The Hand Research Laboratory under the direction of Zong-Ming Li, PhD, has been awarded $140,425 for machine learning research to advance the use of ultrasound imaging in evaluating the carpal arch. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common condition of nerve entrapment.

David Margolis and Tolga Turker, MDs, recently earned the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hand. UArizona is the only orthopedic care provider in the region with every hand surgeon having earned this distinction.

Zong-Ming Li, PhD, vice chair of research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and associate director of the UArizona Arthritis Center, is part of a multidisciplinary team led by Arthritis Center Director C. Kent Kwoh, MD, recently awarded a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify determinants of rapid knee deterioration.

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) division of the National Institutes of Health awarded a two-year $217,800 grant to David Jordan, PhD, MS, postdoctoral research associate with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and UArizona Arthritis Center.

John Elfar, MD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, effective Aug. 15. Dr. Elfar assumes the role previously held by John Ruth, MD, who chaired the department since 2007.

The Arizona Performance Lab, led by lab director Kristen Renner, PhD, was one of eight teams awarded seed-grant funding by the University of Arizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab for research projects that show potential for new sensor technologies or applications.

A research team including Zong-Ming Li, PhD, vice chair for research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and associate director of the UArizona Arthritis Center, was awarded a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore predictors of knee pain and functional limitations.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded professor and vice chair for research Zong-Ming Li, PhD, the 2022 Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal, honoring individuals who has help move bioengineering science from the lab into clinical practice.