Brenda J. Klement, PhD 

Education

GRADUATE:
Kansas State University
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Biology

UNDERGRADUATE: 
University of New Mexico
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology

Research Interests

• Medical Education
• Endochondral bone formation
• Gravitational effects on the skeletal system

Publications

• Klement, Brenda J., Quinnita M. Young, Binu J. George, and May Nokkaew "Skeletal tissue growth, differentiation and mineralization in the NASA Rotating Wall Vessel" Bone. 34; 487-498, 2004.
• Klement, Brenda J., Binu J. George, Quinnita M. Young and Brian S. Spooner "Tissue Growth and Mineralization in the Rotating Wall Vessel and in Spaceflight" Journal of Gravitational Physiology.  11(3); 67-82, 2004.
• Marshall, C., Ruby Flowers, Neeta Goli, Marianne Vandromme, Douglas Paulsen and Brenda Klement “Nutrient diffusion through articular cartilage: development and use of a model system.”  Gravitational and Space Biology, 20:139-140, 2006.
• Ruby Flowers-Aime, Candace Marshall, Albert von Deutsch, Allyson Belton, Jonathan Wright, Daniel von Deutsch, Douglas Paulsen and Brenda Klement “Gravitational effects on glucose diffusion into articular cartilage tissue.”  Gravitational and Space Biology, 20(2): 99-100, 2007.
• Villanueva, Idalis, Brenda J. Klement, Daniel vonDeutsch, and Susan J Bryant “Cross-linking density alters early metabolic activities in chondrocytes encapsulated in poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels and cultured in the rotating wall vessel.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 102(4): 1242-1250, 2009.
• Klement, Brenda J, Douglas F Paulsen, and Lawrence E. Wineski “Anatomy as the backbone of an integrated first year medical curriculum: Design and implementation.” Anatomical Sciences Education, 4:157-169, 2011.
  
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Honors and Awards

• 2014: Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award
• 2009:
  • PhD Student Faculty Appreciation Award
  • Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award
• 2007: PhD Student Faculty Appreciation Award
• 2001: Thora W. Halstead Young Investigator's Award, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR)