Orthopaedic Career Development Award Program

This award is intended to foster the development of outstanding orthopaedic clinicians and enable them to expand their potential to make significant research contributions to the field of orthopaedics. It is expected that following this experience, the candidate will be able to pursue an independent and productive career in orthopaedic research and clinical medicine. MTF will provide a stipend of $100,000 per year for up to three years, conditional upon annual review.

Below is the 2007 Career Development Award recipient approved for funding:

PI: Cristin Ferguson, M.D.
Institution: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Topic: Biologic Meniscus Replacement Using Decellularized Meniscus Allograft Scaffolds: In Vivo Investigation of Seeded and Unseeded Scaffolds in a Sheep Model
Amount Funded: $300,000