Morgan H. Jones, MD, MPH (MHJ) is an orthopaedic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Jones was previously involved in the MeTeOR and TeMPO studies at our Cleveland Clinic site. We are excited to welcome him to Boston and to the OrACORe team where he is the Principal Investigator of CoMeT (Corticosteroid Meniscectomy Randomized Trial). Dr. Jones talked with…

Mahima joined OrACORe in August 2021, after graduating from Yale College in May 2020 with a BA in Statistics & Data Science. After college, she spent a year on a fellowship with the Yale Music in Schools Initiative, teaching and organizing music education programs for students in New Haven Public Schools. At Yale, Mahima sang and played piano in the…

Hanna started working at OrACORe in July of 2021 after graduating from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience. In the summer of 2019, Hanna interned in a cardiac clinic in Germany, supporting the clinical team and performing basic procedures. During the summer of 2020, Hanna worked in the Systems Neuroscience Lab at Middlebury College where she…

Paul began working at OrACORe in June 2021 after graduating from Princeton University with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In 2018, Paul interned with the Saint Joseph’s Neighborhood Center in his hometown of Rochester, NY, which aims to increase healthcare access and fight socioeconomic injustice. During a study abroad experience in 2019, Paul volunteered at the Townsville University…

Maame joined OrACORe in June 2021 following graduation from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology in May 2021. In her junior and senior years, Maame tutored for the Tufts Student Accessibility and Academic Resources (STAAR) center as a Head Tutor in both general and organic chemistry. During her senior year, she interned at the Cambridge Health Alliance…

Alec joined OrACORe in March 2021 after graduating in February from Middlebury College with a BA in Mathematics. In college, he worked as, and subsequently coordinated, the calculus tutoring program. He also worked at the student-run climbing gym, helped lead the rock-climbing club, and volunteered with the Open-Door Clinic, a free clinic for people with underinsured and uninsured status near…

Julia started working at OrACORe in June of 2021 after graduating from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. In the summer of 2019, Julia worked in the Andersen Lab at Northwestern University on a project to build the wild-type library of C. elegans for future genetic research. During the summer of 2020, Julia worked as the…

Elizabeth Matzkin, MD is an orthopedic surgeon and the Chief of Women’s Sports Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Matzkin currently serves as a team physician for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, the U.S. Paralympics Soccer Team, the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team, and is the head team physician at Stonehill College. Antonia Chen, MD, MBA is also…

Emma Williams (EW), Kaetlyn Arant (KA), Mike Zarra (MZ), Val Leifer (VL) and Peter Bensen (PB) joined OrACORe as research assistants during the summer of 2019 and are now in the final days of their second year with us. We are extremely grateful for their hard work, dedication, and good spirits and will miss their presence in the office (virtual…

This is the first in a series of profiles we are doing to highlight the work of our collaborating physicians. Photo courtesy of Dr. Schoenfeld Dr. Andrew Schoenfeld is an orthopedic surgeon, specializing in spinal surgery, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has been doing research at OrACORe since joining the Brigham as a clinician scientist in 2015. The STrIDeS…