366 - The Importance of Pharmacology to Regenerative Medicine Innovation

Session Chair(s)

• Traci Czyzyk

  Merck

• Jeffrey Paul

  Drexel College of Medicine Graduate School /JPharm Consulting

Regenerative medicine, broadly defined, encompasses therapeutic interventions that replace, engineer or regenerate cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal physiology. Regenerative pharmacology is specifically focused on the biochemical stimulation of the bodys own repair mechanisms to functionally heal previously irreparable tissues or organs. Integration of pharmacological approaches with the development of biomanufacturing, tissue/cell maturation and evaluation of tissue engineered constructs/products represent major opportunities for further expanding active areas of investigation. This symposium will explore the breadth of ways in which pharmacology is woven into the very fabric of regenerative medicine.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:01 AM

  Introduction
• 8:01 AM – 8:23 AM

  Overview of Regenerative Pharmacology
  

  Speaker: George Christ – University of Virginia
• 8:23 AM – 8:45 AM

  Human Organ Chips: Clinical Mimicry in Preclinical Models
  

  Speaker: Girija Goyal – Wyss Institute, Harvard
• 8:45 AM – 9:07 AM

  Functionalized Biomaterials for Tissue/Cell Specific Drug Delivery for Regenerative Medicine Applications
  

  Speaker: Barbara Boyan – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 9:07 AM – 9:29 AM

  Immuno-engineering/Pharmacological Modulation of Therapeutic Biomaterials for Regeneration
  

  Speaker: Kaitlyn Sadtler – NIBIB
• 9:29 AM – 9:30 AM

  Conclusion