayed their work at this year's ORS PSRS International Spine Research Symposium, held November 10–14, 2024, in Skytop, Pennsylvania. The PSRS is a biennial symposium, bringing together spine researchers from around the world.
We had a strong team representing Pitt/UPMC Orthopaedics at this year's gathering, including Peng Feng, Chris Gonzalez, Harsha Nagar, Ryan Lin, Marissa Mansour, Valerio Tonelli Enrico and Kareem Zein. All presented research and posters on various topics, including chronic low back pain, anterior lumbar fusion clinical outcomes and more.
The BMRC proudly served as a sponsor of this year's PSRS Diversity Travel Fellowship Awards, dedicated to fostering inclusivity in spine research. This initiative supports underrepresented individuals attending the ORS/PSRS International Spine Research Symposium for the first time, providing both financial assistance and invaluable personal mentoring opportunities. We were also happy to see 2024 Bethel Fellow Kevin Burt, PhD, University of Pennsylvania at the meeting. Dr. Burt is one of the BMRC's postdoctoral Bethel Fellows, working on immune cell phenotyping during spine destabilization. Read more about the 2024 Bethel Fellows here.
