Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, Receives Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award

Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, was named the 2021 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award recipient for his 30 years of scientific research in musculoskeletal regenerative engineering, the field which he founded and brought to the forefront of translational medicine.

Farshid Guilak, PhD, Receives Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award

Farshid Guilak, PhD, and his coauthors, Bradley T. Estes, PhD, and Franklin T. Moutos, PhD, received the 2021 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award for their research and development of technology to grow bioartificial cartilage using a patient’s own donor cells.

Lin Han, PhD, Receives 2021 Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award

The 2021 Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award was given to Lin Han, PhD, for his research on the structure and function of cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) and its impact on tissue regeneration and disease evolution in osteoarthritis (OA).