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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Mary L. Bouxsein is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields, with a particular emphasis on radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine, surgery, and physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of bone health, osteoporosis, and related topics. Their main areas of research include advanced MRI techniques and applications, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, cardiovascular function and risk factors, as well as bone metabolism and diseases, and hip and femur fractures.

Mary L. Bouxsein's publication record includes works in high-impact journals and well-regarded venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • JBMR Plus
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Bone

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Mary L. Bouxsein are:

  • "Guidelines for the assessment of bone density and microarchitecture in vivo using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography," 2020, Osteoporosis International
  • "Treatment-related changes in bone mineral density as a surrogate biomarker for fracture risk reduction: meta-regression analyses of individual patient data from multiple randomised controlled trials," 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Dnmt3a-mutated clonal hematopoiesis promotes osteoporosis," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Bone stress injuries," 2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Biomechanical Computed Tomography analysis (BCT) for clinical assessment of osteoporosis," 2020, Osteoporosis International

Collaborations have been prominent throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Brett Allaire
  • Dennis Anderson
  • Katelyn Burkhart
  • Hossein Mokhtarzadeh
  • Daniel J. Brooks

Mary L. Bouxsein's body of work spans a substantial number of publications within the field of medicine, contributing to a deeper understanding of bone health, imaging techniques, and cardiovascular diagnostics. The research covers both clinical and technical aspects of medical imaging and treatment-related outcomes.

In recognition of professional achievements, Mary L. Bouxsein received the award of Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for assessment of bone microstructure in rodents using micro–computed tomography

    Mary L Bouxsein;Stephen K Boyd;Blaine A Christiansen;Robert E Guldberg

  • The effects of parathyroid hormone and alendronate alone or in combination in postmenopausal osteoporosis

    Dennis M. Black;Susan L. Greenspan;Kristine E. Ensrud;Lisa Palermo

  • In Vivo Assessment of Trabecular Bone Microarchitecture by High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography."

    Stephanie Boutroy;Mary L. Bouxsein;Francoise Munoz;Pierre D. Delmas

  • New approaches for interpreting projected bone densitometry data

    Dennis R. Carter;Mary L. Bouxsein;Robert Marcus

  • Mechanisms of disease: is osteoporosis the obesity of bone?

    Clifford J Rosen;Mary L Bouxsein

  • Population-based study of age and sex differences in bone volumetric density, size, geometry, and structure at different skeletal sites.

    B Lawrence Riggs;L Joseph Melton;Richard A Robb;Jon J Camp

  • The hypoxia-inducible factor α pathway couples angiogenesis to osteogenesis during skeletal development

    Ying Wang;Chao Wan;Lianfu Deng;Ximeng Liu

  • Osteoblast-specific Knockout of the Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) Receptor Gene Reveals an Essential Role of IGF Signaling in Bone Matrix Mineralization

    Mei Zhang;Shouhong Xuan;Mary L. Bouxsein;Dietrich von Stechow

  • Relation of body composition, fat mass, and serum lipids to osteoporotic fractures and bone mineral density in Chinese men and women

    Yi-Hsiang Hsu;Scott A Venners;Henry A Terwedow;Yan Feng

  • BMP type I receptor inhibition reduces heterotopic ossification

    Paul B Yu;Donna Y Deng;Carol S Lai;Charles C Hong

  • Essential Role of β-Catenin in Postnatal Bone Acquisition

    Sheri L. Holmen;Cassandra R. Zylstra;Aditi Mukherjee;Robert E. Sigler

  • Clinical use of quantitative computed tomography and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in the management of osteoporosis in adults: the 2007 ISCD Official Positions.

    Klaus Engelke;Judith E. Adams;Gabriele Armbrecht;Peter Augat

  • Age‐Related Changes in Trabecular Architecture Differ in Female and Male C57BL/6J Mice

    Vaida Glatt;Ernesto Canalis;Lisa Stadmeyer;Mary L Bouxsein

  • Effects of resistance and endurance exercise on bone mineral status of young women: A randomized exercise intervention trial

    Christine Snow-Harter;Mary L. Bouxsein;Barbara T. Lewis;Dennis R. Carter

  • High bone mass in mice expressing a mutant LRP5 gene.

    Philip Babij;Weiguang Zhao;Clayton Small;Yogendra Kharode

  • Finite element analysis based on in vivo HR-pQCT images of the distal radius is associated with wrist fracture in postmenopausal women.

    Stephanie Boutroy;Bert Van Rietbergen;Elisabeth Sornay-Rendu;Francoise Munoz

  • Irisin Mediates Effects on Bone and Fat via αV Integrin Receptors

    Hyeonwoo Kim;Christiane D. Wrann;Mark Jedrychowski;Sara Vidoni

  • Decreased BMD and limb deformities in mice carrying mutations in both Lrp5 and Lrp6.

    Sheri L Holmen;Troy A Giambernardi;Cassandra R Zylstra;Bree D Buckner-Berghuis

  • Control of Bone Mass and Remodeling by PTH Receptor Signaling in Osteocytes

    Charles A O'Brien;Lilian I. Plotkin;Carlo Galli;Joseph J. Goellner

  • Caloric restriction leads to high marrow adiposity and low bone mass in growing mice.

    Maureen J Devlin;Alison M Cloutier;Nishina A Thomas;David A Panus

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas P. Kiel
Douglas P. Kiel Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Clifford J. Rosen
Clifford J. Rosen Maine Medical Center
Roland Baron
Roland Baron Harvard University
Sundeep Khosla
Sundeep Khosla Mayo Clinic
Madhusmita Misra
Madhusmita Misra Harvard University
Serkalem Demissie
Serkalem Demissie Boston University
Tony M. Keaveny
Tony M. Keaveny University of California, Berkeley
Hang Lee
Hang Lee Harvard University
Roland Chapurlat
Roland Chapurlat Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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