Awards:

1. 1996, New Investigator Recognition Award 42nd Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society
2. 2001, Finalist, New Investigator Recognition Award (Senior Author) 47th Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society
3. 2001, Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop, Young Investigator Travel Award
4. 2001, Lee Ford Award for Academic Achievement, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University
5. 2002, Cabaud Award, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, “Hemorrhagic   Medial Collateral Ligament Healing in a Mouse Model”

Committees and Service:

1. 2001 (June), Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Study Section (ORTH), Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Temporary Member
2. 2002, Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting - Moderator: Tendon session
3. 2002 (November),  Small Business Orthopaedic Medicine Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Temporary Member
4. 2003 (October), Skeletal Biology Structure and Regeneration Study Section (SBSR), Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Temporary Member

Reviewer for:

1. American Journal of Sports Medicine
2. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
3. Calcified Tissue International
4. Journal of Biomechanics
5. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Am]
6. Journal of Bone and Mineral  Research
7. Journal of Hand Surgery [Am]
8. Journal of Orthopaedic Research
9. Calcified Tissue International (Editorial Board)

Past Research Support:

1. 1998 - 2001  Whitaker Foundation, Biomedical Research Grant, 
   "Effects of in vivo Loading on Cyclic Mechanical Properties of Bone”

Current Research Support:

1. 2003 - 2007  Principal Investigator
   National Institutes of Health, NIAMS (RO1 AR50211)
   "Osteogenic and angiogenic response to skeletal loading"
2. 2001 - 2005  Principal Investigator
   National Institutes of Health, NIAMS (RO1 AR47867)
   "Response of the osteoporotic skeleton to in vivo loading"