Nov. 18, 2025 — SMU undergraduate and Health and Society major Jamie Gross traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark in October to present a research poster, “Can Curve Characteristics Predict Severe Progression in Night-Time Bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?”, at the 2025 EuroSpine Annual Meeting.
For the project, Gross conducted five weeks of clinical research in collaboration with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. This clinical study looked at Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients undergoing night-time brace treatment in Denmark. The purpose of the study was to identify clinical and demographic variables that predict different severities of progression in brace treatment. She assessed six variables: age, curve size, gender, in-brace correction, coronal angular deformity ratio, and curve type. Gross’ research was generously funded by SMU’s Richter International Research Fellowship Program.
