Wound Healing Research Conference
2010 WOUND HEALING RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Board Room - 5th Floor Eye and Ear Institute
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(Lunch will be provided)
For information regarding the schedule, please contact Richard J. Bodnar, PhD at (412)360-3468 / email: rjb8+@pitt.edu

2010
January
5

Phil Campbell, PhD
Professor
Institute of Complex Engineered Systems and
Biomedical and Health Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Developing Comprehensive Toolsets for the Study of Spatiotemporal Regulation of Wound Repair

19

Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cellular Rehabilitation: Mechanotransduction to Improve Muscle Stem Cell Regenerative Potential

February
2

Mike Bauer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Regulation of Vascular NADPH Oxidases by Heme Oxygenase-1/Carbon Monoxide

16

Tianbing Yang, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Otolaryngology
Anti-inflammatory Therapy to Improve Wound Healing

March
2

Carl A. Hubel, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences
Endothelial Dysfunction, Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Preeclampsia

16

James H-C Wang, PhD
Director Mechanobiology Laboratory
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Tendon/Ligament Stem Cell Mechanobiology

April
6 Wound Healing Society Meeting
James H-C Wang, PhD

Director Mechanobiology Laboratory
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
The Stem Cell Mechanisms of Enhancing Tendon Healing by Platelet-Rich Plama
20

NO SEMINAR

May
4

Steven Abramowitch, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Healing Following Birth Injury: A Functional Perspective

18

Priya Krishna, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Vocal Fold Inflammation and Implications for Laryngeal Wound Healing and Repair

June
 

NO SEMINAR           
SUMMER BREAK

July
 

NO SEMINAR           
SUMMER BREAK

August
 

NO SEMINAR           
SUMMER BREAK

September
7

Nirmala SundarRaj, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Pittsburgh
Regulation of Stromal Cell Activation in Response to Corneal Injury

21

Ken Tamama, MD, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
Improving the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapeutics through MSC culture in hypoxic condition

October
1

Chandan Sen, Ph.D
Professor and Vice Chairman of
Research, Department of Surgery
Ohio State University
MicroRNA Control of Wound Healing

15

Yoram Vodovotz, Ph.D
Director, Center for Inflammation
and Regenerative Modeling,
Associate Professor Department of
Surgery and Immunology
Carnegie Mellon University
An Agent-Based Computational Simulation of Post- Spinal Cord Injury Pressure Ulcers

19

Vineet Agrawal, BSE
Graduate Student
Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Recruitment of progenitor cells to a site of amputation by matricryptic peptides: an epimorphic approach to limb/digit reconstruction.

November
2

Newell Washburn, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and
Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Local Control of Inflammation with Cytokine- Neutralizing Gels

16

Pamela Moalli, MD, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology & Reproductive Science
University of Pittsburgh
Impact of synthetic mesh on the prolapsed vagina

December
7

Traci Wilgus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Ohio State University
Fetal Wound Healing: Old Concepts & New Ideas

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