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CURRENT VISITING EXPERTS/SPEAKERS
CURRENT SCHEDULES FOR BOTH JOURNAL CLUB AND SPEAKER PROGRAMS

The UAB-CMBD, largely through industry-sponsorship (i.e., Merck, Procter & Gamble), has developed an active, highly visible outside speaker's program.  Numerous experts/speakers have visited the UAB-CMBD at UAB, given plenary lectures, and visited with scientists, clinicians, and students.

2011
01-20-11	Sasanka Ramanadham, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Bone Formation and Bone Adiposity - A Phospholipid Perspective
02-17-11	Deborah V. Novack, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology & Washington University School of Medicine Title: “NIKing” the Bone: How Alternative NF-kB Encourages the Osteoclast
03-17-11	Denis R. Clohisy, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota Title: Bone Cancer Pain and Tumor Growth: From Model to Mechanism to Therapy
04-21-11	Suzanne Jan de Beur, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Title: Understanding Phosphate Homeostasis:  Lessons from the Metabolic Bone Clinic
05-19-11	Hua Zhu (David) Ke, MD, PhD, Scientific Executive Director, Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Amgen Inc. Title: Inhibition of Sclerostin for Bone Formation and Regeneration
06-16-11	Beth S. Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Ohio State University Title: The Osteoclast Sealing Zone
06-29-11	Clifford J. Rosen, M.D, Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Maine Medical Center Research Institute Title: What's New Between Bone and Fat?
06-29-11	L. Darryl Quarles, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief of Nephrology, and Associate Dean, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Title: Integrative Physiology of GPRC6A
06-29-11	Sasanka Ramanadham, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Bone Integrity: Influence of Diabetes and Adiposity
06-29-11	Barbara A. Gower, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: The Bone-Fat-Pancreas Axis: Establishing a Role for Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin in Energy Homeostasis
06-29-11	Robert W. Hardy, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Genome Wide Gene Expression in Primary Human Bone Marrow Adipocytes vs. Subcutaneous Adipocytes:  What’s the Difference?
09-15-11	Speaker to be announced, Title:
10-20-11	Speaker to be announced, Title:
11-17-11	Speaker to be announced, Title:
2010 (21 speakers)
01-29-10	Joel L. Berry, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Wake Forest, NC Title: Electrospun Fiber Mechanics: Implications for Cellular Mechanotransduction in Tissue Scaffolds Co-hosted with the School of Engineering
02-04-10	Di Chen, MD, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester School of Medicine Title: Role of beta-Catenin Signaling in the Development of Degenerative Disc Disease
02-11-10	Karl H. Wenger, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Orthopaedic Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Georgia Title: Vibrational Therapy for Bone Health: Implications in Fracture Healing and Aging
02-18-10	Jennifer J. Westendorf, PhD, Consultant and Associate Professor, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic Title: Histone Deacetylases Play Crucial Roles in Bone Development and Skeletal Health
03-18-10	Marian F. Young, PhD, Chief, Molecular Biology of Bones & Teeth Unit, National Institutes of Health/NIDCR Title: Roles of Proteoglycans and Their Partners in Skeletal Homeostasis and Disease
03-31-10	Laurie K. McCauley, DDS, PhD, William K. and Mary Anne Najjar Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry Title:Parathyroid Hormone: Integrator of Hematopoietic Cells and Bone
03-31-10	Carlos M. Isales, MD,Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Associate Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia Title:Mechanism of Dietary Protein Action on Bone Cells
03-31-10	Janet Rubin, MD,Professor, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Title:Biomechanical Control of Mesenchymal Lineage Allocation
03-31-10	Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD,Wilma & Roswell Messing Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine Title:Osteoclasts: What Do They Do and How Do They Do It?
03-31-10	Gregory A. Clines, MD, PhD,Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Title:Mechanisms of Osteoblast Dysfunction in Cystic Fibrosis Bone Disease
04-02-10	Sunil Saini, PhD,Director, R&D Integra Orthobiologics LS, Plainsboro, New Jersey Title:Bone Graft Technologies Co-hosted with the Department of Biomedical Engineering
04-13-10	Conor C. Lynch, PhD,Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Orthopaedics Institute and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University. Title:Metalloproteinases: Key Regulators of the “Vicious Cycle” of Bone Metastases Co-hosted with the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
04-15-10	Bryant G. Darnay, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Title:Control of Osteoclastogenesis by Non-proteasomal Ubiquitin Events Mediated by TRAF6: A Molecular Dissection of TRAF6 Function
04-28-10	Di Chen, MD, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester School of Medicine Title:Axin Proteins are Key Regulators of Bone Remodeling Co-hosted with the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
04-29-10	Shuying Yang, MD, PhD,Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Title:Molecular Regulation of Bone Formation and Resorption Co-hosted with the Institute of Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry
05-20-10	Wen-Cheng Xiong, MD, PhD,Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia Title:Cell Adhesion Signaling in Skeleton Development & Bone Remodeling
