Dr. Sarah Snelling

Biography

Sarah Snelling leads the Soft Tissue Repair Group at NDORMS and heads the CZI Tendon Seed Network and Ancestrally Inclusive Musculoskeletal Single-Cell Network. She also lectures in Biomedicine at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Sarah coordinates the Musculoskeletal Biological Network and the Human Cell Atlas project. Her academic journey began with an MBiochem in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford and later progressed to a DPhil focusing on genetics and the functionality of osteoarthritis at the Botnar Institute, NDORMS. Her work aims at addressing critical unmet clinical needs for the repair of soft and hard musculoskeletal tissues, which often become severely damaged due to diseases, injuries, or surgical interventions. Sarah utilizes generation sequencing techniques to explore the cellular and molecular signatures of both healthy and diseased musculoskeletal tissues, including tendons, ligaments, and bones. This foundational understanding allows her to identify key cell types and molecules that are crucial for tissue health and disease progression, as well as responses to surgical interventions. Her research addresses conditions such as tendinopathies, ligament disease, joint infections, osteoarthritis, and fractures.

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