The University of Wisconsin (UW) Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation is excited to announce a new one-year, full-time research fellowship designed to give medical students hands-on experience in orthopedic research. The program offers three positions for students currently enrolled in U.S. allopathic or osteopathic medical schools. Two fellows will join the department’s Sports Medicine Research […]
The UW Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Pilot Award Program was created to support novel and developing research of department faculty and trainees who are early in their professional careers. Awarded three times per year, these grants target research areas that advance the fields of orthopedics and rehabilitation, including basic discovery research, patient-based clinical research, […]
Last month, Naoaki Ito, DPT, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the UW Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Badger Athletic Performance, was awarded a five-year, $945,000 K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund his research on improving outcomes following patellar tendon injuries. This highly competitive grant supports early-career […]
On September 10, 2025, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) presented Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD, FAPTA, with a 2025 ICTR Faculty Mentorship Award. This prestigious award recognizes faculty mentors whose commitment to intentional, evidence-based mentorship is shaping the future of clinical and translational research at UW-Madison. Honorees have played a […]
Earlier this month, Wan-Ju Li, PhD, associate professor in the UW Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and his research team were awarded a $500,000 Research Forward grant to support a bold new project that integrates cutting-edge science and engineering to tackle one of the biggest challenges in healthcare – osteoarthritis. Affecting over 32 million Americans, […]