06-07-10	Yi-Ping Li, PhD,Professor, Department of Cytokine Biology, Forsyth Institute, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Title:Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Osteoclast Differentiation and Bone Resorption Co-hosted with the Division of Anatomic Pathology
06-17-10	Keith L. Kirkwood, DDS, PhD,Chair, Department of Craniofacial Biology, Associate Dean for Research, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina Title:Innate Immune Signaling through p38 MAPK/MKP-1 Pathways: Implications in Periodontal Diseases and Inflammatory Bone Loss Co-hosted with the Institute of Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry
09-16-10	Haibo Zhao, MD, PhD,Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolic Diseases and Chair, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title:Osteoclastic Bone Resorption: A Journey of Lysosomes
11-18-10	Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD,Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine Title:Novel insights into the role of NF-kB signaling in bone loss
2009 (14 speakers)
01-15-09	Jon M. Burnham, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Title: The Epidemiology of Bone Health in Childhood Arthritis
01-23-09	David C. Greenspan, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida Title:Novel Attachment Methods – Lessons Learned – the Bioglass® Story Co-hosted with the School of Engineering
02-19-09	Bart Williams, PhD, Senior Investigator, Van Andel Research Institute Title: Mouse Models to Assess the Role of the Wnt Receptors Lrp5 and Lrp6 in Development and Disease
02-20-09	Xu Feng, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Molecular Mechanism of Bifunctional Role of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in Osteoclastogenesis
04-16-09	Xu Feng, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Molecular Mechanism of Bifunctional Role of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in Osteoclastogenesis
05-12-09	John P. Bilezikian, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Endocrinology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Title: Parathyroid Hormone: From Too Little to Too Much
05-21-09	Jay M. McDonald, MD, Professor of Pathology and Director, Center for Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Update on CMBD P30 as Presented to the External Reviewers JJianbo Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: The Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Mammalian Endochondral Bone Formation
09-25-09	Peter McFetridge, PhD,Director, Mammalian Cell and Organ Culture Laboratory; Assistant Professor, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma Title:Progress Towards Developing Functional Tissue Engineering Tissues Co-hosted with the School of Engineering
10-15-09	Clinton T. Rubin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook Title: Stemming Osteoporosis and Obesity by Low Magnitude Mechanical Signals
11-05-09	Edward M. Greenfield, PhD, Harry E. Figgie III MD Professor of Orthopaedics and Director of Orthopaedic Research, Case Western Reserve University Title: Protein Kinase A in Osteoblasts & Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Osteosarcoma
11-19-09	Larry J. Suva, PhD, Carl L. Nelson Professor of Orthopaedic Creativity and Director, Center for Orthopaedic Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology Title: The Skeletal Consequences of Disease: Molecules to Markers
12-01-09	Yukiko Maeda, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Title: Maintenance of bone growth and bone mass requires Hedgehog signaling Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
12-16-09	Julie Glowacki, PhD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Title: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanisms of Skeletal Aging: Insights from Human Marrow Cells
2008 (19 speakers)
01-17-08	Jane Cauley, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Title: Successful Aging and Bone Health Co-hosted with CERTs
02-12-08	Robert E. Guldberg, PhD, Professor and Associate Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology Title: EPIC-mCT Analysis of Articular Joint Development and Degeneration Co-hosted with BERM
02-21-08	J. Wesley Pike, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Title: The RANKL Gene: ChIPing Away at Enhancer Structure and Function
02-28-08	Mary Nakamura, MD, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology Title: Cytokines and ITAM Receptors: Influencing Each Other in Osteoclastogenesis Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
03-06-08	Rik Derynck, PhD, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco Title: TGF-Beta Signaling and Osteoblast Function
03-21-08	Farshid Guilak , PhD, Professor, Director, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, NC Co-hosted with School of Engineering Spring 2008 Seminar Series Title: Biomechanical Factors in Osteoarthritis: Obesity, Cell Mechanics, and Regenerative Medicine Co-hosted with School of Engineering Spring 2008 Seminar Series
03-26-08	Lynda F. Bonewald, PhD, Lefkowitz Professor and Director, Bone Biology Research Program, Department of Oral Biology, University of Missouri at Kansas City Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology Title: Discovering Both New Functions for Osteocytes
03-26-08	Laurie K. McCauley, DDS, PhD, William K. and Mary Anne Najjar Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry Title: Cell Systems and Targets of PTH Action in Bone
03-26-08	Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD, Wilma & Roswell Messing Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine Title: The Osteoclast Cytoskeleton: How Does it Work and What Does it Do?
