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Fellow, American Institute of Mechanical and Biological Engineering

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Fellow, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)

Fellow, Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)

Time course of peri-implant bone regeneration around loaded and unloaded implants in a rat model.

Biomimetic substrate control of cellular mechanotransduction

Mapping the osteocytic cell response to fluid flow using RNA-Seq

Dr. Donahue is Eminent Scholar and Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. He has nearly 30 years of experience studying musculoskeletal biology, using both in vitro and in vivo models. His research focuses on understanding the mechanism by which bone and muscle adapt to their mechanical environment; examining the effects of space flight on musculoskeletal tissues and exploiting biophysical signals, including shear stress and nanotopography, to develop innovative strategies to regenerate musculoskeletal tissue lost to disease, injury or ageing. His research has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health for over 30 years and he has also had funding from the Department of Defense, NASA/National Space Biology Research Institute, private foundations and industry. In 2017 he received the Orthopaedic Research Society Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award. Dr. Donahue is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the Orthopaedic Research Society.

Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering

Musculoskeletal Mechanobiology

Space Biology and Bioengineering

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Study: Space Radiation Only Affecting Astronauts Bones, Not Muscle

Space radiation might cause bone loss in astronauts

Space Radiation May Increase Bone Loss In Astronauts [STUDY]

Astronauts Suffer Bone Loss Due To Space Radiation, Outlines Research

Astronauts lose additional bone, but not muscle due to space radiations: Study

Astronauts lose additional bone due to space radiation, but not muscle: Study

Space radiation effects astronauts in outer space to lose additional bone: Study

Radiation from travelling to Mars would damage astronaut's bones, study warns

Researchers study impact of space radiation on bone and muscle health

Space Radiation’s Impacts on Bone and Muscle Health Studied

Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; BS, San Diego State University;  Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara

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