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OTA/AO TNA JOINT GRANT:

Title: Immediate versus delayed weight bearing after fixation of pelvis and acetabulum fractures: a multicenter feasibility randomized controlled trial
Principal Investigator: Peter Mittwede, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator: Robert O'Toole, MD
Awarded Funds: $100,000
Funded by: OTA $50,000 and AO TNA $50,000

OTA 2025 MEMBER FULL GRANTS:

Title: Sleep and mood patterns in orthopaedic trauma surgeons on call: A prospective longitudinal study
Principal Investigator: Zachary Working, MD
Co-Investigator: Michelle Lawson, MD
Awarded Funds: $80,000
Funded by: Si-Bone/$5,000
Funded by: OTA/$75,000
Grant Type: Clinical  

Title: Biologically compatible volume-filling medical foam for local antibiotic delivery in fractures
Principal Investigator: Nicholas Alfonso, MD
Co-Investigator: Lynn Pezzanite
Awarded Funds: $50,000
Funded by: The Aircast Foundation
Grant Type: Basic 

Title: Social Worker Presence in Outpatient Fracture Clinics: A Pilot Stepped Wedge Randomized Trial
Principal Investigator: Sheila Sprague, PhD
Co-Investigator: Brad Petrisor, MD
Awarded Funds: $79,951
Funded by: OTA 
Grant Type: Clinical 

OTA INTERNATIONAL GRANT:

Title: Role of Piezo 1 in Mechanotransduction in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells         
Principal Investigator: Paul Rodham, MBBS
Co-Investigator: Peter Giannoudis, MD, FACS and Martin Stoddart, PhD
Awarded Funds: $20,000
Funded by: OTA
Country: United Kingdom

Title: Optimizing Treatment for Aseptic Nonunion of long bone Fractures in India: A Comparison of ACPB-BG and Exchange Nailing   
Principal Investigator: Amit Lakhani, MD
Co-Investigator: Karan Jindal
Awarded Funds: $20,000
Funded by: OTA
Country: India

OTA 2025 RESIDENT AWARDED GRANTS:

Title: Evaluation of the Effects of Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury on Coagulopathy in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients: A Pilot Study Using Thrombelastography                 
Principal Investigator: Gareth Ryan, MD
Co-Investigator: Prism Schneider, MD, PhD
Awarded Funds: $20,000
Funded by: FOT/$12,500
Funded by: Skeletal Dyanamics/$5,000
Funded by: Johnson & Johnson Medtech/$2,500
Grant Type: Clinical

Title: Investigating the effect of donor and recipient sex on the bone healing capacity of endothelial progenitor cells in a critical size bone defect animal model          
Principal Investigator: Kalter Hali, MD, MSc
Co-Investigator: Aaron Nauth, MD
Awarded Funds: $19,995.87
Funded by: FOT/$12,500
Funded by: Skeletal Dyanamics/$5,000
Funded by: Zimmer Biomet/$2,497
Grant Type: Basic

Title: Casting Change: Developing a Protocol for Locally Made Plaster of Paris     
Principal Investigator: Elyse Berlinberg, MD
Co-Investigator: Kiran Agarwal-Harding, MD
Awarded Funds: $19,455
Funded by: FOT/$12,500
Funded by: Skeletal Dyanamics/$5,000
Funded by: Zimmer Biomet/$1,955
Grant Type: Basic

Title: A Cadaveric Study: Does Deltoid Ligament Repair Impact the Quality of Syndesmotic Reduction?                 
Principal Investigator: Christopher Leland, MD
Co-Investigator: Arun Aneja, MD, PhD
Awarded Funds: $20,000
Funded by: FOT/$12,500
Funded by: Skeletal Dyanamics/$5,000
Funded by: Johnson & Johnson Medtech/$2,500
Grant Type: Clinical

OTA Young Investigator Grant:

Title: Genicular Nerve Block for Analgesia After Open Fixation of Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial              
Principal Investigator: Tony Christiano, MD
Co-Investigator: 
Awarded Funds: $26,468
Funded by: OTA