03-26-08	Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor of Medicine and Director, Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Title: Expanding Horizons of Skeletal Physiology and Pathophysiology
04-17-08	Xu Cao, PhD, Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: TGFß1 Induces Migration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Couple Bone Resorption and Formation
05-15-08	Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and Director, Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, University of Pennsylvania Title: Tendon Healing in a Rotator Cuff Animal Model
06-19-08	Tamara J. Vokes, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Title: Using Radiographic Texture Analysis (RTA) for Assessing Bone Fragility
09-30-08	Clifton A. Baile, PhD, Professor of Animal Science and Foods & Nutrition, University of Georgia Title: Leptin, Fat Stores, Bone Marrow Adipocytes and the Skeleton Co-hosted with CNRC/Nutrition Sciences
10-02-08	Florent Elefteriou, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Title: Neuronal regulation of bone remodeling and its relevance to bone diseases Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
10-16-08	Douglas P. Kiel, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Title: Genome Wide Association Studies for Skeletal Phenotypes
11-06-08	Hanjoong Jo, PhD, Ada Lee and Pete Correll Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Title: Role of NADPH Oxidases in Flow-dependent Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis – The BMP4/BMP Receptor Signaling Axis Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology
11-20-08	Andrea Z. LaCroix, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington Title: New Insights into the Etiology of Hip Fracture from the Women’s Health Initiative: Clinical Risk Factors, Biomarkers and Genes Co-hosted with CERTs
12-11-08	Leland W.K. Chung, PhD, Professor of Urology and Director, Molecular Urology & Therapeutics Program, Emory University Title: NProstate Cancer Bone Metastasis: Biology, Targeting, and Imaging Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
2007 (15 speakers)
01-18-07	Dwight A. Towler, MD, PhD, Ira M. Lang Professor of Medicine, Washington University Title: TNF-alpha and BMP2-Wnt Signaling in Diabetic Vascular Disease
01-25-07	Dianqing (Dan) Wu, PhD, Professor of Genetics & Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center Title: To be announced Co-host with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
02-08-07	Paul D. Miller, MD, Medical Director, Colorado Center for Bone Research Title: Bisphosphonates for Life?
02/15/07	Robert A. Nissenson, PhD, Professor of Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco Title: Regulation of Skeletal Homeostasis by G Protein Signaling in Osteoblasts
03-15-07	Pamela G. Robey, PhD, Chief, Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH Title: Skeletal Stem Cells in Health and Disease
03-29-07	G. David Roodman, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Bone Biology, University of Pittsburgh Title: Paget’s Disease – Virus or Gene? Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
04-19-07	Eric S. Orwoll, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, General Clinical Research Center, Oregon Health &Science University Title: : Fractures in Older Men: Lessons from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (MrOS)
05-17-07	Janet Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina Title: Mechanical Induction of a Pro-anabolic, Anti-catabolic State in Bone
06-21-07	David B. Burr, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine Title: The Effects of Pharmacologic Agents Used to Treat Postmenopausal Osteoporosis on Bone Matrix Material Properties
06-29-07	William V. Giannobile, DDS, DMedSc, Najjar Professor of Dentistry, and Director, Michigan Center for Oral Health Research; and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Title: Periodontal Bioengineering
06-29-07	Thomas A. Einhorn, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine Title: The Cell and Molecular Biology of Bone Repair and Regeneration
10-04-07	Clifford J. Rosen, MD, Professor of Nutrition, University of Maine and Executive Director, Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research & Education Title: Genetic Regulation of IGF-1 and Its Relationship to Bone Acquisition and Marrow Adiposity
10-18-07	David Lacey, MD, Vice President of Basic Research, Amgen Title: Sclerostin: High Impact Target for Potential Novel Bone Anabolic Therapy Co-hosted with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
11-12-07	Andrea Mastro, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University Title: The Interaction of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells with Osteoblast; In Vivo and In Vitro Models
11-15-07	Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Director, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CERTs), University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve Care in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
2006 (17 speakers)
01/19/06	Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, Professor and Director, Bone Metabolism Laboratory, Tufts University Title: Role of Vitamin D in Musculoskeletal Health
02/16/06	John P. Bilezikian, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Endocrinology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Title: The Top Ten Paradoxes as a Therapy for Osteoporosis
03-02-06	Deborah Novack, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University Title: Classical and Alternative NFkappaB Signaling in Osteoclasts Co-host with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
03/16/06	Sundeep Khosla, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Title: Circulating Osteogenic Cells in Humans
