 | Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández Cosgriff.hernandez@utexas.edu Focus: Development of polymeric biomaterials to improve clinical outcomes of medical devices and regeneration strategies in the areas of orthopaedics, cardiovascular devices, chronic wound healing, and women’s health. Website |
 | Ryan Gray ryan.gray@austin.utexas.edu Focus: Mechanisms of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and cartilage degeneration Website [BDPT council member] |
 | Sarah Little-Letsinger slittle@austin.utexas.edu Focus: Integrative function and evolution of the skeletal, immune, and reproductive systems with a focus on understanding osteoporosis pathogenesis and why modern humans uniquely experience spontaneous fractures Website |
 | Vagheesh M. Narasimhan vagheesh@utexas.edu Focus: Combination of imaging and genetics at scale to understand the genetic basis of bone development, evolution and disease, using AI with large scale genomics to identify therapeutic targets for disease as well as measure disease progression. Website |
 | Steven Vokes svokes@austin.utexas.edu Focus: Transcriptional repressors, especially those underlying Hedgehog signaling, and their responses during development, homeostasis and regeneration Website |
