Research Interests
Musculoskeletal tissue repair, disease biophysics and organ-on-a-chip technology
Selected Grants
Boston Children's/UCLA/Duke Next Generation Regeneration for Osteoarthritis (BUD NextGenRegen for OA)
ResearchSite Leader · Awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health · 2024 - 2029Duke KURe Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028Molecular engineering of HA-based lubricants for articular cartilage
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2023 - 2028Targeting the HIF-2 Signaling Pathway as a Radioprotective Strategy for Bone
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2022 - 2027University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2027Localization of adenosine to promote fracture healing
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2027Supramolecular biomaterials for tuning the inflammatory properties of the complement system
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027Modulation of local adenosine signaling to attenuate fracture pain
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2021 - 2026Targeting the metastasis initiating cell in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2021 - 2026Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH).
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Understanding the role of senescence on post-operative neuroinflammation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025Acquisition of a Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) for Fundamental and Applied Biomedical Research, Education and Training
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2025Acquisition of a VRS1250 Video-Rate Imaging Module for a Shared-Use Asylum-Cypher Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2023 - 2024Nicotine Pouches: Chemical Composition, Toxicity and Behavioral Effects of a New Tobacco Product Category
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Acquisition of a Biacore T200 Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument for Shared Use
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2023Adenosine A2B Receptor in Bone Health and Osteoporosis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023Bioinspired Synthetic Grafts for Bone Regeneration
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019External Relationships
- Burroughs Wellcome Foundation
- Mehta Family Center for Engineering in medicine (MFCEM) at IIT Kanpur, India
- Mehta Family Foundation
- ONCO DiSCOVER
- OsteoCure Therapeutics
- Royal Society of Chemistry
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