Doctoral student Naomi Lee, DVM, received the Douglas D. Randall Young Scientists travel scholarship to present at the Orthopaedic Research Society International Spine Research Symposium in Skytop, Pennsylvania, November 3-7, 2019.
The award is in the spirit of dedication to the growth of young scientists embodied by Dr. Douglas D. Randall throughout his life. Scholarships are awarded to students involved in faculty-directed research projects in the area of the life sciences.
Lee’s presentation features research designed to compare the basal and cytokine stimulated metabolic responses of canine intervertebral disc (IVD) tissues to metabolic responses of human IVD tissues based on relevant biomarker production in culture. Characterizing related responses will provide valuable insight into factors that contribute to the development and progression of symptomatic IVD degeneration in dogs and humans. In addition, development of a canine model of human IVD degeneration will allow discovery of similarities and differences in IVD pathobiology that can be applied to both human and canine patients.
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