Background
Vaida Glatt joined the OBL in 2001. She currently has two
main research interests: osteoporosis and healing segmental bone defects with
gene therapy. She is working with advisor Mary Bouxsein to study how genetic
factors lead to age-related changes in bone architecture in mice. With her
Ph.D. advisor Chris Evans of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Vaida is studying
how gene therapy can be used to help heal fractures in rats. She is also
experimenting with different types of external fixators to find one that will
accelerate the fracture-healing process.
Vaida is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the
University of Warwick Medical School in
Coventry
,
England
. She
previously earned her master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the
Vilniaus
Gediminas
Technical
University
in
Lithuania
.
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