04/20/06	David W. Dempster, PhD, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director, Regional Bone Center, Helen Hayes Hospital Title: Bone Quality: It is Important Or a Passing Fad?
05/17/06	Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor, Department of Medicine, Director, Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Title: The Pituitary in Control of Bone
05/17/06	John S. Adams, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Endocrinology, University of California-Los Angeles Title: Vitamin D as a Defensin
05/17/06	Lynda F. Bonewald, PhD, Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Director, Bone Biology Research Program, University of Missouri at Kansas City Title: Osteocytes as Dynamic, not Passive Cells
05/17/06	Ted S. Gross, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington Title: Do your bones care what your muscles are doing?
05/17/06	Theresa A. Guise, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Title: TGFß in Bone Metastases
06-15-06	Lawrence G. Raisz, MD, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Medicine and Director, Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center Title: Prostaglandins and Bone
09-21-06	Jay M. McDonald, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Director, Center for Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Health Care on the Trip to Mars
10-05-06	M. Cynthia Farach-Carson, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences and Director, Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware Title: Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone Co-host with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
10-19-06	B. Lawrence Riggs, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Title: Application of New Technologies for Non-invasive Assessment of Bone Structure, Bone Quality, and Bone Strength: Impact of Results on Current Paradigms of Pathogenesis and Drug Therapy for Osteoporosis
11-16-06	Steven R. Goldring, MD, Chief Scientific Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Title: Pathology Teaches Physiology: A Paradigm for Translational Research
2005
12-15-05	Gary Gibson, PhD, Professor and Director, Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit Title: The Chondrocyte’s Last Gasp. Cell Communication at the Cartilage Bone Interface Co-host with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
12-08-05	Michael Rosenblatt, MD, Dean and Professor of Physiology and Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Title: Bones, Hormones and Cancer: Hormone-Receptor Interactions for Parathyroid Hormone and Development of an Animal Model of Skeletal Metastasis Co-host with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
12/07/05	Chenbei Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Regulation of Early Xenopus Development by TGF-ß Co-host with Cell Biology
11/17/05	Steven A. Goldstein, PhD, Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and Associate Chair for Research, University of Michigan Title: Mechanical and Biologic Influences on Bone Formation, Repair and Regeneration
10/20/05	Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Laboratory of Cell Growth, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco Title: Mechanical Stress Response in Bone: The Gravity of the Situation
09-29-05	Fanxin Long, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University Medical School Title: Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling in Skeletal Development Co-host with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
09/15/05	Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Title: Pituitary Hormones and Bone Remodeling
09/14/05	Maurizio Pacifici, PhD, Associate Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Title: Mechanisms of Synovial Joint and Articular Cartilage Development Co-host with Cell Biology
06-16-05	Roberto Pacifici, MD, Herndon Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine Title: Estrogen Repression of T Cell Function. Is This How Sex Steroids Prevent Bone Loss?
05-19-05	Laurie K. McCauley, DDS, PhD, William K. and Mary Anne Najjar Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics, Prevention & Geriatrics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry Title: Anabolic Actions of Parathyroid Hormone in Bone: Role of Cells in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment
04-21-05	Elizabeth Shane, MD, Professor of Clinical Medical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Title: Transplantation Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and Management
03-17-05	Vincent C. Hascall, PhD, Co-Director, Orthopaedic Research Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Title: Is the Matrix the Gate to Inflammation?
02-17-05	Gary S. Stein, MD, The Gerald L. Haidak, MD and Zelda S. Haidak Distinguished Professor and Chair of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center Title: Intranuclear Organization and Assembly of Transcriptional Regulatory Machinery: Implications for Biological Control of Cancer
02-15-05	Yubo Sun, PhD, University of Miami School of Medicine Title: Therapeutic Targets for Crystals-Associated Osteoarthritis Cohost with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
02-10-05	Renny Franceschi, PhD, Professor, Department of Periodontics, Prevention & Geriatrics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry Title: Transcriptional Regulation of Osteoblast Differentiation and Applications for Bone Regeneration Cohost with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
01-20-05	Andrew F. Stewart, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, University of Pittsburgh Title: Clinical Use of PTH-Related Protein as a Pure Skeletal Anabolic for the Treatment of Osteoporosis?
2004
