Caitlyn Collins

Lab

The Collins Lab: Hard tissue biomechanics and computational mechanobiology

Research Areas

• Biomechanics
• Biomedical Imaging
• Solid Mechanics

Research Interests

• Bone Mechanobiology
• Integration of Medical Imaging with Experimental and Computational Biomechanics
• Personalized Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Machine Learning

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012
• B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

Awards, Honors, and Service

• iTHRIV Scholar, 2023
• American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Award, 2021
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, HealinguFE (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/841316), 2020-2021
• MSCA Innovative Training Network, FIDELIO (https://www.fidelio-project.eu/), 2020-2024
• Post-doctoral fellow at TU Wien, 2016-2018
• Whitaker International Scholar, 2016-2018
• Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, 2015
• Societies: ASBMR, European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
• Service: Engineering Expo (2013, 2015), BE OPEN - Science and Society Festival (2018), Scientifica (2021), Fix the Leaky Pipeline (2019-2021)

Selected Publications

Walle M., Whittier D., Schenk D., Atkins P.R., Blauth M., Zysset P., Lippuner K., Müller R., Collins C.J., Precision of bone mechanoregulation in humans using longitudinal high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in vivo, Bone, 116780, 2023.

Dailey H.L., Kersh M.E., Collins C.J., Troy K.L., Mechanical Biomarkers in Bone Using Image-Based Finite Element Analysis, Current Osteoporosis Reports, 21:266-277, 2023.

Walle M., Eggemann D., Atkins P.R., Kendall J.J., Stock K., Müller R., Collins C.J., Motion grading of high-resolution quantitative computed tomography supported by deep convolutional neural networks, Bone, 166: 116607, 2023.

Collins C.J., Atkins P.R., Ohs N., Blauth M., Lippuner K., Müller R., Clinical Evaluation of Diminished Bone Quality and Quantity through HR-pQCT-derived Mechanoregulation, Scientific Reports, 12(1):17960, 2022.

Rüger M., Seitz A.M., Nuss K., von Rechenberg B., Seitz D., Kostmann C., Quadbeck P., Andersen O., Collins C., A bioinspired orthopedic biometal with tunable mechanical properties based on sintered titanium fibres, Advanced Healthcare Biomaterials, 2202106, 2022.

Walle M., Whittier D.E., Frost M.N., Müller R., Collins C.J., Meta-analysis of diabetes mellitus associated changes in bone structure assessed by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography, Current Osteoporosis Reports, 20:398-409, 2022.

Ledoux C., Boaretti D., Sachan A., Müller R., Collins C.J., Clinical data for parametrization of in silico bone models incorporating cell-cytokine dynamics: a systematic review of literature, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10: 901720, 2022. 

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