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1. Greif DN
2. Castle P
3. Rodenhouse A
4. Ayalew N
5. Yosick AJ
6. Mannava S
7. Awad H
8. Voloshin I
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.
1. Zhang VZ
2. Elias T
3. Rodriguez M
4. Abbondanzieri E
5. Brown E
6. McGrath JL
7. Awad HA
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.
1. Hosseini M
2. Afrin S
3. Yosick A
4. Awad H
5. Berger AJ
Machine learning reconstruction of digit bone Raman spectra enables noninvasive transcutaneous detection of systemic osteoporosis.; ArXiv. 2026 Mar 19.
1. Hosseini M
2. Afrin S
3. Yosick A
4. Schenker E
5. Awad H
6. Berger AJ
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.
1. Kaszuba CM
2. Rodems BJ
3. Sharma S
4. Baker CD
5. Franco EI
6. Ito T
7. Schacht P
8. Jerreld KP
9. Johnson EA
10. Smith BR
11. Yu C
12. Quarato ER
13. Chaves FA
14. Liesveld JL
15. Calvi LM
16. Awad HA
17. Eliseev RA
18. Bajaj J
Taurine transporter SLC6A6 expression promotes mesenchymal stromal cell function.; Cell death & disease; Vol 17(1), pp. 14. 2026 Jan 08.
1. Yosick AJ
2. Rodenhouse A
3. Jerreld K
4. Lekkala S
5. Massie C
6. Berger AJ
7. Awad HA
8. Ketonis C
Raman Spectroscopy for Osteoporosis Assessment: Ex Vivo Feasibility of Molecular Fingerprinting of Bone.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society; Vol 44(1), pp. e70145. 2026 Jan.
1. Kenney HM
2. Lichau D
3. Blanc R
4. Schnur L
5. Bell RD
6. Ritchlin CT
7. Schwarz EM
8. Awad HA
9. Wood RW
Automated Joint Space Detection Improves Bone Segmentation Accuracy.; Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2025 Nov 28.
1. Hosseini M
2. Afrin S
3. Yosick A
4. Schenker E
5. Awad H
6. Berger AJ
Predicting Wrist Osteoporosis from excised human finger bones using spatially offset Raman spectroscopy - A Cadaveric Study.; ArXiv. 2025 Oct 27.
1. Kaszuba CM
2. Sharma S
3. Rodems BJ
4. Baker CD
5. Schacht P
6. Ito T
7. Jerreld KP
8. Yu C
9. Franco EI
10. Quarato ER
11. Chaves FA
12. Liesveld JL
13. Calvi LM
14. Awad HA
15. Eliseev RA
16. Bajaj J
Taurine Transporter SLC6A6 Expression Promotes Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Function.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 Jun 27.
1. Yosick AJ
2. Liu B
3. Zhang VZ
4. Yan M
5. Awad HA
Longitudinal Micro-Computed Tomography Image Analysis for User-Defined Region of Interest in Critical-Sized Bone Defects.; Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2025 Jun 24.
1. Yan M
2. Xiao B
3. Yosick A
4. Liu B
5. Awad HA
Dose-dependent osteoimmunomodulatory effects of amorphous calcium phosphate nanoparticles promote 3D-printed scaffold-mediated bone regeneration.; Bioactive materials; Vol 51, pp. 197-210. 2025 May 13.
1. Kenney HM
2. Lichau D
3. Blanc R
4. Schnur L
5. Bell RD
6. Ritchlin CT
7. Schwarz EM
8. Awad HA
9. Wood RW
Automated Joint Space Detection Improves Bone Segmentation Accuracy.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 May 06.
1. Buchholz T
2. Siverino C
3. Moriarty TF
4. Sheehy EJ
5. O'Brien FJ
6. Nehrbass D
7. Arveladze S
8. Constant C
9. Elsayed SH
10. Yan M
11. Awad HA
12. Zeiter S
13. Allen MJ
Antibiotic-Loaded Polymer-Calcium Phosphate Scaffold for Treating Orthopedic Device-Related Infection in a Rabbit Segmental Bone Defect Model.; Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A; Vol 113(5), pp. e37917. 2025 May.
