# Core B: Bioengineering Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · 2020 · $265,516

## Abstract

Core B: Bioengineering Core
7. Project Summary/Abstract
The overall objectives of the Bioengineering Core are 1) to provide the biomechanical expertise and
resources to the university and hospital communities and establish a regional presence in New
England, and 2) to become a financially independent center in Phase III. The Bioengineering Core was
initially founded by combining the expertise and equipment available in the Bioengineering Laboratories of the
Department of Orthopaedics at Rhode Island Hospital, the Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory in the Division
of Biomedical Engineering at Brown University, and the biomechanical testing facility of the Rhode Island
Hospital Orthopaedic Foundation (RIHOF). Since the inception of the Bioengineering Core, the number of
projects utilizing the Core has increased each year, and the resources available through the core have been
expanded through the acquisition and development of new equipment. The Bioengineering Core is a state-of-
the-art facility that will continue to be available to all of COBRE projects, and to researchers in the hospital and
university communities, both locally and nationally. The Core has an array of equipment that will allow material
testing of musculoskeletal tissues, motion analysis (standard motion capture and biplane videoradiograph) and
imaging (X-ray, microCT, CT and MRI). To date, 58 publications have resulted from studies that utilized the
personnel and resources of the Bioengineering Core that range in scale from bench top laboratory work to in
vivo assessment of whole body motion. The projects presented in these publications demonstrate that the
Core will continue to play a key role in supporting regional projects and to facilitate the translation of novel
therapeutic approaches to prevent and/or treat musculoskeletal disease.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10019392
- **Project number:** 5P30GM122732-04
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Braden Fleming
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $265,516
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10019392

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10019392, Core B: Bioengineering Core (5P30GM122732-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10019392. Licensed CC0.

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