11-18-04	Kurt D. Hankenson, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Title: Extracellular Factors Controlling Osteoblast Progenitor Differentiation: The Extracellular Matrix and Growth Factors – from Mice to Humans
11-11-04	Peter Rotwein, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Molecular Medicine Division, Oregon Health Sciences University Title: The Long and Short of It: Molecular Analysis of the Growth Hormone – Stat5b-IGF-I-Growth Axis Cohost with Molecular and Cellular Pathology
11-03-04	Sherry Werner, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Title: Role of CSF-1 in Skeletal Tissues Cohost with School of Dentistry
10-21-04	Lynda F. Bonewald, PhD, Lefkowitz Professor and Director, Bone Biology Research Program Department of Oral Biology, University of Missouri at Kansas City Title: Osteocytes as Mechanosensory Cells
09-02-04	Brendan F. Boyce, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director, Surgical Pathology Unit, University of Rochester Medical Center Title: Roles for NF-kB, c-Fos and src in Osteoclasts
09-10-04	Russell T. Turner, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Title: PTH: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
06-03-04	Andre van Wijnen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Title: Molecular Biology of the Bone-Specific Transcription Factor Runx2/Cbfal
05-06-04	Karen Lyons, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Biological Chemistry, and Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA Title: Coordination of Growth Plate Morphogenesis by BMP and FGF Signaling Pathways
04-14-04	John S. Adams, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Endocrinology, University of California–Los Angeles Title: Co-Modulators: Novel Regulators of Sterol/Steriod Hormone Action
04-14-04	Ted S. Gross, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington Title: A Hypoxic Osteocyte is a Stressed Osteocyte
04-14-04	Theresa A. Guise, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Title: Endothelins in States of Pathological Bone Remodeling
04-14-04	Mark S. Nanes, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Chief, Endocrinology Section Title: Inhibition of Vitamin D Action by Tumor Necrosis Factor-Apha: New Insights in Transcriptional Cross-Talk.
04-14-04	Nicola C. Partridge, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Title: PTH Responsive Genes and Novel Anabolic Targets
04-08-04	Yongwon Choi, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester Medical Center Title: Regulation of the Osteoimmune System byt the TNRF and TCR Superfamilies
04-01-04	Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester Medical Center Title: TGF-Beta and BMP Signaling in Chondrocytes: Mechanisms Regulating Chondrocyte Maturation and Osteoarthritis
03-04-04	Joseph A. Lorenzo, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center Title: Role of B-Lymphopoesis in Osteoclastogenesis
2003
12-04-03	Laura D. Carbone, MS, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis, Tennessee. Title: The Relationship of Sodium Intake to Bone Health
12-02-03	Charles Turner, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Associate Director, Biomedical Engineering at Indiana University Title: Building Strong Bones: The Role of Genetics and Biomechanics on Skeletal Biology
10-23-03	Theresa A. Guise, MD, Gerald D. Aurbach Professor of Endocrinology, University of Virginia Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Mestastases: Implicaitons of Therapy
10-10-03	Donna Dean, PhD, Deputy Director of National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH Title: New Opportunities In Engineering And Imaging Sciences Research: a View from NIH’s Newest Institute
10-02-03	Robert S. Weinstein, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Bone Histomorphometry Laboratory, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: Glucocorticoid Action in Bone
06-12-03	David W. Rowe, MD, Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center Title: Diseases of Bone Viewed as Disorders of the Osteoprogenitor Lineage
05-30-03	Robert Marcus, MD, Medical Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company Title: Parathyroid Hormone: A New Paradigm in Osteoporosis Therapeutics
05-01-03	Robert W. Downs, Jr., MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Title: Paget’s Disease and Fibrous Dysplasia
05-01-03	F. Patrick Ross, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine Title: M-CSF Signaling in Osteoclast Formation and Function
04-09-03	Arnold I. Caplan, PhD, Professor of Biology and Director, Skeletal Research Center, Case Western Reserve University Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Use in Engineered Skeletal Tissue
04-09-03	Linda G. Griffith, PhD, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Molecular Design of Biomaterials to Control Cell Behavior
04-09-03	Dawn R. Applegate, PhD, Managing Partner, Applegate & Associates, Inc. Title: The Tissue Engineering Divide: An Explosion in Discovery/An Industry in Peril
03-06-03	J. Edward Puzas, PhD, Donald and Mary Clark Professor of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Denistry Title: Molecular Methods Identify Noavel Regulators of Osteoblast Function: Possible Targets for the Treatment of Osteoporosis
02-27-03	Yingzi Yang, PhD, Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH Title: Wnt Signaling in Limb and Skeletal Morphogenesis
01-16-03	Stavros C. Manolagas, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: Activation of Nongenotropic Estrogen-like Signaling (ANGELS): A Novel Appraoch to Bone Anabolism and Gender Neutral Therapy of Osteoporosis
01-09-03	Nelson B. Watts, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Osteoporosis Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center Title: The Ethics of Placebo Control Trials for Osteoporosis Therapy

