About Me
Carolyn graduated from Creighton University with a BS in Applied Physics in May 2017. She studied the changes of cell mechanics during chemotherapy through optical methods under the direction of Dr. Michael Nichols. She was awarded the Clare Boothe Luce Scholarship for this work and presented at the Biophysical Society Conference 2016. She completed a summer internship at the Salt Lake City VA Bone and Joint Research Lab where she was first introduced to osseointegration and orthopaedic implants. She then completed a summer internship at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD where she participated in clinical research working with lower extremity amputees to examine current rehabilitation practices and develop more effective tools to improve the quality of life of lower limb amputees. It was these two experiences that led her to pursue a PhD focused on orthopaedic biomechanics with amputees. Carolyn joined the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory working under Dr. Kent Bachus to further her study of osseointegration. She is currently involved in transhumeral and transtibial osseointegration research.