Affiliation: Scottish Rite Hospital/UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Ren received his PhD at Texas A&M Baylor College of Dentistry and postdoctoral training at Duke University. He currently serves as a Research Scientist at Scottish Rite Hospital and is also affiliated with UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery as an assistant professor. Dr. Ren has published over 35 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the orthopedic research field. He has also won several prestigious investigator awards across musculoskeletal research societies, such as the President’s Award from ASBMR, the NIRA award from ORS, and the Hatton Award from AADR. The current focus of Ren’s lab is on the molecular mechanisms of tissue healing in Osteonecrosis.