Core A Director
![Matthew Silva, PhD](https://musculoskeletal.wustl.edu/files/2021/02/Silva_web2-280x386.jpg)
Matthew Silva, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Phone: 314-362-8585
- Email: silvam@nospam.wustl.edu
Focus: Bone biomechanics and mechanobiology. Our lab focuses on two main questions.
1) How does mechanical loading stimulate bone formation?
2) How do bones heal after injury?
Associate Directors
![Roberto Civitelli](https://musculoskeletal.wustl.edu/files/2021/02/Civitelli_Roberto_web2-280x386.jpg)
Roberto Civitelli
Internal Medicine – Bone & Mineral Diseases
- Phone: 314-454-8906
- Email: civitellir@nospam.wustl.edu
Focus: the cellular and molecular basis of the bone remodeling process, and to devise mechanisms by which this balance can be modified.
![Deborah Veis, MD, PhD](https://musculoskeletal.wustl.edu/files/2021/03/Veis_Deborah_web2-280x386.jpg)
Deborah Veis, MD, PhD
Bone & Mineral Diseases
- Phone: 314-454-8472
- Email: dveis@nospam.wustl.edu
Focus: models of pathological bone loss including osteoporosis, breast cancer metastasis to bone, inflammatory arthritis and osteomyelitis
![Roberta Faccio](https://musculoskeletal.wustl.edu/files/2021/02/Faccio_web2-280x386.jpg)
Roberta Faccio
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Phone: 314-747-4602
- Email: faccior@nospam.wustl.edu
Focus: the identification of common molecules that can modulate the activation of immune cells as well as osteoclasts.
Administrative Coordinator
Research Administrator