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Regenerative Engineering in Medicine
Regenerative Engineering in Medicine combines cell and molecular biology, cell biophysics and engineering methods to understand and control the organization and function of tissues.
This program seeks to determine the fundamental principles regulating growth and remodeling in natural and engineered tissues. The result will be a better understanding of normal growth processes and the responses of cells, tissues and organisms to disease and trauma. This knowledge will be applied to the development of materials that promote healing and the regeneration of functional tissues.
Primary Faculty
Jianmin Cui
Professor
Aims to design ultrasound protocols for drug & gene delivery
Aims to design ultrasound protocols for drug & gene delivery
Nathaniel Huebsch
Assistant Professor
Focuses on basic & translational stem cell mechanobiology
Focuses on basic & translational stem cell mechanobiology
Michelle L. Oyen
Associate Professor
Develops biomechanics-based tools and techniques to study preterm birth mechanisms and intervention
Develops biomechanics-based tools and techniques to study preterm birth mechanisms and intervention
Jai Rudra
Associate Professor
Designs biomaterials for vaccine development and immunotherapy
Designs biomaterials for vaccine development and immunotherapy
Alexandra Rutz
Assistant Professor
Advances bioelectronics using materials and fabrication-based approaches
Advances bioelectronics using materials and fabrication-based approaches
Jin-Yu Shao
Associate Professor
Works to further understand infectious & inflammatory diseases
Works to further understand infectious & inflammatory diseases
Lori Setton
Chair and Professor
Combines methods of engineering and biology to regulate disc and cartilage health and healing
Combines methods of engineering and biology to regulate disc and cartilage health and healing
Jonathan Silva
Associate Professor
Creating better ways to treat cardiac arrhythmia
Creating better ways to treat cardiac arrhythmia
Affiliate Faculty
Philip Bayly - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
biomechanics, mechanobiology, cell motility, flagella, cilia, imaging
David Curiel - Radiation Oncology
gene therapy, virus, vector, targeting
Michael Greenberg - Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
heart failure, molecular motors, single molecule, optical trapping, stem cells, tissue engineering
Jianjun Guan - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Biomaterials; stem cell transplantation; neural, bone and cardiovascular tissue regeneration, tissue sensors
Farshid Guilak - Orthopaedic Surgery
biomechanics, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, osteoarthritis, synthetic biology, stem cells, mechanobiology, mechanotransduction, cell mechanics
David Gutmann, MD - Neurology
Professor
Brain tumors, neurons, human induced pluripotent stem cells, genetically engineered mice, tumor modeling, organoids
Brain tumors, neurons, human induced pluripotent stem cells, genetically engineered mice, tumor modeling, organoids
James Huettner - Cell Biology & Physiology
glutamate receptors, chimeric subunits, in vitro differentiation, neural differentiation from stem cells
Spencer Lake - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Orthopedic, soft tissues, tendon/ligament, biomechanics, structure-function
Eric Leuthardt, MD - Neurosurgery
Brain Computer Interfaces, Neuroprosthetics, Advanced Imaging, Resting State fMRI
Matthew MacEwan - Neurology
Neuroprosthetics, Nerve Regeneration, Peripheral Nerve Interfacing, Transient Electronics, Nanomaterials
Audrey McAlinden - Orthopaedic Surgery
cartilage engineering, chondrocytes, stem cells, osteoarthritis, microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, growth factors
Robert Mecham - Cell Biology & Physiology
Extracellular matrix, vascular development, vascular disease, cell-matrix interactions, tissue mechanics and development
Gretchen Meyer - Physical Therapy
Skeletal Muscle Physiology, Adipose Signaling, Regeneration, Injury
Jeffrey Millman - Internal Medicine - Endocrine/Metabolism
Pluripotent stem cells, diabetes, iPS cells, embryonic stem cells, differentiation, tissue engineering, metabolism, biomaterials
W. Zachary Ray, MD - Neurosurgery
neuroprosthetics, resorbable electronics, nerve regeneration, spinal cord injury
Maria Remedi, MD, PhD - Medicine
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, brain dysfunction, Metabolism, Therapy, pancreatic beta-cells, neurons, cell identity, adipose tissue
Stacey Rentschler, MD, PhD - Medicine - Cardiovascular Division
programming and reprogramming cardiac conduction, arrhythmias, optical mapping, gene therapy
Erica Scheller - Internal Medicine - Bone & Mineral Diseases
diabetes, fracture risk, advanced imaging, neurobiology, metabolic disease, bone regeneration, biosensors
Jie Shen - Internal Medicine - Orthopaedic Surgery
osteoarthritis, fracture nonunion, epigenetics, DNA methylation, cellular metabolism, lipid metabolism, stem cell, chondrocyte
Matthew Silva - Orthopaedic Surgery
Skeletal biomechanics and mechanobiology; bone strength; osteoporosis; skeletal imaging
Simon Tang - Orthopaedic Surgery
Disc Degeneration; Low back pain; osteoporosis and fragility
Jessica Wagenseil - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
vascular mechanics, vascular development, extracellular matrix, elastin, elastic fibers, vascular modeling
Mohamed Zayed - Surgery
peripheral vascular disease, arteriovenous implants for treatment of diabetes, venous thrombectomy device treating DVT