The Medicine by Design Global Speaker Series invites established and emerging international leaders in regenerative medicine to engage with our extraordinary community of researchers and clinicians.
Join speaker, Erika Moore, Assistant Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park.
Hosted by Medicine by Design, in partnership with the McEwen Stem Cell Institute.
Talk title: Bridging the Gap: In vitro Preclinical Models to Investigate the Role of Macrophages in Tissue Regeneration
About Erika Moore
Dr. Erika Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. She defended her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in May 2018. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 2013. Her work focuses on understanding the role of macrophage immune cells in tissue repair and regeneration through the design of in vitro preclinical models, spanning age-associated macrophage function, macrophage-vasculitis mediation in lupus, and macrophage integrin ligand interactions within the extracellular matrix. The mission of the Moore lab is to engineer biomaterial models that leverage the regenerative potential of the immune system across health inequities. To execute on this mission, Dr. Moore develops compassionate innovators equipped to transform biomedical research. Recently acknowledged as Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Healthcare category, Dr. Moore’s notable awards include the N.I.H. R35 Maximizing Investigators Research Award, the Lupus Research Alliance Career Development Award, the BMES Rita Schaffer Award, the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award and NSF CAREER Award.
This event will be held in-person only at the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, Red Room.