Congratulations to Dr. Jenna Wahbeh of LuskinOIC’s JVL Research Center on successfully defending her dissertation, “Redefining Preclinical Testing for Cervical Disc Replacements: A Focus on Implant Stability,” at UCLA last month. 

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Dr. Wahbeh began at LuskinOIC in 2019 as a volunteer researcher before becoming Lab Manager. Over five years, she has published groundbreaking research, addressing crucial gaps in orthopaedics and mentoring more than 30 students from institutions such as Ortho High School, UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, UCI, Princeton, and many other high schools and universities.

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Seeing her mentees go on to have successful careers in various medical schools, graduate schools, and industry positions has been incredibly rewarding, and she hopes to continue fostering the next generation of researchers and innovators in the future.

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She is grateful for LuskinOIC’s leadership, her mentors in Dr. Ebramzadeh, Dr. Sangiorgio, Dr. Park, Dr. Campbell, and Dr. Luck, her peers, and her family for being an integral part of her journey and final PhD defense. 

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LuskinOIC extends gratitude to Dr. Harry A. McKellop and Tovya Wager for their generous donations supporting graduate research.  

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We wish Dr. Wahbeh continued success in her career!

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