Centre for Health Innovation
Alejandra Correa Belloso (she/her)
BS in Bioengineering, MSc in Bioengineering
Alejandra is currently working on the development of a 3D-printable bioreactor system for the mechanical stimulation of ex vivo bovine trabecular bone cores. The aim of this study is to validate the system such that it can be used to improve understanding of the bone remodeling process due to mechanical stimuli. Alejandra also volunteered as a Science Communication Specialist in the Chair for Women in Engineering at Queen's University.
Alejandra's LinkedIn Profile | email: alecorrea@alumnos.uai.cl
Baixuan Yang (she/her)
PhD | Queen's University
Dr.Yang defended her Ph.D. thesis on primary fixation of dental implants in Dec 2022 from Dr. Ploeg's lab. She developed computational models to simulate and characterize the insertion and stability of dental implants. In parallel, she developed and validated computational models to simulate the bone-implant interface following regulatory authorities' requirements (such as the Food and Drug Administration). A better understanding of these aspects allows medical device manufacturers to develop new implant designs optimized for immediate placement and function and help clinicians treat patients better and safer. Dr. Yang is currently working as a post-doc at the Queen's Bone and Joint Biomechanics Lab.
Dr. Yang's LinkedIn Profile | email: by21@queensu.ca
Emily Cameron (she/her)
BASc in Biomechanical Engineering, MASc. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering with a specialization in Biomedical Engineering, PhD (candidate) | Queen's University
Emily has been a part of the Bone and Joint Biomechanics lab since the summer of 2020. She completed research on the effects of CT x-ray voltage and current on phantom density plugs in scans reconstructed with Standard and BonePlus kernels, and on the trabecular femoral head bone density of patients with osteoarthritis of the hip. Emily successfully defended her master's thesis titled "Knee and Joint Loading and Fracture Risk Analyses of Patients with Benign Bone Tumours: A Finite Element Analysis". She is currently working towards her PhD on dynamic finite element analysis of hip resurfacing arthroplasty patients to evaluate bone loading response pre- and post- operatively.
Emily's LinkedIn Profile | email: 17egc5@queensu.ca
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Kaytlin Andrews
BASc in Mechanical Engineering, PhD Translational Medicine (candidate) | Queen's University
Kaytlin is working on the development of neurosurgical tools for the study of central nervous system tumours.
Kaytlin's LinkedIn Profile | email: k.andrews@queensu.ca
McKinley Van Klei (she/her)
BASc. in Biomechanical Engineering, MASc in Biomedical Engineering (candidate) | Queen's University
McKinley is currently a Master's student in the Q-BB Lab. She has been working in the lab as an undergraduate student since 2020. With the intention to complete work that will lead to improved patient outcomes related to implant orthopaedics, her work has mainly focused on developing a geometrically accurate model of human trabecular bone to support establishing accurate computational models (FEM). She presented posters of her work at conferences (ORS 2022, NACOB 2022, ORS 2023) alongside other students in the lab. Most recently, she has been helping two PhD students with work on the trabecular bone core project and she created the Q-BJB Lab website.
McKinley's LinkedIn Profile | email: 18msmv@queensu.ca
Mahsa Alimohammadi (she/her)
PhD. (candidate)
Mahsa was a visiting research student in 2021-2022 at QBJB lab. Her research work at the BJB Lab included an experimental study on the distribution of pores inside bone cement blocks, an experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of cement mantel of taper cemented hip stems, and a modeling study on the crack initiation and propagation in bone cement blocks.
email: amohammadi.mah@gmail.com
Mahsa Zojaji (she/her)
MSc, PhD (candidate)
In her MSc program, Mahsa investigated the accuracy of Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories in estimation of long bones flexural rigidity through biomechanical testing and computational modeling using a bone surrogate. Mahsa's PhD research focuses on numerically simulating trabecular bone remodeling and validating the simulations through experimental and histological testing. Mahsa had the opportunity to contribute to the C4Bio project, a collaborative endeavor with an international biomechanics laboratory. Additionally, she took on the responsibility of designing a fixture for rate hind limb unloading (HLU) as part of the project.
Mahsa's LinkedIn Profile | email: mahsa.zojaji@queensu.ca