Joseph Newton

Research Areas

• Biomedical Imaging
• Biomechanics

Research Interests

• Ultrasound
• Photoacoustics
• Microdialysis
• Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Injury

Education

•  Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
• B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015

Recent Publications

Newton JB, Nuss CA, Weiss SN, Betts RL, Sehgal CM, Soslowsky LJ. In Vivo Photoacoustic Ultrasound (PAUS) Assay for Monitoring Tendon Collagen Compositional Changes during Injury and Healing. Diagnostics. 2024; 14(14):1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14141498

Newton JB, Weiss SN, Nuss CA, Darrieutort-Laffite C, Eekhoff JD, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Decorin and/or biglycan knockdown in aged mouse patellar tendon impacts fibril morphology, scar area, and mechanical properties. J Orthop Res. 2024 Jul 5. doi: 10.1002/jor.25931. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38967120.

Newton JB, Nuss CA, Weiss SN, Betts RL, Soslowsky LJ. Novel application of in vivo microdialysis in a rat Achilles tendon acute injury model. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2024 Jan 1;136(1):43-52. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00720.2023. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 37969085; PMCID: PMC11212791.

Counihan M, Leahy T, Nuss C, Newton J, Mohanty S, Soslowsky LJ, Farber D. Limited Scar Resection for Chronic Achilles Tendon Repair: Use of a Rat Model. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Aug;49(10):2707-2715. doi: 10.1177/03635465211023096. Epub 2021 Jul 1. PMID: 34197235; PMCID: PMC8653705.

Newton JB, Fryhofer GW, Rodriguez AB, Kuntz AF, Soslowsky LJ. Mechanical properties of the different rotator cuff tendons in the rat are similarly and adversely affected by age. J Biomech. 2021 Mar 5;117:110249. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110249. Epub 2021 Jan 13. PMID: 33486263; PMCID: PMC7920936.

Leiphart RJ, Newton JB, Soslowsky LJ. Basic Science of Rotator Cuff Tendons and Healing. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Shoulder and Elbow 5. 2020 July.

Cheema AN, Newton JB, Boorman-Padgett JF, Weiss SN, Nuss CA, Gittings DJ, Farber DC, Soslowsky LJ. Nicotine impairs intra-substance tendon healing after full thickness injury in a rat model. J Orthop Res. 2019 Jan;37(1):94-103. doi: 10.1002/jor.24167. Epub 2018 Nov 30. PMID: 30345583; PMCID: PMC6411046.

Freedman BR, Rodriguez AB, Leiphart RJ, Newton JB, Ban E, Sarver JJ, Mauck RL, Shenoy VB, Soslowsky LJ. Dynamic Loading and Tendon Healing Affect Multiscale Tendon Properties and ECM Stress Transmission. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 18;8(1):10854. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29060-y. PMID: 30022076; PMCID: PMC6052000.