Fibrous Dysplasia: Review of Research and Potential Future Treatments

This is one of fifteen videos recorded by the Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation at the 2014 Patient and Family Conference. It was held at the NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY on October 25-26, 2014. Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation website: http://www.fibrousdysplasia.org Speaker Information: Pamela Gehron Robey, Ph.D., Dr. Robey is chief of the Skeletal Biology Section, and chief of the Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, in Bethesda, Maryland. She is also the co-coordinator of the NIH Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Transplantation Center, and Acting Scientific Director of the NIH Stem Cell Unit. She has served on numerous editorial boards in the past, and is currently the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Stem Cell Research, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and Stem Cells, in addition to being a regular reviewer for many other journals. Dr. Robey and her coworkers have worked in the area of bone and stem cell biology for over 20 years, which includes basic, translational and clinical studies. Her group currently is focused on developing insight into the biological activities of skeletal stem cells, the role that they play in disease, and how they can be utilized in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.