Dr. Wright has two general areas of research. The first deals with bone-implants systems in which experimental and analytical studies are combined with analyses of retrieved orthopaedic devices with the goal of understanding design and environmental factors that influence performance.
Emphasis is on wear and fixation problems in total joint replacements.
The second area deals with the mechanobiology of bone and bone tissue in which in vivo models are used to explore the response of bone to mechanical load with the goal of understanding mechanical signals and using them to manipulate bone structure. Emphasis is on adaptation of cancellous bone to applied loads and on methods for studying long bone adaptation to load. A more realistic model. T.M. Fundamentals of orthopaedic biomechanics . Weill Medical College of Cornell University.