Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

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Yinshi Ren, Ph.D.

Dr. Ren obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical science at Texas A&M Baylor college of dentistry followed by postdoc training at Duke Orthopaedics. His past research experience is focused on understanding the pathogenesis and investigating therapeutic targets in several orthopaedic conditions such as osteoporosis, osteomalacia and osteoarthritis. He has over 30 peer reviewed publications and won several awards including first place of Hatton Award at AADR, the ASBMR President’s Award and ORS NIRA Award.

Lab Team

Judy Deng, Ph.D.

Dr. Deng obtained her Ph.D. in Oklahoma State University, followed by postdoc training in Scottish Rite Hospital and UTSW. She joined the lab in 2018.

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Rose Nguyen, M.S.

Rose obtained her M.S from Texas Woman’s University. She joined the lab in 2022.

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