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Steven Arthur Olson

Goldner Jones Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
DUMC Box 104002, Durham, NC 27710
311 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Post- Traumatic Arthritis

Selected Grants


Boston Children's/UCLA/Duke Next Generation Regeneration for Osteoarthritis (BUD NextGenRegen for OA)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health · 2024 - 2029

Lower Extremity Shaft Nail Registry (LESN)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. · 2022 - 2025

Characterization of porcine synovial cells in co-culture

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2020 - 2020

Fresh Tissue Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by DePuy Synthes Companies · 2019 - 2019

Fresh Tissue Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Zimmer Biomet Company · 2018 - 2018

Investigation into the Injury Response to Articular Cartilage

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by DePuy Synthes Companies · 2015 - 2016

Live-Animal Micro-CT System

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014

Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Southeastern Fracture Consortium Foundation · 2014 - 2014

Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pivot Medical, Inc. · 2013 - 2013

External Relationships


  • Nextscience
  • Surgical Implant Generation Network

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