The ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of ラーメンベット 入金 has named Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, an accomplished biomedical engineer and university administrator, as the next chair of the Department of Biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 at The University of Texas at Austin.
Sakiyama-Elbert currently serves as vice dean for research at the Washington University School of ラーメンベット 入金 and Applied Science in St. Louis, where she is also a professor of biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 and co-director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine. She will begin her appointment as department chair, professor of biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 and the holder of the Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in ラーメンベット 入金 at UT Austin on Aug. 1, 2016.
“I am thrilled to welcome Shelly as the new head of biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 at UT Austin,” said Dean Sharon L. Wood. “She will bring outstanding expertise in biomaterials, tissue ラーメンベット 入金 and many other research areas, and she will be a strong leader who will continue to advance the department.”
The ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム selected Sakiyama-Elbert after a competitive national search that began when previous chair Nicholas Peppas stepped down after six years to lead the new Institute for Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine in the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム in fall 2015. Professor Andrew Dunn has served as the department’s interim chair while the search was conducted.
Sakiyama-Elbert’s research interests include biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue ラーメンベット 入金, nerve regeneration and stem cell biology with applications for therapies for spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury.
She is focused on developing new bioactive scaffolds for tissue ラーメンベット 入金. Her goal is to make materials that can sense cell-derived signals during regeneration and respond by providing biological signals to enhance tissue regeneration. Sakiyama-Elbert is also involved in designing novel materials for protein delivery and testing the ability of these bioactive drug delivery systems to promote nerve regeneration in both peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury models.
In addition to holding 10 patents, Sakiyama-Elbert is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological ラーメンベット 入金 and the Biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 Society. She has served as either an executive member or a board member of the Society for Biomaterials, the Biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 Society and the Tissue ラーメンベット 入金 Regenerative Medicine International Society. Before becoming vice dean for research at Washington University, Sakiyama-Elbert served as associate chair for the Department of Biomedical ラーメンベット 入金 for Graduate Studies.
A southern California native, Sakiyama-Elbert received her Ph.D. and master’s degree in chemical ラーメンベット 入金 from the California Institute of Technology. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemical ラーメンベット 入金 and biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
