2025 UCSF CCMBM & Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat
Musculoskeletal Science Without Borders: Towards Health Equity
Please join us for this special two-day retreat sponsored by the NIH P30 Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM) and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. We will convene in-person for this year's event at UCSF's Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall, 600 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158.
This year’s retreat will feature the groundbreaking efforts of Tin Soldiers Global and the Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT). Dive into a collaborative environment where your work can significantly impact UCSF’s community. Engage with musculoskeletal clinicians and researchers as we strive to design and conduct studies that address global health equity challenges. Learn how to turn your research into action from our toolkit session. Together, let’s push the boundaries of musculoskeletal science and pioneer new pathways toward a healthier, more equitable world.
TENTATIVE EVENT AGENDA
DAY 1 - TUESDAY, March 18th, 5:30-8:00 PM
Open to the general community.
- Welcome Gathering with speakers, MSK Leaders, UCSF Leaders, and invited guests
- Event Program with Tin Soldiers Global, an international non-profit dedicated to educating clinicians about Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and connecting patients with appropriate care.
- Slam Talk Competition and Lightning Talks
- Poster Session and Reception
Graduate students, postdocs, and other trainees: Opportunities to present your research via a slam talk on Day 1, and/or posters on Day 2 are available here.
Junior Investigator Slam Competition FAQ (click to expand)
THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS
DR. DAVID BRADFORD
LECTURESHIP FUND
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EVENT COMMITTEE
Event Chair - Galateia Kazakia, PhD
Event Co-Chair - Victor Cheuy, PhD
Tamara Alliston, PhD
Andres Betancourt-Torres
Noah Bonnheim, PhD
Eva Gonzalez Diaz, PhD
Gurcharan Kaur, PhD
Pui Yee Law
Samuel Stephen, PhD
Tom Sullivan
Priscilla Tjandra, PhD
Jessica Wagner, PT, DPT
Hope Welhaven, PhD
Nathan Young, PhD
Minhao Zhou, PhD
DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, March 19th, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Open to the scientific community.
7:30 AM
8:15 AM
8:25 AM
BREAKFAST
WELCOME REMARKS - Tamara Alliston, PhD, UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery & CCMBM Center Director
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER Galateia Kazakia, PhD, UCSF Radiology & Biomedical Imaging & CCMBM Event Co-Chair
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology
9:00 AM SESSION 1 - CLINICAL SCIENCE
Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA)
Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MPH, UCSF Pediatric Surgery
Coleen Sabatini, MD, MPH, UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery
Frank Minja, MD, Emory University, Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Casey Nesbit, PT, DPT, UCSF Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Ellen Fung, PhD, RD, UCSF Pediatrics
10:25 AM
10:40 AM
10:55 AM
Lightning Talks by MSK Center T32 & CCMBM STRETCH Scholars
BREAK
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Edward Hsiao, MD, UCSF Medicine
11:30 AM SESSION 2 - BASIC SCIENCE
Xiaobing Yu, MD, UCSF Anesthesia
Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, UCSF Neurology
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
LUNCH / Junior Investigator Lunch Social
POSTER SESSION
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Margot Kushel, MD, UCSF Medicine & Action Research Center for Health Equity
3:35 PM TOOLKIT: Turning Research into Action
4:25 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
SLAM TALK & POSTER AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Galateia Kazakia, PhD, UCSF Radiology & Biomedical Imaging & CCMBM Event Chair
NETWORKING SOCIAL at SPARK Social SF