Wake Forest researchers to study bone health post-bariatric surgery with $1.5 million NIH grant

May 30 2024Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Researchers at Wake Forest University of School of Medicine have received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health , to study bone microarchitecture in patients following bariatric surgery.

"Bariatric surgery offers many health benefits to patients with severe obesity, but weight loss can also be associated with a decrease in bone mass, which increases fracture risk," said Ashley Weaver, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the principal investigator leading the HR-pQCT ancillary study to the STRONG BONES trial.

Ashley Weaver, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

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