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BORJANA MIKIC, PH.D.

Rosemary Bradford Hewlett 1940 Professor
Director of the Picker Engineering Program

Area of Expertise

Mechanical engineering; orthopaedic bioengineering
   

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1996
   

Professional Experience

Past Director, Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College
Past Chair, Liberal Education Division of ASEE
Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Schools of Engineering and Medicine, University of Virginia
Director, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
Postdoctoral Fellow, M.E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics, Bern, Switzerland Selected Recent Publications
   

Selected Honors and Awards

Sherrerd Prize for Distinguished Teaching, Smith College
Orthopaedic Research Society Traveling Fellowship Award
Selected Professions Fellowship, American Association of University Women
DOD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Henry Ford II Scholar in Engineering, Stanford University
Frederick E Terman Award in Engineering, Stanford University

Selected Recent Publications

Mikic B, Amadei E, Rossmeier K, Bierwert L (2010). Sex matters in the establishment of murine tendon composition and material properties during growth. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 28(5): 631-8.

Mikic B, Rossmeier K, Bierwert L (2009). Sexual dimorphism in the effect of GDF6 deficiency on murine tendon. J Orthop Res 27(12): 1603-11.

Mikic B, Rossmeier K, Bierwert L (2009). Identification of a tendon phenotype in GDF6 deficient mice. Anatomical Record 292(3): 396-400.

Mikic B, Ferreria MP, Battaglia TC, Hunziker EB (2008). Accelerated hypertrophic chondrocyte kinetics in GDF7 deficient murine tibial growth plates. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 26(7): 986-90.

Mikic B, Entwistle R, Bierwert L (2008) The effect of GDF-7 deficiency on tail tendon phenotype in mice. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 26(6):834-839.

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