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Erin Lavik
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Phone
- (203) 432-4265
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 208260
New Haven, CT 06520
- Office Address
- 55 Prospect Street
MEC 311
New Haven, CT 06511
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
INTERESTS
Biomaterials, synthesis of new degradable polymers; tissue engineering; spinal cord repair; retinal regeneration; drug delivery for optic nerve preservation and repair.
AWARDS & HONORS
- Early Career Award from the Coulter Foundation for the project "Sustained Delivery of Timolol Maleate for Management of Elevated IOP for Glaucoma," developed in collaboration with the University of Iowa. (2006)
- Nominated for WIRED Rave Award, awarded by WIRED Magazine to "leading thinkers and doers." (2004)
- Recognized as a Top Young Innovator by Technology Review, MIT's magazine of innovation. Each year the magazine honors 100 individuals under the age of 35 for their pioneering work. (2003)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- A macroporous hydrogel for the co-culture of neural progenitor and endothelial cells to form functional vascular networks in vivo., M. C. Ford, J. P. Bertram, S. R. Hynes, M. Michaud, Q. Li, M. Young, S. S. Segal, J. A. Madri, Erin Lavik, 2006, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 103, 2512-2517.
- Fabrication of a Novel Degradable Polymer Scaffold to Direct the Integration and Differentiation of Retinal Progenitors in Models of Retinal Degeneration, Erin Lavik, H. Klassen, K. Warfvinge, R. Langer, M. Young, 2005, Biomaterials, 26, 3187-3196.
- Engineering Three-Dimensional Tissue Structures Using Differentiating Human Embryonic Stem Cells, S. Levenberg, N.F. Huang, Erin Lavik, A. Rogers, J. Itskovitz-Eldor, and R. Langer, 2003, PNAS.
- Functional Recovery Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Mediated by a Unique Polymer Scaffold Seeded with Neural Stem Cells, Y.D. Teng, Erin Lavik, X. Qu, K.I. Park, J. Ourednik, D. Zurakowski, R. Langer, E.Y. Snyder, 2002, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 99, 3024-3029.
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