May 30, 2025

9:00am - 4:15pm

North Campus Research Complex, Bldg 18, Football Room (Dining Hall)

External Advisors:

Karyn Esser, PhD

Louis C. Gerstenfeld, PhD

Clifford J. Rosen, MD

Keynote Speaker:

Alayna E. Loiselle, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of Rochester Medical Center

Agenda: The full agenda (a pdf file available for download and printing) will be in May, 2025.

The 9th Annual Musculoskeletal Health Symposium will be held on Friday, May 30, 2024 in the North Campus Research Complex, Building 18, Football Room (Dining Hall); in addition to the keynote presentation the symposium will feature a poster session highlighting work by junior faculty, trainees, students, fellows, staff, and house officers. Trainees (students, fellows, house officers) are eligible to compete for 1 of 3 travel awards ($650/award). Awardees will be selected as follows: abstracts designated for the poster competition will be judged and 6 finalists selected to give short podium presentations at the Symposium. Of these, 3 will be selected for travel awards to be announced at the end of the meeting.

We strongly encourage all research faculty to have their students, fellows, and house officers working on a project in the musculoskeletal realm to consider submitting an abstract.

Due to space constraints, each  junior faculty, trainee, or staff can be the presenter of  only 1 poster. They can, of course, be a co-author on multiple posters. 

If you have any questions about the poster session, please contact Renny Franceschi (rennyf@umich.edu). See this pdf document of the information provided on this page.

Abstracts must be submitted by 5:00 pm on Friday March 28, 2025 (see below for formatting details).

Travel Award Competition: Trainees (students, fellows, house officers) are eligible to compete for 1 of 3 travel awards ($650/award). Awardees will be selected as follows: abstracts designated for the poster competition will be judged and 6 finalists selected to give short podium presentations (in addition to their poster presentation) at the Symposium. Of the 6 finalists, 3 will be selected for travel awards to be announced at the end of the meeting. If the poster is to be judged for the travel award, it must be presented by the trainee.

 If you have any questions about the poster session, please contact Renny Franceschi (rennyf@umich.edu).

Abstract details:

Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 28, 2025, at 5pm (no exceptions for late submissions)

Travel award finalists notifications: May  1, 2025

Please submit to: 2025 MiMHC Abstract Submission  (https://forms.gle/qhkydqGepWbMu6N66)

(Note: you will be asked if submitting abstract for Travel Award Competition)

Abstract Format (submit in Word document only; no pdfs):

Title:

Authors and affiliation:

Name of presenter (Only one poster per presenter):

Abstract to include study goals, methods, results, and discussion/conclusion

Maximum of 1 page (0.75 inch borders) including all text and image(s)

Font:  12 point Times New Roman font or 11 point Arial font

If you have any questions contact: Sarah Boston (sjayers@med.umich.edu)