R. Tracy Ballock, M.D. Assistant Staff Department of Biomedical Engineering / ND-20 Lerner Research Institute 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 444-5775 Fax: (216) 444-9198 ballocr@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Systemic and local regulation of growth plate biology

Current Program:

• Wnt signaling pathway
• Thyroid hormone treatment of growth plate chondrocytes
• Carboxypeptidase Z
• Translational research on the growth plate
• Hueter-Volkmann phenomenon

Personnel:

• Yvonne Shao, Ph.D. (Project Scientist)
• Lai Wang, Ph.D. (Research Associate)

Collaborators:

• Jean F. Welter, M.D., Ph.D., Dept. of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH