![Melissa Kacena speaks at a podium as she accepts the 2023 Stephen M. Krane Award](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/orthopaedic-surgery/ortho-kacena-at-asbmr.jpg?rev=2e9ac792030242358edf3511570f4ac5&la=en&h=300&w=400&hash=1DAC44D90A8EF5D4E12AC9D96C5C8EEF)
Faculty members honored by musculoskeletal research society
A pair of investigators from Indiana University School of Medicine recently received prestigious awards from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), recognizing their achievements and advancements in the field of bone disease research.
![Staffers from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery sort cans at Gleaners Food Bank](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/images/iu/iu-som/home/blogs/spirit-of-medicine/members-of-the-orthopaedic-surgery-department-spend-a-day-volunteering-at-gleaners-food-bank/ortho-volunteering-2022-1-2.jpg?rev=c201bad5294643a0a92a7cc6ccb7dd74&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=375&hash=3963321F46B0E773EE47F6C73D43CAAC)
Members of the Orthopaedic Surgery Department spend a day volunteering at Gleaners Food Bank
Caitlin VanOverberghe | Dec 21, 2022
![Olatundun Awosanya works in the Kacena Lab with another researcher](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/images/iu/iu-som/home/blogs/bone-healing-in-space/grad-student-earns-f31-grant/ortho-olatundun-awosanya.jpg?rev=2d5512da43e84d1284b585562b76fb8b&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=375&hash=D29458B5E5945548EFCEDB30E1586C0B)
Grad Student Earns F31 Grant
Caitlin VanOverberghe | Jun 01, 2022
![Melissa Kacena, PhD, (right) poses for a photo with Olatundun Awosanya. Awosanya is a PhD student in Kacena’s laboratory, working on the COVID-19 studies for her thesis.](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/blogs/2021/kacena-covid-3.png?rev=297954d6e1274cbb9497f306695bd8ed&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=429&hash=45813FD1998C591BB4C3169A6A88F216)
IU researchers study long-term effects of COVID-19 on bone growth
Caitlin VanOverberghe | Oct 04, 2021
![Nicholas Thelen works with research equipment in the Gingery Lab, where he is studying as part of the IMPRS program.](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/orthopaedic-surgery/ortho-imprs-students.png?rev=cabf6c0f1f024646a916ef047f528bb7&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=300&hash=AB2EE401BFD2C24164AA9581F93DD9FF)
IMPRS students take on summer research
IU School of Medicine | Jul 15, 2021
![Melissa Kacena poses with two other researchers. All three people are smiling and wearing protective coverall suits.](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/department/orthopaedic-surgery/ortho-kacena-covid-2.png?rev=b63f8a97d3374cf8b35d9566755a9467&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=336&hash=51E2335ADB54237F9235103A23F7C8BD)
Megakaryocytes link researcher's bone-healing work to COVID-19
Caitlin VanOverberghe | May 26, 2021
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Record space flight inspires bone research at IU School of Medicine
Caitlin VanOverberghe | Mar 03, 2020
![Mustufa Shaiek Mustufa Shaiek](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/blogs/2020/mustufa-shaiek.jpg?rev=7a9d0e03a55c482ea93ea0f3411b8c7a&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=169&hash=8C966EE4018CC1D45FE965F7911F489E)
Meet the team: Mustufa Shaiek
Caitlin VanOverberghe | Jan 22, 2020
![Paulina Medina Paulina Medina](https://mc-34647c8d-0ad3-4e6c-832a-7092-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/blogs/2020/paulina-medina.jpg?rev=4e70162ad80d49b7b6f44537410500ec&mh=250&la=en&h=250&w=162&hash=96EC7677285B3405E75028A70E881EDA)
Meet the team: Paulina Medina
Caitlin VanOverberghe | Jan 17, 2020