1. Linares I
2. Chen K
3. Saffren A
4. Mansouri M
5. Abhyankar VV
6. Miller BL
7. Begolo S
8. Awad HA
9. McGrath JL
Fluid flow impacts endothelial-monocyte interactions in a model of vascular inflammatory fibrosis.; Scientific reports; Vol 15(1), pp. 3227. 2025 Jan 25.
1. Denman K
2. Blissett A
3. Glisic S
4. Weiss B
5. Zachariadou C
6. Awad H
7. Litsky A
8. Cray J
9. Lee BS
10. Foster BL
11. Agarwal G
Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 impacts bone microarchitecture with aging in female mice.; JBMR plus; Vol 9(2), pp. ziae160. 2024 Dec 10.
1. Ajalik RE
2. Linares I
3. Alenchery RG
4. Zhang VZ
5. Wright TW
6. Miller BL
7. McGrath JL
8. Awad HA
Human Tendon-on-a-Chip for Modeling the Myofibroblast Microenvironment in Peritendinous Fibrosis.; Advanced healthcare materials. 2024 Nov 15.
1. Kenney HM
2. Chen KL
3. Schnur L
4. Fox JI
5. Wood RW
6. Xing L
7. Ritchlin CT
8. Rahimi H
9. Schwarz EM
10. Awad HA
High-throughput micro-CT analysis identifies sex-dependent biomarkers of erosive arthritis in TNF-Tg mice and differential response to anti-TNF therapy.; PloS one; Vol 19(7), pp. e0305623. 2024 Jul 05.
1. Gossett L
2. Vu GH
3. Reizner W
4. Gira E
5. Qiu B
6. Awad HA
7. Ketonis C
The Role of Proximal Locking Fixation in Volar Distal Radius Fracture Fixation.; Journal of wrist surgery; Vol 14(2), pp. 151-157. 2024 Jan 31.
1. Lee W
2. Tecle N
3. Knapp E
4. Awad H
5. Oh I
Biomechanical Effects of Subtalar Joint Fusion and Medial Ligament Reconstruction in Simulated Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity.; Foot & ankle international. 2024 Jan 19.
1. Awad H
2. Ajalik R
3. Alenchery R
4. Linares I
5. Wright T
6. Miller B
7. McGrath J
Human tendon-on-a-chip for modeling vascular inflammatory fibrosis.; Research square. 2023 Dec 13.
1. Little D
2. Amadio PC
3. Awad H
4. Cone SG
5. Dyment NA
6. Fisher MB
7. Huang AH
8. Koch DW
9. Kuntz AF
10. Madi R
11. McGilvrey K
12. Schnabel LV
13. Shetye SS
14. Thomopoulos S
15. Zhao C
16. Soslowsky LJ
Preclinical Tendon and Ligament Models: Beyond the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) to 5W1H (Why, Who, What, Where, When, How).; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 2023 Aug 12.
1. Lake SP
2. Snedeker JG
3. Wang VM
4. Awad H
5. Screen HRC
6. Thomopoulos S
Guidelines for ex vivo mechanical testing of tendon.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 2023 Jun 13.
1. Alenchery RG
2. Ajalik RE
3. Jerreld K
4. Midekksa F
5. Zhong S
6. Alkatib B
7. Awad HA
PAI-1 mediates TGF-β1 induced myofibroblast activation in tenocytes via mTOR signaling.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 2023 May 04.
1. Kaplan NB
2. Barra MF
3. Jubril A
4. Knapp E
5. Awad H
6. Ginnetti J
Effects of Acetabular Screws on the Initial Stability of Porous Coated Acetabular Implants in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.; Cureus; Vol 15(4), pp. e38257. 2023 Apr 28.
1. Sautchuk R
2. Yu C
3. McArthur M
4. Massie C
5. Brookes PS
6. Porter GA
7. Awad H
8. Eliseev RA
ROLE OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION IN BONE METABOLISM AND AGING.; Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 2023 Feb 13.
