Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Investigating technologies from biomaterial/cell constructs for repairing various tissues and organs, to stem cell therapies, to immune therapies
Research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine seeks to replace or regenerate diseased or damaged tissues, organs, and cells – a challenging endeavor, but one that has tremendous potential for the practice of medicine.
Technologies under investigation range from biomaterial/cell constructs for repairing various tissues and organs, to stem cell therapies, to immune therapies. Our work in this area is highly multidisciplinary, combining materials science, cell biology, clinical science, immunology, stem cell biology, genome science, and others.
Accordingly, researchers in this area within Duke BME are broadly interactive with departments throughout the university including Duke University Medical Center clinical departments, the Duke University School of Medicine departments of Cell Biology and Immunology, the Duke Department of Chemistry, and others. This community is also supported by centers and programs such as Regeneration Next and the Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (CBTE).
Associated Faculty
Pranam D. Chatterjee
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joel Collier
Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Theodore Kennedy Professor of BME
Sharon Gerecht
Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor
Charles Gersbach
John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
John Wirthlin Hickey
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Samira Musah
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cynthia Ann Toth
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
George A. Truskey
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Shyni Varghese
Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
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