Biomaterials for Cardiac and Vascular Applications

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Session Chair(s)

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  Vivek Kumar, PhD

  Associate Professor
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  Newark, New Jersey, United States
• 

  Alex Khang, PhD (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Colorado Boulder
  Boulder, Colorado, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Josephine Allen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  University of Florida, Florida, United States
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  Hai-Quan Mao, PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States
• 

  Huiliang Wang, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas at Austin, United States
• 

  Rosalyn Abbott, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Presentations:

• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

  Development of a Geometrically-Tunable Shunt for Pediatric Heart Reconstruction
  

  Presenting Author: Akari Seiner, MS (she/her/hers) – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Elisabeth Posthill, MS – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Lindsay A. Hager (she/her/hers) – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Amy Throckmorton – Drexel University

  Primary Investigator: Christopher B. Rodell, PhD (he/him/his) – Drexel University
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Developmental age-dependent effects of solubilized cardiac extracellular matrix therapy following myocardial infarction
  

  Presenting Author: Yan-Ru Lai – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Porter – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University

  Co-Author: Luke R. Perreault, PhD (he/him/his) – Boston College Department of Engineering

  Co-Author: Greg Martin – Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center

  Co-Author: Robert M. Blanton, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Tufts Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: Lauren Black, III, PhD – Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EST

  Drug-mimic Peptide Hydrogelators for Treatment of Hypertension
  

  Presenting Author: Boran Sun (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: TIAN XU – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Ziqi Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Mi Kyung Shin – George Washington University

  Last Author: Vsevolod Polotsky – GWU

  Primary Investigator: Honggang Cui, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EST

  Engineering Highly Porous Granular Hydrogels to Support Microvascular Network Formation
  

  Co-Author: Jack Whitewolf – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Lindsay Riley – Duke University

  Co-Author: Brooke Brady – UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: M. Greg Grewal – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Tatiana Segura – Duke University

  Presenting Author: Christopher Highley, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST

  Evaluating effects of the protein components of an infusible decellularized extracellular matrix material for targeting and treating leaky vasculature following myocardial infarction
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Nguyen, PhD – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Alexander Chen – University of California, San Diego

  Co-Author: Colin Luo, MS (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego

  Primary Investigator: Karen Christman, PhD – University of California, San Diego
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST

  A Chemically Defined PEG Hydrogels for Human Cardiac Organoids Development
  

  Presenting Author: Yuanhui Song, PhD (he/him/his) – Syracuse University

  Co-Author: Huaxiao Yang, PhD – University of North Texas

  Primary Investigator: Zhen Ma, PhD (he/him/his) – Syracuse University