Centre for Health Innovation
Alejandra Correa Belloso (she/her)
BS in Bioengineering, MSc in Bioengineering
Alejandra is currently working on the development of a 3D-printable bioreactor system for the mechanical stimulation of ex vivo bovine trabecular bone cores. The aim of this study is to validate the system such that it can be used to improve understanding of the bone remodeling process due to mechanical stimuli. Alejandra also volunteered as a Science Communication Specialist in the Chair for Women in Engineering at Queen's University.
Alejandra's LinkedIn Profile | email: alecorrea@alumnos.uai.cl
Emily Cameron (she/her)
BASc in Biomechanical Engineering, MASc. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering with a specialization in Biomedical Engineering, PhD (candidate) | Queen's University
Emily has been a part of the Bone and Joint Biomechanics lab since the summer of 2020. She completed research on the effects of CT x-ray voltage and current on phantom density plugs in scans reconstructed with Standard and BonePlus kernels, and on the trabecular femoral head bone density of patients with osteoarthritis of the hip. Emily successfully defended her master's thesis titled "Knee and Joint Loading and Fracture Risk Analyses of Patients with Benign Bone Tumours: A Finite Element Analysis". She is currently working towards her PhD on dynamic finite element analysis of hip resurfacing arthroplasty patients to evaluate bone loading response pre- and post- operatively.
Emily's LinkedIn Profile | email: 17egc5@queensu.ca
McKinley Van Klei (she/her)
BASc. in Biomechanical Engineering, MASc in Biomedical Engineering (candidate) | Queen's University
McKinley is currently a Master's student in the Q-BB Lab. She has been working in the lab as an undergraduate student since 2020. With the intention to complete work that will lead to improved patient outcomes related to implant orthopaedics, her work has mainly focused on developing a geometrically accurate model of human trabecular bone to support establishing accurate computational models (FEM). She presented posters of her work at conferences (ORS 2022, NACOB 2022, ORS 2023) alongside other students in the lab. Most recently, she has been helping two PhD students with work on the trabecular bone core project and she created the Q-BJB Lab website.
McKinley's LinkedIn Profile | email: 18msmv@queensu.ca
Mahsa Zojaji (she/her)
MSc, PhD (candidate)
In her MSc program, Mahsa investigated the accuracy of Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories in estimation of long bones flexural rigidity through biomechanical testing and computational modeling using a bone surrogate. Mahsa's PhD research focuses on numerically simulating trabecular bone remodeling and validating the simulations through experimental and histological testing. Mahsa had the opportunity to contribute to the C4Bio project, a collaborative endeavor with an international biomechanics laboratory. Additionally, she took on the responsibility of designing a fixture for rate hind limb unloading (HLU) as part of the project.
Mahsa's LinkedIn Profile | email: mahsa.zojaji@queensu.ca