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Jeffrey C Lotz

• PhD awarded in Medical Engineering by Massachusetts Institute of
  Technology/Harvard Division of Health and Science Technology, New Haven, Connecticut
• Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Director, Orthopaedic Bioegnineering Laboratory
• Faculty, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience
• Faculty, UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
• Faculty and Vice-Chair, UCSF Program in Bioengineering

My research interests center on intervertebral disc biomechanics and biology, with emphasis on mechanisms of degeneration and repair. My group utilizes several techniques to address these research areas that include: material property testing and constitutive model development; finite element models to calculate the disc's response to load; in vivo animal models of degeneration, treatment, and repair; and in vitro cell and tissue culture models for disc cell function and response to therapeutic agents.

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