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Work:
Neuronal tissue engineering.
Research Description:
Kacey Marra, Ph.D., is recognized for her interdisciplinary
research in the design, synthesis, characterization
and assessment of polymeric biomaterials. Kacey joined
the Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor
in November 2002. Prior to that appointment she was
with Carnegie Mellon University as a Research Scientist
at the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES),
and an associated faculty member in the Department
of Biomedical Engineering (1998-2002), and the Department
of Materials Science Engineering (2000-2002). In 1996-7,
Kacey was a post-doctoral fellow at the Emory University
School of Medicine, with advisor Elliot Chaikof, M.D.,
Ph.D. At Emory, Kacey worked on the synthesis of novel
synthetic blood vessels. Kacey is actively involved
in research efforts investigating polymeric biomaterials
for tissue engineering applications. Kacey is the Director
of the Plastic Surgery Laboratory at Pitt. Her research
is focused on the utilization of adipose-derived stem
cells for neuronal tissue engineering applications.
Additional projects examine the use of the adult stem
cells for cartilage, fat, and bone regeneration. As
a faculty member of the Bone Tissue Engineering Center
(BTEC) at Carnegie Mellon, she conducted studies related
to polymer and ceramic scaffolds, and remains a member
of BTEC. |
Kacey G. Marra, PhD