1. Massie C
2. Knapp E
3. Awad HA
4. Berger AJ
Detection of osteoporotic-related bone changes and prediction of distal radius strength using Raman spectra from excised human cadaver finger bones.; Journal of biomechanics; Vol 161, pp. 111852. 2023 Jan 25.
1. Kenney HM
2. Peng Y
3. Chen KL
4. Ajalik R
5. Schnur L
6. Wood RW
7. Schwarz EM
8. Awad HA
A high-throughput semi-automated bone segmentation workflow for murine hindpaw micro-CT datasets.; Bone reports; Vol 16. 2022 Jun.
1. Sautchuk R
2. Kalicharan BH
3. Escalera-Rivera K
4. Jonason JH
5. Porter GA
6. Awad HA
7. Eliseev RA
Transcriptional regulation of Cyclophilin D by BMP/SMAD signaling and its role in osteogenic differentiation.; eLife; Vol 11. 2022 May 30.
1. Ramsdale E
2. Mohamed M
3. Yu V
4. Otto E
5. Juba K
6. Awad H
7. Moorthi K
8. Plumb S
9. Patil A
10. Vogelzang N
11. Dib E
12. Mohile S
Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, and Drug-Drug Interactions in Vulnerable Older Adults With Advanced Cancer Initiating Cancer Treatment.; The oncologist. 2022 Mar 28.
1. Kallenbach JG
2. Freeberg MAT
3. Abplanalp D
4. Alenchery RG
5. Ajalik RE
6. Muscat S
7. Myers JA
8. Ashton JM
9. Loiselle A
10. Buckley MR
11. van Wijnen AJ
12. Awad HA
Altered TGFB1 regulated pathways promote accelerated tendon healing in the superhealer MRL/MpJ mouse.; Scientific reports; Vol 12(1). 2022 Feb 22.
1. McCloskey MC
2. Zhang VZ
3. Ahmad SD
4. Walker S
5. Romanick SS
6. Awad HA
7. McGrath JL
Sourcing cells for in vitro models of human vascular barriers of inflammation.; Frontiers in medical technology; Vol 4, pp. 979768. 2022 Jan 21.
1. Knapp E
2. Awad HA
Cantilever Bending of Murine Femoral Necks.; Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2022 Jan 05.
1. Young M
2. Walsh DJ
3. Masters E
4. Gondil VS
5. Laskey E
6. Klaczko M
7. Awad H
8. McGrath J
9. Schwarz EM
10. Melander C
11. Dunman PM
Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin Binding Protein 4 (PBP4) Inhibitors.; Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland); Vol 11(10). 2022 Jan 04.
1. Ajalik RE
2. Alenchery RG
3. Cognetti JS
4. Zhang VZ
5. McGrath JL
6. Miller BL
7. Awad HA
Human Organ-on-a-Chip Microphysiological Systems to Model Musculoskeletal Pathologies and Accelerate Therapeutic Discovery.; Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology; Vol 10. 2022.
1. Chen K
2. Massie C
3. Awad HA
4. Berger AJ
Determination of best Raman spectroscopy spatial offsets for transcutaneous bone quality assessments in human hands.; Biomedical optics express; Vol 12(12). 2021 Dec 01.
1. Greenstein AS
2. Chen RE
3. Brown AM
4. Knapp E
5. Roberts A
6. Awad HA
7. Voloshin I
Chondral Damage After Arthroscopic Repair Techniques for Acute Bony Bankart Lesions: A Biomechanical Study.; The American journal of sports medicine. 2021 Jul 08.
1. Greenstein AS
2. Chen RE
3. Knapp E
4. Brown AM
5. Roberts A
6. Awad HA
7. Voloshin I
A Biomechanical, Cadaveric Evaluation of Single- Versus Double-Row Repair Techniques on Stability of Bony Bankart Lesions.; The American journal of sports medicine. 2021 Feb 05.
1. Massie C
2. Knapp E
3. Chen K
4. Berger AJ
5. Awad HA
Improved prediction of femoral fracture toughness in mice by combining standard medical imaging with Raman spectroscopy.; Journal of biomechanics; Vol 116. 2021 Jan 13.
