Check few of the News Outlets talking about the study!
https://sciencetm.altmetric.com/details/99910406/news
https://infosurhoy.com/health/common-anti-depressant-may-be-first-ever-treatment-for-osteoarthritis.html
Orthopaedics Research Society 2022, Dr Kamal with Dr Michael Zuscik PhD, Mack Clayton Professor of Orthopaedics and Vice Chair of Research at the University of Colorado, and Dr. Reyad Elbarbary PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Penn State University; co-organized a workshop on antidepressants (mainly SSRIs) in OA pain/pathology. Had great time listening to the talks of workshop […]
September 2022. William Pinamont receives the ASBMR 2022 Young Investigator Award for his research work on GRK2-mediated regulation of PTH1R signaling in OA.
September 2022, William Pinamont MS2, presents his research findings at the Plenary session of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2022 meeting in Austin, Texas. It sparked a lot of interest, questions, and discussions. Well done Bill!
June 2022, Juliet Chung presents the team research work on the effect of cannabis extracts in osteoarthritis at the International Cannabinoid Research Society Conference 2022. It was an impactful talk with lots of positive feedback. Well done Juliet!
April 2022, Ahmed Abdeen presented his research findings at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International Conference in Berlin, Germany. Excellent representation of the lab!
A new postdoc in the lab, Dr. Kamalesh Verma joined the team in Fall 2021, looking forward to his new perspective and research. Welcome to the Team!
Checkout Vengadesh’s recent paper summarizing our findings with different natural cannabis extracts in OA pain and joint pathology. Congratulations to Vengadesh and Team! Distinctive Therapeutic Effects of Non-Euphorigenic Cannabis Extracts in Osteoarthritis
Dr. Natalie Yoshioka leaves Hershey to join Pacific North West University as an Assistant Professor, Congratulations Natalie! We will miss you, but can’t wait to see you soar at this new chapter!
June 2022, Natalie Yoshioka successfully defended her PhD thesis, becoming our Dr. Yoshioka. Congratulations Natalie
Natalie presented her thesis work at the Experimental Biology Conference 2022 in Philadelphia in April 2022. GRK2, a novel regulator of skeletal development
Checkout Vengadesh’s recent paper describing the role of Gbetagamma-GRK2 signaling in inflammatory signaling in early OA, a major involvement of macrophage polarization. Congratulations to Vengadesh and the Team! Early Gβγ-GRK2 Inhibition Ameliorates Osteoarthritis Development by Simultaneous Anti-Inflammatory and Chondroprotective Effects
Check out Natalie’s interesting paper about structural changes int he collagen network of the joint in OA Source Structural changes in the collagen network of joint tissues in late stages of murine OA
Fall 2021, Christopher Howell is accepted into the Accelerated Orthpaedics track, this means that we will be seeing him for the coming seven years od medical school and Ortho residency. Congratulations Kalebb!
Spring 2022, Amy Thompson, MS3, is accepted into the Clinician Scientist Program, she will be spending more time in the lab to lead a research project studying the therapeutic efficacy of different natural and synthetic cannabinoids in osteoarthritis. Congratulations Amy!
May 2022, William Pinamont receives the Naugle Family Medical Student Research Award for his MSR project, Congratulations Bill!
May 2022, Kulsoom Durrani receives a Translational Science Fellowship and an Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Award for her MSR project, Congratulations!
September 2021, Kulsoom Durrani and Christopher Howell joined the lab, welcome aboard!
August 2021 William Pinamont, MS, left the lab to join the Medical School at Penn State, and he re-joined us as a first year Medical Student. Congratulations and welcome back Bill!
May 2021, Juliet Chung was awarded the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science’s (CTSI) Translational Science Fellowship (TSF) to support her MSR summer research in the lab. Congratulations Juliet!
Dr. Adeel Ahmad, MD, Class of 2021, received Medical Student Research Recognition Award for his research in the Kamal Lab over the past three years. His achievement is recognized in the Commencement 2021 Ceremony and Booklet. Congratulations Adeel!