Bone Abstracts

Biographical Details

Dr Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE is a Professor of Paediatrics and Epidemiology at the Perlman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Director of the Office of Clinical and Translational Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her multidisciplinary research program is focused on the assessment of bone health in children, and the detrimental effects of glucocorticoid therapy, chronic kidney disease, muscle deficits, vitamin D deficiency and inflammation on bone development in chronic pediatric disease. Her research uses quantitative computed tomography and novel micro-MRI imaging techniques. Her research program is supported by multiple NIH investigator-initiated grants.