Department Chair
Research projects in the Bellido lab center on understanding physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that govern the function of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease, and developing genetic and pharmacological approaches to promote musculoskeletal health. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of osteocytes, the most abundant cells of bone, in driving the bone remodeling process in response to mechanical and hormonal cues, as well as in the role of these cells in cancer in bone and in multiple myeloma musculoskeletal disease.