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Learn more about recent events, awards, presentations and publications of the Motion Analysis Center (MAC) at Shriners Children's—Chicago with the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Recent News
- Janet Le, BME graduate student from the Motion Analysis Center at Shriners Children's working under the direction of Dr. Karen Kruger, has been selected as a 2026 Best Paper Finalist at the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS) Annual Meeting for her work titled, "Comparison of Segmental Foot Kinematics with and without X-Ray Metrics in Pediatric Foot Deformities" (July 2026)
- Dr. Maxine Olson, BME PhD graduate from the Motion Analysis Center at Shriners Children's working under the direction of Dr. Karen Kruger, has been awarded the Kevin P. Granata Student Award at the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS) Annual Meeting for her presentation titled, "Are Abnormal Foot Invertor and Evertor Muscle Tendon Lengths Related to Abnormal Coronal Plane Kinematics?" (July 2026)
- Sound foundations: Dr. Karen Kruger's innovations in biomedical engineering are helping young patients navigate pediatric foot conditions (Marquette Today, April 2026)
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- Dr. Karen Kruger receives $3.2 Million R01 Grant from the National Institutes of Health to Study Pediatric Foot Deformities (MU Today, BizTimes, Sep 2025)