Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering or regenerative medicine approaches based on engineering cells and scaffolds into spare-parts promise to shape the future of reconstructive surgery and organ transplantation. Our research focuses primarily on Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering with an emphasis on challenging clinical problems and translational solutions, using in vivo and in vitro models of tissue (tendon, cartilage, bone) repair and clinically translatable outcome measures to assess the efficacy of repair.
Hani A. Awad, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
ORCID CV
- Effect of Bone Density and Lesser Tuberosity Osteotomy on Stemmed and Stemless Shoulder Arthroplasty Stability: A Biomechanical Study.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society; Vol 44(4), pp. e70189. 2026 Apr.
- Type III Collagen Promotes a Pro-Fibrotic Microenvironment for In Vitro Tendon Healing Microphysiological Systems.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society; Vol 44(4), pp. e70192. 2026 Apr.
- Machine learning reconstruction of digit bone Raman spectra enables noninvasive transcutaneous detection of systemic osteoporosis.; ArXiv. 2026 Mar 19.
- Predicting wrist osteoporosis from excised human finger bones using spatially offset Raman spectroscopy - a cadaveric study.; Biomedical optics express; Vol 17(2), pp. 977-990. 2026 Jan 27.
- Taurine transporter SLC6A6 expression promotes mesenchymal stromal cell function.; Cell death & disease; Vol 17(1), pp. 14. 2026 Jan 08.
News
Affiliations
September 29, 2020
Awad, McGrath and Miller receive a $4M NCATS/NIAMS Clinical Trials on a Chip grant to study tendon inflammation and fibrosis
December 18, 2017
BME and Awad Lab alum Jason Inzana, PhD (2015), joins Telos Partners
November 6, 2017
URMC Awarded Nearly $6 Million to Study Deadly Bone Infections
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Awad Lab
MC 1-8543
601 Elmwood Ave
Rochester, NY 14642