UCSF MSK Center provides access to partner resources & equipment
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)
The CCMBM is an integral component of the UCSF Musculoskeletal Center, serving as a campus resource to support translational research in the musculoskeletal field.
CCMBM Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design (EBSD) Core
The Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design (EBSD) Core provides clinicians and researchers access to the center’s comprehensive osteoporosis and osteoarthritis databases – a unique resource for addressing clinical and translational questions in musculoskeletal disease and aging.
CCMBM Imaging Core 
The Imaging Core provides members state-of-the-art, customized image acquisition, reconstruction, and quantitative analysis for pre-clinical (tissue samples and animal models) and in vivo human musculoskeletal research.
CCMBM Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics Core
The Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics Core provides integrated analysis of biological and mechanical musculoskeletal phenotypes from the molecular to the organismal level.
Musculoskeletal Focus Resources
Center for Dental, Oral, & Craniofacial Tissue & Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR)
The Center for Dental, Oral, & Craniofacial Tissue & Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) is a comprehensive national resource center for the clinical translation of innovative regenerative technologies to replace dental, oral, and craniofacial tissues or organs lost to congenital disorders, traumatic injuries, diseases, and medical procedures.
Core Center for Patient-centric, Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Low Back Pain (REACH)
The Core Center for Patient-centric, Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Low Back Pain or REACH is a BACPAC Mechanistic Research Center that conducts translational and clinical research to clarify biopsychosocial mechanisms of chronic low back pain - the interconnection between biology, biomechanics, psychology, and socio-environmental factors - which will be foundational for new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Musculoskeletal Data Science Resources
CoLabs
The CoLabs Initiative represents a new model for collaborative research and team science at UCSF. CoLabs is one of the first components of UCSF's plan to transform the Parnassus Heights campus and enhance research, education, and care delivery.
Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2)
The Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2) is based in UCSF's Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and is comprised of clinical radiologists, imaging scientists, engineers, machine learning scientists, data engineers, clinicians, post-doctoral fellows and students.
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