Dr. Bouxsein received her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. She is an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Bouxsein is also a faculty member in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program and in the MIT Bioastronautics Program. Dr. Bouxsein has received several awards, including the Fuller Albright Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Herbert Fleisch Award from the International Osteoporosis Foundation for excellence in basic/translational bone research and the A. Clifford Barger Award for Excellence in Mentorship from Harvard Medical School. She currently serves as a board member for the International Osteoporosis Foundation, and a Councilor of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. She has published over 275 peer-reviewed articles and 40 book chapters and invited reviews. Dr. Bouxsein’s research focuses on understanding skeletal fragility in osteoporosis and diabetes from a biomechanics viewpoint, and includes research into advanced skeletal imaging and musculoskeletal modeling.