Team

Dr. Annemarie Lang, PhD

Principal Investigator & Assistant Professor 

I earned my veterinary degree and doctoral degree (Dr. med. vet./DVM) at Freie Universität Berlin and completed a PhD with a specialization in Regenerative Therapies and Biomedical Sciences, followed by postdoctoral training at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.  

As a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with Joel D. Boerckel, PhD at the University of Pennsylvania, I investigated local oxygenation within the fracture gap and discovered that bone fractures initiate localized erythropoiesis, which regulates oxygen levels and drives subsequent repair. These discoveries now form the foundation of my research program. I concluded my postdoctoral training in the lab of Prof. Michael Gelinsky at the Carl Gustav Carus Medical Hospital, Technical University Dresden. 

In January 2025, I joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, contributing to the Engineering Cell Programmable Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine Scientific Research Initiative.

Current Professional Engagements:

• Communication Chair of the ORS Preclinical Model Section

• Vice President of the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing 

• Outgoing Young Researcher Coordinator, European COST Action IMPROVE

• Editor-in-Chief Laboratory Animals (SAGE Journals)

• Board Member of MuSkITYR

Email: annelang@med.umich.edu

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