Dr Elise Feng-i Morgan, of Boston University, today received the prestigious 2005 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award, during the 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) in Toronto, Canada. Dr Morgan, who is Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, at Boston University, USA, won this award for her proposal to use three-dimensional visualization to understand how spine fractures start and progress, and then to test models to predict vertebral fracture. "Dr Feng-i Morgan's project to use the latest techniques from aerospatial and mechanical engineering to understand how vertebrae fracture, caught the judges attention as it will contribute to widening our knowledge of osteoporosis," said Professor Pierre Delmas, President, International Osteoporosis Foundation.

The IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award helps to increase awareness and understanding of osteoporosis and to encourage young scientists, under the age of 40, to continue their work in this field. The award is supported by the Servier Research Group in partnership with IOF, providing Euro 40,000 towards original research of significant value and international relevance in the field of osteoporosis.

More than 30 entries were received for the 2005 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award.

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International Osteoporosis Foundation
5-Jun-2006

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