Nathan Hogaboom, PhD

Nathan Hogaboom, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Centers for Spinal Cord Injury Research and co-director of the Derfner-Lieberman Laboratory for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research. After earning his doctorate in Rehabilitation Science and Technology from the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Hogaboom joined Kessler Foundation as the inaugural Derfner Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Regenerative Rehabilitation Research. His professional activities include member of the editorial board of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine and early career officer of the American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine’s Spinal Cord Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (SCI-ISIG). He is a research assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

In 2020, he was recognized as a ‘rising star’ by the Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training for his investigation of micro-fragmented adipose tissue for treating shoulder and knee pain caused by rotator cuff and meniscus pathologies. He has published in peer-reviewed rehabilitation journals and co-authored the chapter on overuse injuries and fractures in Spinal Cord Medicine ed 3 by Kirshblum and Lin. His research focuses on applying the principles of regenerative medicine to the development of new interventions for musculoskeletal pain and using biomarkers to measure responses to treatment.