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Biographical Details

Bettina Willie

Bettina Willie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGill University and an investigator at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada. She is an Associate Member of the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. She earned a doctoral degree in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. She performed postdoctoral training at the University of Ulm, Hospital for Special Surgery, and led a research group at the Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Her research focuses on the importance of the mechanical environment in bone for adaptation, regeneration, and aging. Her work involves in vitro, in vivo, and in silico studies to understand the mechanism(s) responsible for alterations in the response of the skeleton to mechanical strain. These studies center on unravelling the important cellular and mechanical factors regulating mechanoreception in bone cells to improve targeted therapies for treating and preventing bone loss and delayed bone healing.