Dissertation defense: Trinity Kronk

M.D./Ph.D. candidate Trinity Kronk will defend her doctoral dissertation, titled "Protective Roles of GPNMB and CD44 in the Progression of Post-Traumatic and Age-Related Osteoarthritis," at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, in RGE 123.

Dissertation committee members include:

• Fayez Safadi, Ph.D., professor of biomedical sciences, Graduate Faculty in the College of Graduate Studies, Ohio Research Scholar, Northeast Ohio Medical University
• Hope Ball, Ph.D., associate research scientist, Division of Hematology and Oncology,Akron Children's Hospital; assistant professor, Rebecca D. Considine Research Institute; assistant professor of biomedical sciences at NEOMED
• Mark Adamczyk, M.D., pediatric orthopaedic surgeon; director, Clubfoot Clinic, Akron Children's Hospital
• Mary Barbe, Ph.D., professor, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
• William Chilian, Ph.D., professor of biomedical sciences, NEOMED