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Capacity Building - 2001
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OAA Pre-Doctoral Fellows
Niels Smaby, MS |
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FY 2001 |
George Chen, MS |
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FY 2002 |
VA Career Development Awardees
Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT -
Advanced Career Development Award |
Mentors: |
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Felix E. Zajac, PhD and Kevin C. McGill, PhD |
Project: |
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Motor unit firing patterns in hemiplegia
Dr. Patten's research concerns the neural control of movement, force regulation
mechanisms, neural adaptation, neuropathology, neurorehabilitation, and
post-stroke hemiparesis. |
Gary S. Beaupré,
PhD |
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Research Career Scientist |
Felix E. Zajac, PhD |
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Senior Research Career Scientist |
Other Research Fellow Programs
Wendy M. Murray, PhD |
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PVA Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Edward Teng |
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PVA Summer Scholar |
Mark Hong |
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Stanford Medical Scholars Student (Pre-MD) |
PhD Candidates
Robert D. Carpenter, MS -
Stanford University, Graduate Fellowship |
Academic Advisor: |
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Dennis R. Carter, PhD |
RR&D Mentor: |
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Gary S. Beaupré, PhD |
Area of study: |
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Development of new algorithms for predicting
femoral strength from bone densitometry data. |
Christopher J. Hernandez, PhD
- Stanford University - PhD received May, 2001 |
Academic Advisor: |
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Dennis R. Carter, PhD |
RR&D Mentor: |
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Gary S. Beaupré, PhD |
Area of study: |
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Development of a cell-based model for predicting
changes in bone density and strength during osteoporosis progression and
treatment |
Elizabeth Loboa Polefka, MS -
Stanford University |
Academic Advisor: |
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Dennis R. Carter, PhD |
RR&D Mentor: |
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Gary S. Beaupré, PhD |
Area of study: |
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Development of concepts and algorithms for
relating mechanical stress and strain histories to skeletal tissue
differentiation. |
Sandra Shefelbine, MS -
Stanford University, Graduate Fellowship |
Academic Advisor: |
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Dennis R. Carter, PhD |
RR&D Mentor: |
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Gary S. Beaupré, PhD |
Area of study: |
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Development of concepts and algorithms for
modeling the mechanobiology of normal and pathological bone growth and
development |
Capacity Building - 2000
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