516 | How are your Knees? Understanding Injury-induced Osteoarthritis

2025-08-05

Hosts Ryan Baxter and Maris Schneider chat with Geneva Herold, a MSc student in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Geneva studies patients who are at high risk of developing osteoarthritis in their knees due to a previous injury, like an ACL tear. She is studying the cells in a special tissue in the joint called the synovium, which she hopes will help us better understand why some patients develop osteoarthritis and why some don’t. Geneva discusses graduate student life, both in and out of the lab...

Hosts Ryan Baxter and Maris Schneider chat with Geneva Herold, a MSc student in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Geneva studies patients who are at high risk of developing osteoarthritis in their knees due to a previous injury, like an ACL tear. She is studying the cells in a special tissue in the joint called the synovium, which she hopes will help us better understand why some patients develop osteoarthritis and why some don’t.

Geneva discusses graduate student life, both in and out of the lab, with Ryan and Maris.

Learn more about the lab Geneva works in! https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/appletonlab/

Rcorded on Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Produced by Mark Ambrogio
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