BIO
Danielle began working as a Ph.D. student at NCSU in August 2017 after completing her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from The College of New Jersey. Her research focuses on studying sex-dependent growth and function of soft tissue in the knee joint using experimental and computational methods. Outside of the lab, Danielle enjoys the beach, exploring trails and greenways around the research triangle, playing with her cat, and TV show theme song trivia.
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, NC State/UNC- Chapel Hill, 2022
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, The College of New Jersey, 2017
Honors & Awards
2022 NCSU College of Engineering Summer Graduate Fellowship
2022 3rd place, ASME-Bioengineering Division PhD Student Paper Competition
2022 AMTI Force and Motion Travel Scholarship
2022 NCSU and UNC Joint BME Department Research Achievement Award
2021 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31 AR077997)
2019 SB3C Diversity Travel Award
2017 TORL Lab Rookie of the Year
2016 New Jersey Space Grant Summer Fellowship
PUBLICATIONS
- D Howe, SG Cone, JA Piedrahita, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Age and Sex-Specific Joint Biomechanics in Response to Partial and Complete ACL Injury in the Porcine Model. Journal of Athletic Training. 2021.
- D Howe, SG Cone, JA Piedrahita, B Collins, LA Fordham, EH Griffith, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Sex-Specific Biomechanics and Morphology of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament During Skeletal Growth in a Porcine Model. Journal of Orthopedic Research. 40: 1853- 1864, 2022.
- SG Cone, RH Barnes, D Howe, LA Fordham, MB Fisher, JT Spang. Age‐and sex‐specific differences in ACL and ACL bundle size during adolescent growth. Journal of Orthopedic Research. J Orthop Res. 40: 1613- 1620, 2022.
- D Howe, NN Dixit, K Saul, MB Fisher. A Direct Comparison of Node and Element-based Finite Element Modeling Approaches to Study Tissue Growth. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 144 (1), 011001, 2021.
- D Howe*, SG Cone*, MB Fisher. Size and Shape of the Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament and the Impact of Sex and Skeletal Growth: A Systematic Review. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Reviews. 7(6), e8, 2019. *indicates authors contributed equally.
- CM Heveran, C Schurman, C Acevedo, EW Livingston, D Howe, EG Schaible, A Rauff, E Donnely, RD Carpenter, M Levi, AG Lau, TA Bateman, T Alliston, KB King, VL Ferguson. Chronic kidney disease and aging together diminish bone material and microarchitecture in C57Bl/6 mice. Bone. 127, 91-103, 2019.
Selected Conference Proceedings
- D Howe, JD Thompson, A Bautista, LV Schnabel, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Partial ACL Injury Impacts Biomechanics and Tissue Remodeling in a Skeletally Immature Porcine Model. Summer Biomechanics Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference. June 2022. Podium Presentation. PhD Student Paper Competition, 3rd place.
- D Howe, JD Thompson, A Bautista, LV Schnabel, BG Pietrosimone, JT Spang, MB Fisher. ACL Injury Impacts Long-Term Knee Function and Meniscus Remodeling In A Skeletally Immature Porcine Model. ORS Annual Meeting. Feb. 2022. Podium Presentation.
- D Howe, JD Thompson, H Willcockson, LV Schnabel, L Longobardi, BG Pietrosimone, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Changes in Serum, But Not Synovial Fluid, Levels of Inflammatory Biomarker MCP-1 are Correlated with Cartilage T2* Relaxation Times after ACL Injury in a Juvenile Porcine Model. ORS Annual Meeting. Feb. 2022. Poster Presentation.
- D Howe, SG Cone, JA Piedrahita, LA Fordham, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Joint Laxity Increases with ACL Injury as a Function of Age, Regardless of Sex in a Porcine Model. International Symposium on Ligaments and Tendons. Phoenix, AZ. Feb. 2020. Podium Presentation.
- D Howe, SG Cone, JA Piedrahita, LA Fordham, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Bundle Function Differs Between Sexes Throughout Skeletal Growth in a Porcine Model. ORS Annual Meeting. Feb. 2020. Podium Presentation.
- D Howe, SG Cone, JA Piedrahita, LA Fordham, JT Spang, MB Fisher. Sex-Dependent Orientation and Size of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Throughout Skeletal Growth in the Porcine Stifle Joint. Summer Biomechanics Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference. June 2019. Podium Presentation.