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The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) is the one foundation serving the entire orthopaedic community. In 1955, leaders of the major professional organizations in the specialty — the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research Society — established OREF as a means of supporting research and education to
06/02/2026
Congratulations to Alvin Su, MD, PhD of Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, recipient of the 2026 OREF Career Development Grant.
Dr. Su’s research, “Bioengineering Stratified Cartilage Through Bioinspired Matrix Stiffening,” explores the development of bioengineered cartilage graft tissue designed to function like native cartilage, with the potential to improve care for patients with debilitating cartilage defects.
The $300,000 grant is made possible by The Aircast Foundation.
Read the full press release to learn more about the research and its potential impact: https://bit.ly/4nPUOy9
05/30/2026
Congrats to Maria Menendez Montes, DVM, PhD and Robert H. Brophy, MD of , recipients of the OREF/John W. Brown Early-Stage Investigator Technologies Research Grant!
Funding made possible by Stryker in honor of John W. Brown.
Watch: https://youtu.be/igh_lewJA7s
05/27/2026
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