2002
12-19-02	Thomas L. Clemens, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies Title: Genetically Mnaipulated Mouse Models for the Study of IFG-I Action in Bone
11-05-02	Bjorn R. Olsen, MD, PhD, Hersey Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School Title: Bone Mass and Osteoperosis Proliferation and Differentiation
10-03-02	Nancy E. Lane, MD, Associate Professor in Residence of Medicine and Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco Title: A New Paradigm for Osteoperosis Treatment
05-23-02	Michael Kleerekoper, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Title: Markers Make It Better
05-02-02	Cecilia M. Giachelli, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington Title: Vascular Calcification: Problems, Mechanisms, and Regulation
04-10-02	Julia B. Freeman, PhD, Centers Program Director, NIH, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Title: New Programs at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
04-10-02	Charles H. Chesnut, III, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center Title: The Paradox of Osteoporotic Fracture: Bone Quantity Versus Bone Quality
04-10-02	Keith A. Hruska, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University Title: The Therapeutic Efficacy of BMP-7 in the Osteodystrophy of Chronic Kidney Disease
04-10-02	Kenneth W. Lyles, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center Title: Why are Hip Fractures Bad and What Do We Do About Them?
04-10-02	Mark S. Nanes, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine Title: Mechanism of TNF Inhibition of Osteoblast Differentiation
04-10-02	Nicola C. Partridge, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine Title: Parathyroid Hormone Regulation of Transcription in the Osteoblast
04-02-02	Ernst B. Hunziker, MD, Professor and Chairman, M.E. Müller Institute for Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Title: Tissue Engineering Approaches for Articular Cartilage Repair
1-31-02	Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD, Wilma and Rosewell Messing Professor of Pathology, Washington University Title: Bone Metabloic Disorders

