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Welcome to the Osteoporosis Research Center

Robert R. Recker, M.D., Director

Under the leadership of Dr. Robert R. Recker and Dr. Robert P. Heaney, the Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center (ORC) continues today a 40-year effort that has created an international center of excellence in bone research. This team carries out:

• basic-science research, which is laboratory-based

• clinical research involving volunteer participants

• patient care, including state-of-the-art evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment

• referral services for physicians

The ORC team includes nearly 100 persons:

• A distinguished faculty - including physician-scientists, molecular biologists, molecular geneticists, nurse-scientists, a computer scientist, a statistician, an exercise physiologist, and a biomechanical engineer – whose work is recorded in an impressive list of recent publications;

• A skillful staff, including research nurses, a research dietitian, an information technology specialist, laboratory technicians, bone densitometry technicians, research assistants, administrative staff; and

• Professional, graduate, and post-doctoral students.

The activities of the ORC are organized into Departments, which provide professional, technical, and support services.