The Musculoskeletal Medicine: Adults and Pediatrics team includes both clinicians and researchers from several disciplines. Members have a broad focus on a range of genetic and acquired musculoskeletal diseases affecting individuals across their lifespan from childhood through adulthood. Team members investigate genetic conditions such as X-linked hypophosphatemia, osteogenesis imperfecta and osteopetrosis, along with normal skeletal development and musculoskeletal complications of a variety of chronic diseases including diabetes, obesity and kidney disease, as well as diseases of aging including sarcopenia and osteoporosis. Team members employ a variety of research methodologies including clinical trials, animal and cell models, genomic, metabolic and proteomic techniques, precision health and informatics to assess disease risk and treatment response.
Team Leaders
Faculty Investigators
Christine B. Caltoum, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Erica L. Clinkenbeard, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics
Robyn K. Fuchs, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Brett H. Graham, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Charalampos Lyssikatos, MD
Assistant Research Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Megan B. Marine, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Ranjani N. Moorthi, M.D., MPH
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Thomas M. O'Connell, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Rachel K. Surowiec, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Stuart J. Warden, PhD
Professor of Physical Therapy, School of Health & Human Sciences
Steven S. Welc, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology
Hiroki Yokota, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering & Technology
Indiana University Members - Other Schools
Randall Roper, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology; Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering