McGowan Institute Wound Healing
Research Conference 2012

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

2012
January
10 Johnny Huard, PhD
 Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
 Regenerative Medicine based on Adult Stem Cells for Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration & Repair
24 Katherine Verdolini Abbott, PhD
Professor
Department of Communication Science and Disorders
 Role of Tissue Mobilization and
Meditation in Vocal Fold Wound Healing
February
7 Melanie Scott, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
 Caspase-1 in Trauma and Hemorrhage
21 Sandeep Kathju, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
 Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Surgical and Chronic Wounds
March
6

McGowan Institute Retreat
No Seminar

  
20 Richard Koepsel, PhD
Research Professor
Department of Surgery and McGowan Institute
 MMP-1 Mitigation of Muscle Scars in Rats.
April
3 Tianbing Yang, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Otolaryngology
 Cell-Based Therapy to Reduce Scarring and Improve Healing in the Wound Bed.
17 Qingde Wang, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
 Introduction to the Preparation of
Genetically Modified Mouse Models
May
1 Rob Hartman, BS
PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
 Intervertebral Disc Mechanobiology: Informing Motion for Improved Quality of Life
15 Jeremy Kelly, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
McGowan Institute
 Porcine Derived Extracellular Matrix Alters the Proliferation and Chemotaxis of Multiple Stem Cell Populations in a Tissue Specific Manner
June
  NO SEMINAR           
SUMMER BREAK 		 
July
  NO SEMINAR           
SUMMER BREAK 		 
August
  NO SEMINAR           
SUMMER BREAK 		 
September
     
     
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