1. Trombetta RP
2. Knapp EK
3. Awad HA
A Mouse Femoral Ostectomy Model to Assess Bone Graft Substitutes.; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.); Vol 2230. 2021.
1. Masters EA
2. Muthukrishnan G
3. Ho L
4. Gill AL
5. de Mesy Bentley KL
6. Galloway CA
7. McGrath JL
8. Awad HA
9. Gill SR
10. Schwarz EM
Staphylococcus aureus Cell Wall Biosynthesis Modulates Bone Invasion and Osteomyelitis Pathogenesis.; Frontiers in microbiology; Vol 12. 2021.
1. Best KT
2. Nichols AEC
3. Knapp E
4. Hammert WC
5. Ketonis C
6. Jonason JH
7. Awad HA
8. Loiselle AE
NF-κB activation persists into the remodeling phase of tendon healing and promotes myofibroblast survival.; Science signaling; Vol 13(658). 2020 Nov 17.
1. Masters EA
2. de Mesy Bentley KL
3. Gill AL
4. Hao SP
5. Galloway CA
6. Salminen AT
7. Guy DR
8. McGrath JL
9. Awad HA
10. Gill SR
11. Schwarz EM
Identification of Penicillin Binding Protein 4 (PBP4) as a critical factor for Staphylococcus aureus bone invasion during osteomyelitis in mice.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 16(10). 2020 Oct 22.
1. Hollenberg AM
2. Smith CO
3. Shum LC
4. Awad H
5. Eliseev RA
Lactate Dehydrogenase Inhibition with Oxamate Exerts Bone Anabolic Effect.; Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 2020 Jul 30.
1. Dyment NA
2. Barrett JG
3. Awad HA
4. Bautista CA
5. Banes AJ
6. Butler DL
A brief history of tendon and ligament bioreactors: Impact and future prospects.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 2020 Jun 24.
1. MacDonald A
2. Ciufo D
3. Vess E
4. Knapp E
5. Awad HA
6. Ketz JP
7. Flemister AS
8. Oh I
Peritalar Kinematics With Combined Deltoid-Spring Ligament Reconstruction in Simulated Advanced Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity.; Foot & ankle international. 2020 Jun 04.
1. Best KT
2. Studentsova V
3. Ackerman JE
4. Nichols AEC
5. Myers M
6. Cobb J
7. Knapp E
8. Awad HA
9. Loiselle AE
Effects of Tamoxifen on Tendon Homeostasis and Healing: Considerations for the use of Tamoxifen-Inducible Mouse Models.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 2020 Jun 02.
1. Pelled G
2. Lieber R
3. Avalos P
4. Cohn-Yakubovich D
5. Tawackoli W
6. Roth J
7. Knapp E
8. Schwarz EM
9. Awad HA
10. Gazit D
11. Gazit Z
Teriparatide (rPTH1-34) enhances bone allograft integration in a clinically relevant pig model of segmental mandibulectomy.; Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. 2020 Jun 01.
1. Vokes J
2. Obudzinski S
3. Knapp E
4. O'Malley S
5. Awad H
6. O'Malley N
The Effects of Splitting an Above Elbow Cast: A biomechanical study.; Injury. 2020 May 23.
1. Shares BH
2. Smith CO
3. Sheu TJ
4. Sautchuk R
5. Schilling K
6. Shum LC
7. Paine A
8. Huber A
9. Gira E
10. Brown E
11. Awad H
12. Eliseev RA
Inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition improves bone fracture repair.; Bone. 2020 Apr 28.
1. O'Keefe RJ
2. Tuan RS
3. Lane NE
4. Awad HA
5. Barry F
6. Bunnell BA
7. Colnot C
8. Drake MT
9. Drissi H
10. Dyment NA
11. Fortier LA
12. Guldberg RE
13. Kandel R
14. Little DG
15. Marshall MF
16. Mao JJ
17. Nakamura N
18. Proffen BL
19. Rodeo SA
20. Rosen V
21. Thomopoulos S
22. Schwarz EM
23. Serra R
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research-Orthopaedic Research Society Joint Task Force Report on Cell-Based Therapies - Secondary Publication.; Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society; Vol 38(3). 2020 Mar.