When Dustin Williams, an orthopaedics professor, became the director of the Bone and Biofilm Research Lab at the University of Utah in 2014, he knew he wanted the lab to work on a diverse set of projects to ensure they always had enough funding.

Over the years they’ve researched infections impacting people with osseointegrated implants, bony overgrowth in amputated limbs, infections that occur with an open fracture and more. The team has consistently taken their research one step further by also developing solutions to those problems.

From bone caps to drug delivery pouches, all of the lab’s projects relate back to its core focus: orthopaedic-related infections. “We’re developing all these different types of technologies that are all connected,” Williams said.

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