1-31-02

Philip A. Wood, DVM, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Genomics and Pathobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Title: Of Mice, Fat and Mitochondria.

1-24-02

Qian Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopeadics and Rehabilitation, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Title: Regulation of Bone Formation by PTHrP Through p38 MAP Kinase

1-08-02

Adele L. Boskey, PhD, Professor and Director of Research, Hosptial for Surgery. Title: New Insights Into the Mechanism of Biologic Calcification

1-08-02

Bruce R. Treon, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Getatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Physician/Scientist, Geratrics Reserach Education and Clinical Center, Bronx VA Medical Center Title: Osteoclast Differentiation and Regulation of Cathepsin K Gene Expression

2001
11-01-01 11-01-01	Rober P. Heaney, MD, John A. Creighton University Professor, Creighton University. Title: Nutritional Co-Therapy for Osteoporosis: The Naamam Complex. Title: How much Vitamin D Do we need ? and Where Shall We Get It?

9-20-01

Connie M. Weaver, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Food & Nutrition, Purdue University Title: Bone Resorption: Factors affecting and Analytical Methods

9-06-01 9-06-01	Ernesto Canalis, MD, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut Title: Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Action in Bone Relevance to Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis Title: Role of Growth Factors and Their Antagonists in Bone Cell Function
8-23-01	Joseph M. Lane, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY Title: Orthopaedic Management of Osteoporosis Including Kyphoplasty
06-04-01	Jake (Jinkun) Chen, DDS, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Title - Bone Sialoproteins in Tooth and Bone Development
5-03-01 5-03-01	Jay R. Shapiro, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, and Director, Interdepartmental Center for Space Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Director, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Clinic, Kennedy Kreiger Institute. Title - Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Treatment with Pamidronate Title - Bone Loss and the Trip to Mars
04-26-01	Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Director Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Title - Post-Transplant Bone Disease: Clinical Spectrum, Molecular Mechanisms and Therapy
04-12-01	Stephen E. Harris, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center. Title - Gene Expression Profiles During Osteoblast Differentiation and During Osteocyte Responses to Mechanical Strain
2000
11-09-00	Paul N. MacDonald, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve, Candidate for Leonard H. Robinson Endowed Chair in Pathology Title: Mechanisms of Vitamin D-Mediated Trascription
09-27-00	Jake (Jinkun) Chen, DDS, MS, PhD, Associate Profesor, Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Title: Bone Sialoproteins in Tooth and Bone Development
05-09-00	Karl L. Insogna, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University Title: Signaling Pathways that Mediate CSF-1's Cytoskeletal Effects in Osteoclasts
04-06-00	Xu Feng, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University Title: Regulation and Function of Integrins in Bone Cells
04-06-00	L. Darryl Quarles, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate in Pathology, Duke University Medical Center Title: PHEX Function in Osteoblasts: Evidence for a Bone/Kidney Axis
01-12-00 01-13-00	Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD, Wilma and Roswell Messing Professor of Pathology, Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center Title: Ostepetrosis, Osteoporosis, and the Osteoclast Title: The Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammatory Osteolysis
1999
11-03-99 11-03-99 11-04-99 11-06-99	Daniel T. Baran, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation and Cell Biology, University of Maachusetts Memorial Health Care Title: A Review of Randomized, Prospective Studies in the Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis Title: Why is it Important to Treat the Skeleton in Patients on Steroids? Title: Therapies and Diagnostic Techniques in Osteoporosis Title: An Orthopedic Approach to Osteoporosis
05-19-99	Joan A. McGowan, PhD, Chief, Musculoskeletal Disease Branch, National Institutes of Health Title: NIH Research Initiatives in Metabolic Disease
05-19-99	Charles H. Chesnut, III, MD, Profesor, Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center Title: New Concepts of Osteoporosis Treatment
05-19-99	Carol V. Gay, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University Title: Na/Ca Exchanger in Osteoblasts
05-19-99	Gerard Karsenty, MD, Associate Profesor, Department of Molecular and Humana Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Title: Genetic Control of Osteogenesis
05-19-99	Keith A. Hruska, MD, Ira M. Long Profesor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University Title: The Role of Gelsolin in Skeletal Homeostasis
1998
11-23-98	Stephen J. Marx, MD, Chief, Genetics and Endocrinology Section, Metabolic Diseases Branch National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health Title: Pathophysiology of the Calcipenic States
04-16-98 04-17-98	Richard F. Loeser, MD, Associate Professor, Paul Beeson Faculty Scholar on Aging, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Wake Forest University Title: Osteoarthritis Update Title: Aging and Osteoarthritis: Decline in the Chondrocyte Response to IGF-1
02-12-98	Gerard Karsenty, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Title: Genetic Analysis of Osteoblast Differentiation and Function
1997
05-29-97	Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Director Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Title: Biology of Calcium Sensing Receptors
03-11-97	Jasminka Ilich, PhD, RD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University Title: Osteoporosis: It's Pediatric Causes and Prevention Opportunities
1996
11-20-96 11-21-96 11-21-96 11-22-96	Charles H. Chesnut, III, MD, The Pfizer/American College of Rheumatology Visiting Professor, University of Washington Medical Center Title: Evaluation and Management of Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis Title: New Developments in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis Title: Clinical Utility of Biochemical Markers in Osteoporosis Title: Diagnostic Imaging in Osteoporosis
06-19-96	Harmut Malluche, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky Title: Rheumatology Grand Rounds: Management of Osteoporosis
01-04-96	Nelson B. Watts, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University Title: Osteoporosis: Overview and Update