Charles Hall Turner 1961–2010
✍ Scribed by Alexander G. Robling; David B. Burr
- Book ID
- 102300796
- Publisher
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-0431
- DOI
- 10.1002/jbmr.303
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✦ Synopsis
On July 16, 2010, the bone biology community suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Charles H Turner, who lost a 2-year battle with colorectal cancer at the much-too-young age of 48. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family.
Charles graduated from Texas Tech in 1983 with a BS in mechanical engineering and subsequently earned a PhD from Tulane in 1987 under the tutelage of Dr Stephen Cowin. His PhD years at Tulane were spent developing a mathematical model for the relationship between cancellous bone elastic properties and its structure. After graduating, Charles spent four years at Creighton University as a faculty member in the Osteoporosis Research Center. In 1991, he moved to Indianapolis to join the skeletal biology group at the Indiana University School of Medicine, which at that time was largely clinically oriented. Charles spent a significant portion of his 19-year tenure at the
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