Ronald J. Midura, Ph.D. Staff Department of Biomedical Engineering / ND-20 Lerner Research Institute 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 445-3822 Fax : (216) 444-9198 midurar@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Connective Tissue Biology

Current program:

• Regulation of bone and cartilage formation
• Fracture healing in simulated microgravity
• Osteoporosis and bone remodeling

Personnel:

• Midura, Ronald J., Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)
• Androjna, Caroline (Charlie) Ph.D. (Research Associate)
• McCabe, N. Patrick, Ph.D. (Research Associate)
• Midura, Sharon, B.S. (Research Technologisti)
• Welter, Colin, M.S. (Graduate Student)
• Oh, Joongseok, M.S. (Graduate Student)

Collaborators:

• Bonewald, Lynda, Ph.D. Dept. of Oral Biology, Univ. of Missouri-KC, Kansas City, MO
• Cavanagh, Peter, Ph.D., D. Sc., Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Gorski, Jeffrey P., Ph.D., Dept. of Oral Biology, Univ. of Missouri-KC, Kansas City, MO
• Zborowski, Maciej, Ph.D., Dept, of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH