Brittney Kokinos

PhD Student, Crenshaw Research Group

Investigates focal failures in endochondral ossification associated with hypovitaminosis D, which leads to early osteochondrosis-like lesions in a swine model.

Brittney completed her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Throughout her graduate program, she has worked as a research technician, contributing to collaborative projects that have sparked diverse research interests. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, biking, and spending time with family and friends.

kokinos@wisc.edu

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Type: Graduate Students

Quantitative traits of early-stage osteochondrosis lesions in porcine distal femurs are consistent with skeletal developmental age

Brittney P Kokinos, Pamela J Lang, Laura A Amundson, Matthew A Halanski, Thomas D Crenshaw

JBMR plus. 2026 July 2. pmid:42388659, pmc:PMC13318846, doi:10.1093/jbmrpl/ziag091
Enhanced Calcium Intake Increases Bone Mineral Density on the Background of Vitamin A Toxicity in a Swine Model

Cacious B Phiri, Christopher R Davis, Olivia Rodriguez-Vargas, Bryan M Gannon, Julie A Howe, Brittney P Kokinos, Thomas D Crenshaw, Sherry A Tanumihardjo

The Journal of nutrition. 2026 February 27. pmid:41759827, doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101440
Physeal effects of posterior VBT are not uniform throughout a multi-tether construct in the kyphotic swine model

Matthew A Halanski, Brittney Kokinos, Cameron Jeffers, Thomas Crenshaw

Spine deformity. 2025 December 19. pmid:41417440, pmc:PMC12909388, doi:10.1007/s43390-025-01247-0
Vertebral Growth Modulation Through Periosteal Resection and Fixed Length Deformity Overcorrection: Computational and In Vivo Pilot Study

Matthew A Halanski, Cameron Jeffers, Yousuf Abubakr, Minhao Zhou, Brittney Kokinos, Max Twedt, David Bennett, Susan Hamman, Thomas Crenshaw, Grace D O’Connell, Hani Haider

JOR spine. 2025 October 3. pmid:41041616, pmc:PMC12488226, doi:10.1002/jsp2.70121
The growth modulating effects of tether tension on vertebral growth are biphasic: a study of posterior vertebral body tethering (pVBT) in a novel kyphotic porcine model

Matthew A Halanski, Brittney Kokinos, Ellen Leiferman, Minhao Zhou, Yousuf Abubakr, Max Twedt, Cameron Jeffers, David Bennett, Susan Hamman, Jennifer Frank, Melanie E Boeyer, Grace D O’Connell, Thomas Crenshaw

Spine deformity. 2025 August 21. pmid:40836185, pmc:PMC12815995, doi:10.1007/s43390-025-01168-y
Vitamin D Maintains Growth and Bone Mineral Density against a Background of Severe Vitamin A Deficiency and Moderate Toxicity in a Swine Model

Cacious B Phiri, Christopher R Davis, Michael Grahn, Bryan M Gannon, Brittney P Kokinos, Thomas D Crenshaw, Sherry A Tanumihardjo

Nutrients. 2024 July 13. pmid:38999785, pmc:PMC11243655, doi:10.3390/nu16132037
Vitamin D deficiency and anatomical region alters porcine growth plate properties

Jingyi Wang, Brittney P Kokinos, Pamela J Lang, Thomas D Crenshaw, Corinne R Henak

Journal of biomechanics. 2022 October 1. pmid:36182792, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111314

Novel methods to investigate vitamin D-mediated osteoclastic matrix turnover in distal femoral physeal lesions in swine