Third Annual Musculoskeletal Health Symposium

April 29, 2019

8:00am - 4:00pm

D. Dan and Betty Kahn Auditorium and Atrium

A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building

External Advisors:

Karyn Esser, PhD

Louis C. Gerstenfeld, PhD

Clifford J. Rosen, MD

Keynote Speaker:

Charlotte A. Peterson, PhD

Joseph Hamburg Endowed ProfessorDirector of the Center for Muscle BiologyCollege of Health SciencesUniversity of Kentucky

Agenda: The full agenda (a pdf file available for download and printing) is available here .


The 3rd Annual Musculoskeletal Health Symposium will be held on Monday, April 29, 2019 in the Biomedical Science Research Building, BSRB; in addition to Dr Peterson's 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 ($750/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.