 

The University of Michigan 

received 
a 
$3.9 
million 

grant 
from 
the 
National 

Institue of Health to fund its 
musculoskeletal 
research, 
a 

program which involves several 
schools including the School of 
Dentistry, the School of Public 
Health and LSA on Aug. 30.

Musculoskeletal 
work 

involves the way the muscles, 
skeleton, tendons and more 
relate to one another and work 
together.

The grant funds will be 

utilized 
by 
the 
Michigan 

Integrative 
Musculoskeletal 

Health 
Core 
Center 
— 
a 

program which combines all of 
the musculoskeletal research 
being done at the University by 
researchers across a variety of 
fields. It centralizes certain ideas 

for testing, such as how strong 
one’s bones or muscles are, so 
that the money will be utilized 
by researchers across a variety 
of 
departments 
conducting 

musculoskeletal research.

Core 
Center 
Director 

Karl 
Jepsen, 
professor 
and 

associate chair of research in 
the Department of Orthopaedic 
Surgery, said the interest in 
musculoskeletal 
research 
is 

massive at the University.

“In 
every 
corner 
of 
the 

campus, someone has some 
sort of interest in bone, muscle, 
tendon, ligament, cartilage,” he 
said.

For example, he said, the 

Dentistry School is interested 
in tissue regeneration, while 
the 
College 
of 
Engineering 

is interested in orthopedics. 
The field also includes a lot of 
research in aging and ways to 
stay fit.

“Michigan 
really 
pushes 

the boundaries for integrated 
research,” Jepsen said. “A lot 
of research that is going on is 
funded at a single, investigated 
level tend to be very reductionist. 
People who study bone will only 
study bone. People who study 
muscle will only study muscle.”

Jepsen said what is missing 

from the field is people who 
study the interactions between 
bone and muscle. The Core 
Center allows the study of that 
intersection, 
pushing 
those 

boundaries 
to 
study 
these 

interactions.

Susan 
Brooks, 
associate 

director of the Core Center 
and professor of molecular and 
integrative physiology, wrote 
in an email interview that the 
Core Center uses the diverse 
schools within the University 
to advance its research beyond 
what would have been possible 

in an individual’s laboratory 
and works to bridge different 
fields.

“It is a major challenge to 

track down the knowledge 
that one needs at such a large 
institution,” she wrote. “This 
Core Center will facilitate 
bringing people in contact 
with the expertise that they 
need, and perhaps didn’t even 
know existed on campus.” 

Jepsen and Brooks both 

expressed that they hope the 
research done with the grant 
funds will push for change in 
the musculoskeletal research.

“The result, we hope, will 

be to increase the impact of 
the collective activities of basic 
scientists, clinicians, engineers 
to improve musculoskeletal 
health 
throughout 
the 

lifespan,” Brooks wrote.

Jepsen said the NIH was 

very interested in the ways the 
program was bringing people 
together.

“We had an opportunity to 

create an impact on the field,” 
he said.

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Dance Master Class

WHAT: In the school year’s 
first Modern Lab Master 
Class Repertory Series, new 
theatre faculty member Tzveta 
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original work, introduce her 
aesthetic style, and participate 
in a Q&A.
WHO: School of Music, Theatre 
& Dance 

WHEN: 12:10pm - 2:00pm

WHERE: Dance Building, Betty 
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Costa Rica Earthquake 
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WHAT: Professor Susan Y. 
Schwartz form UC Santa Cruz 
will speak about the 2012 
megathrust earthquake in Costa 
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this plate boundary.
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WHERE: Clarence Cook Little 
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WHEN: 11:45am - 1:30pm

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$3.9 million grant awarded by NIH 
to ‘U’ musculoskeletal research

School of Dentistry, LSA and School of Public Health involved

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