[1] Bertone is a Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and, as the Trueman Endowed Chair, established and directed the Comparative Orthopedic Research Laboratory at the University.
[2] Bertone has published over 400 research papers, proceedings, and abstracts in the fields of biomedical science including gene therapy for the treatment of cartilage injury and bone repair.
She reached full Professor in 1997 and was appointed to the Trueman Family Endowed Chair for two consecutive terms in translation and interdisciplinary research.
From 2007 till 2013, she directed industry research at OSU Sports Medicine Center, and was appointed as Chair of the Post-professional Education Committee in 2011.
[11] Bertone studied the healing of rabbit bilateral ulnar osteotomies after surgery, in response to percutaneous injection of transgenic adenoviral (Ad) bone morphogenetic protein-6 (BMP-6) vector.
[12] She conducted a study to investigate the feasibility of osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow–derived mesenchymal stem cells using two BMP genes and 3D alginate culture systems.
[15] In late 2000s, Bertone published a paper regarding a study on Standardbred racehorses having moderate to severe midbody suspensory ligament desmitis (MSD).