Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez is an American biomedical engineer who is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work involves the development of novel scaffolds for tissue repair and regeneration. In particular, she develops injectable bone grafts, dressings for chronic wounds and tissue engineered ligaments. Cosgriff-Hernandez is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez
Born
Elizabeth Marie Christenson
Alma materCase Western Reserve University
Known forBiomedical engineering
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University
Rice University
ThesisBiostability and biocompatibility of modified polyurethane elastomers (2005)
Doctoral advisorAnne Hiltner

Early life and education

Cosgriff-Hernandez was an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University, majoring in biomedical engineering. She focused on macromolecular science and engineering for her graduate studies, where she worked under the supervision of Anne Hiltner. Cosgriff-Hernandez was appointed a UT-TORCH postdoctoral fellow at Rice University, where she focussed on orthopaedic tissue engineering.[1]

Research and career

In 2007, Cosgriff-Hernandez moved to Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor. She moved to the University of Texas at Austin as the L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professor in Engineering. Cosgriff-Hernandez synthesizes hybrid biomaterials for tissue scaffolds. She approaches this in many ways, including injectable foams, 3D printed emulsion inks and in-line blending electrospinning.[1]

Alongside her research on novel materials, Cosgriff-Hernandez is involved with initiatives to promote equity and diversity within the sciences. She partnered with Kelly Stevens, Karmella Haynes, Lola Eniola-Adefeso to investigate disparities in National Institutes of Health funding for Black researchers.[2]

Awards and honors

Selected publications
  • Janet R Xavier; Teena Thakur; Prachi Desai; Manish K Jaiswal; Nick Sears; Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez; Roland Kaunas; Akhilesh K Gaharwar (25 February 2015). "Bioactive nanoengineered hydrogels for bone tissue engineering: a growth-factor-free approach". ACS Nano. 9 (3): 3109–3118. doi:10.1021/NN507488S. ISSN 1936-0851. PMID 25674809. Wikidata Q38910461.
  • Elizabeth M Christenson; Kristi S Anseth; Jeroen van den Beucken; et al. (1 January 2007). "Nanobiomaterial applications in orthopedics". Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 25 (1): 11–22. doi:10.1002/JOR.20305. ISSN 0736-0266. PMID 17048259. Wikidata Q36626910.
  • Roya M Nezarati; Michelle B Eifert; Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez (10 April 2013). "Effects of humidity and solution viscosity on electrospun fiber morphology". Tissue Engineering. Part C. Methods. 19 (10): 810–819. doi:10.1089/TEN.TEC.2012.0671. ISSN 1937-3384. PMC 3751372. PMID 23469941. Wikidata Q42565312.

References
  1. "ECH". chlab.bme.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  2. Stevens, Kelly R.; Masters, Kristyn S.; Imoukhuede, P.I.; Haynes, Karmella A.; Setton, Lori A.; Cosgriff-Hernandez, Elizabeth; Lediju Bell, Muyinatu A.; Rangamani, Padmini; Sakiyama-Elbert, Shelly E.; Finley, Stacey D.; Willits, Rebecca K.; Koppes, Abigail N.; Chesler, Naomi C.; Christman, Karen L.; Allen, Josephine B.; Wong, Joyce Y.; El-Samad, Hana; Desai, Tejal A.; Eniola-Adefeso, Omolola (2021-02-04). "Fund Black scientists". Cell. 184 (3): 561–565. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.011. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 33503447.
  3. Schnettler, Timothy. "Dean of Engineering Excellence Award recipients announced". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  4. "Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Ph.D. COF-2109 - AIMBE". Retrieved 2021-05-17.

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