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Welcome to the Osteoporosis Research Center
Robert R. Recker, M.D., Director
Under the leadership of Dr.
Robert R. Recker and Dr.
Robert P. Heaney, the Creighton University Osteoporosis
Research Center (ORC)continues today a 40-year effort that has
created an international center of excellence in bone research.
This team carries out:
- basic-science research, which is laboratory-based
- clinical research involving volunteer participants
- patient care, including state-of-the-art
evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment
The ORC team includes nearly 100 persons:
- A distinguished faculty - including
physician-scientists, molecular biologists, molecular geneticists,
nurse-scientists, a computer scientist, a statistician, an exercise
physiologist, and a biomechanical engineer – whose work
is recorded in an impressive list of recent
publications;
- A skillful staff, including research nurses, a research dietitian,
an information technology specialist, laboratory technicians,
bone densitometry technicians, research assistants, administrative
staff; and
- Professional, graduate, and post-doctoral students.
The activities of the ORC are organized into
Departments, which provide professional, technical, and support
services.
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