The Clinical Research Team of the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation is a team that works in conjunction with faculty, residents, fellows, medical students and other researchers on all aspects of their clinical research.  

From IRB application, grant submission, completion of the project, presentations, publication and project closure, the Team is involved in all aspects.  We currently have retrospective review studies, long-term follow-up studies, and prospective studies including multi-center trials.  We are also one of the few departments at the University of Iowa Health Care that has an Umbrella IRB for retrospective studies.

Clinical Research Team Personnel:

Steve Liu, MD, MBA, Director, Clinical Research
steve-liu@uiowa.edu

Orthopedics Grant Services – orthograntservices@healthcare.uiowa.edu

  • Kelly Andringa, PhD, MBA,  Research Manager
  • Elisabeth Buettner, BS, Lab Manager, Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab
  • Abigail Smith, BS,  Research Support Specialist, Ignacio Ponseti Orthopedic Cell & Molecular Research Lab

Biostatistics & Epidemiology Team

Hand & Upper Extremity Service

  • Ignacio Garcia Fleury, MD, Research Scientist

Health Care Information Systems

  • Jill Corlette, MS, ATC, Business Intelligence Analyst 

Pediatric Service

  • Lori Dolan, PhD, Research Scientist

Shoulder & Elbow Service & AAOS Registries

  • Maria Bozoghlian, MD, Research Associate

Spine Service

  • Reagan A. Grieser-Yoder, BS, Research Assistant (Olinger)
  • Crystal Maldonado, BA, Research Assistant (Pugely)

Sports Medicine

  • Armand John Gentile, BS, Research Assistant
  • Shelby Hulsebus, BS , Research Assistant
  • Shannon Ortiz, MPH, Research Associate

Total Joint Arthroplasty Service

  • Lauren Crowe, BS, Research Associate
  • Victoria Tappa, MS,  Research Associate
  • Silvana Velasquez-Marin, BS, Research Assistant

Trauma Service

  • Ashley Kochuyt, BS,  Research Associate

Tumor Service

  • Abigail Grothe, MS,  Research Assistant