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Our multidisciplinary team of biological and physical scientists, engineers, and clinicians is continually working to develop tissue engineering/regenerative medicine solutions to an array of profound clinical problems. We collaborate with investigators and clinicians at other VA Medical Centers, Harvard, MIT, the Brigham and Women's Hospital (Partners Healthcare), Boston University, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and at institutions in China, Singapore, and Europe. One of the goals of the Laboratories is the education and training of pre-doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty from other disciplines in the principles and practice of tissue engineering.

 

 

Principal Investigators / Faculty Members

• Myron Spector, Ph.D.
• Hu-Ping Hsu, M.D.

 

Research Assistants (Graduate Students)

• Rahmatullah Cholas, M.S.
• Paul Elias, M.S.
• Lily Jeng, M.S.
• Cathal Kearney, M.S.
• Kristy Shine, B.S.
• Erica Ueda, B.S.
• Karen Shu, B.S.

Postdoctoral Fellows / Visiting Scientists

• Tadanao Funakoshi, M.D.
• Tzu-Wei Wang, Ph.D.
• Macolm Xing, Ph.D.

Visiting Students

• Alis Yovana Mateus, M.S.
• Hsi-Chin Wu, M.S.

Undergraduate Students

• Jake Simson

Harvard Medical Students

• Jared Niska
• Natalie Leong

Harvard School of Dental Medicine Postgraduate Students

• Keisuke Wada

Technical Staff

• Catherine Bolliet, M.S.
• Saurabh Lal, B.Tech.

Laboratory Manager

• Alix Weaver, B.S.

Collaborating Faculty

Donald E. Humphries, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Boston VA Healthcare System
Research Assistant Professor,
Boston University School of Medicine         

Barbara D. Smith, Ph.D.
Research Chemist, Boston VA Healthcare System
Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

Geetha Sugumaran, Ph.D.
Research Chemist, Bedford VAMC
Research Associate Professor,
Boston University School of Medicine

Jeremiah E. Silbert, M.D.
Senior Medical Investigator Emeritus Bedford VAMC
Professor, Harvard Medical School

Ioannis V. Yannas, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Walter R. Frontera, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Dean, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Thomas A. Einhorn, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Orthopaedic Surgery
Boston University School of Medicine

Shukri Khuri, M.D.
Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Cardiac Surgery
VA Boston Healthcare System

Hemant S. Thatte, Ph.D.
Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Researcher,
VA Boston Healthcare System

Ronald H. Goldstein, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System

Joseph F. Rizzo, III, M.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation, VA Boston Healthcare System

Scott D. Martin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Martha C. Bohn, Ph.D.
Professor, Northwestern University
Director, Neurobiology Program, Medical Research Institute Council
Children's Memorial Research Center
Chicago, IL