Dr. Karen Kruger

Dr. Karen KrugerMarquette University

Shriners Children's - Chicago

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-4440karen.kruger@marquette.eduGoogle Scholar

Research Associate Professor

Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Co-Director

Marquette-MCW Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Engineering Center

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Co-Director

Motion Analysis Center at Shriners Children's

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Professional Preparation

• ARRT Fellowship, 2015–2018,  Advanced rehabilitation and research training postdoctoral fellow, Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center of Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
• Ph.D., 2014, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
• B.S., 2010, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Recent Publications

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Grants

• Kruger, Karen (Principal Investigator); Lenz, Amy; Whitaker, Amanda; Fritz, Jessica; Dibbern, Kevin; "Advancing Functional Assessment of Pediatric Flatfoot Using Weightbearing CT." Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (September 2025–May 2030).
• Kruger, Karen (Principal Investigator); Project Title: 79135 MULTISITE (Lead-CHI): “Weightbearing CT Imaging: Applications to Pediatric Flatfoot Deformity.”  Sponsored by Shriners Children’s (January 2025–December 2028).
• Kruger, Karen: (Site PI); Lenz, Amy (Principal Investigator); “Post-Surgical Form and Function of Planovalgus Foot Deformities in Patients with Cerebral Palsy.”  Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, 1R01AR083490-01 (May 2025-April 2029).
• Kruger, Karen (Site PI); Lee, Brendan (Principal Investigator); “Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium of The Rare Disease Clinical Research Network." Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, U54AR068069 (January 2020–December 2024).

Professional Memberships

• Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
• ORS Women’s Leadership Forum
• American Society of Biomechanics
• Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS)