Margo Rockwell publishes first article

Margo Rockwell, ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔCOM MS III, has become a published researcher.  Awarded a ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔCOM Dean’s Research Fellowship at the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2009, Rockwell’s continued work in geriatrics resulted in the co-authorship and publication of β€œHeight Loss Predicts Subsequent Hip Fracture in Men and Women of the Framingham Study” in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2012, pp. 146-152.  DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.557.

Rockwell’s onsite mentor during her Research Fellowship was Marian T. Hannan, DSc, MPH, associate professor of medicine and co-director of musculoskeletal research at the Institute for Aging Research, and her ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔCOM mentor is Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., Department of Geriatric Medicine.  Rockwell’s co-authors of the article are Marian T. Hannan, Kerry E. Broe, Adrienne Cupples, Alyssa B. Dufour, and Douglas P. Kiel.

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