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Christopher R. Jacobs, PhD

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Columbia University

Department of Biomedical Engineering

351 Engineering Terrace

1210 Amsterdam Ave., Mail Code: 8904

New York, NY  10027

212/851-0271    212/854-9163    212-854-4460

212 854-8725 fax

crj2111 -at- columbia.edu

christopher.jacobs -at- columbia.edu

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Biomechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Education

• Stanford University, PhD - 1994
  Thesis - Trabecular orientation in numerical simulations of bone adaptation to mechanical loading

Projects

2006

• Biomarker Targets of Altered Osteoclast Activity following Rehabilitation Interventions for Post-Stroke Hemiplegia
• Chronic Inflammatory Pain after Trauma
• Injury Induced Facilitated Neurogenic Inflammation
• Mechanotransduction in Bone via Oscillating Fluid Flow
• Neural Regulation of Bone Remodeling
• Neuropeptide Signaling in Osteoporosis

Prior Years' Projects

Research Interests

• Bone adaptation to mechanical loading
• Cellular mechano-sensitivity to fluid flow and substrate deformation
• Large scale finite element modeling of trabecular bone
• Fatigue properties of bone cement
• Orthopaedic implant design and performance evaluation

Publications

Awards

• 1998 Research Award of the European Society of Biomechanics
• 1998 Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Biomechanics

Last updated 07/23/2008