CRD II Recipients

The CBMM awarded a second round of Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grants in 2011:

Computational Reconstruction of In Vivo Patellofemoral Function
John Elias, PhD, Akron General Health System, Resident: Rahul Biyani, MD, Akron General Health System
Kerwyn Jones, MD, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Yingcai Xiao, PhD, University of Akron, Department of Computer Science

Comparative Analysis of Growth Factors in “Waste Water” from the Reamer Irrigator Aspirator Compared to Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
Eric Miller, MD, Summa Health System
Stephen Fening, PhD, ABIA

Local Delivery of BMP Peptide Fragments using Multivalent Hydroxyapatite-binding Dendrons
Matthew L Becker, University of Akron
David Kay, Summa Heath System

Mechanistic Analysis of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
Robert Weiss, University of Akron
Alamgir Karim, University of Akron

Antioxidant time-released in hydrophobically-modified wound healing media
Robert Weiss, University of Akron
Alamgir Karim, University of Akron

A Tissue-Engineered Model of Tendon to Bone Healing in the Human Digit
William J Landis, PhD, University of Akron, Department of Polymer Science
John Elias, PhD, Akron General Health System
Kimberly Stakleff, PhD, Akron General Health System
Steve Lippitt, MD, Akron General Health System