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 July 6, 2022

Laura Gaviria, Ph.D.

Laura Gaviria, Ph.D.

by utsaengineer / Friday, 21 July 2017 / Published in
Associate Professor of Instruction
AET 1.102E
210-458-8530
laura.gaviria@utsa.edu
 

Senior Lecturer

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Educational Background:

  • B.S. School of Engineering of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
  • Ph.D. The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Areas of Teaching Interest:

  • Biomaterials
  • Biomechanics
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Device Design

Areas of Research Interest:

  • Spatio-temporal delivery of growth factors for vascularized bone tissue regeneration
  • Drug delivery and microencapsulation
  • Synthetic biomaterials for bone regeneration
  • Vascular regeneration in bone healing

Description of Research:

The focus of my research has been motivated on craniomaxillofacial (CMF) injuries, which have serious physical and functional consequences in the civil and specially, in the military population. Clinically accepted bone regenerative therapies have raised many concerns in the CMF region due to the risks related to inflammation in the head and neck area. This has drawn our interest to develop lower dose BMP-2 therapies to overcome safety and efficacy concerns. Therefore, with the motivation of evaluating safer therapies and answering questions about potential inflammation, heterotopic bone formation and high vascularization to ensure safer therapeutic windows for growth factors the goal of our research has been to evaluate spatio-temporal growth factor delivery effects on vascularization during bone tissue regeneration. In order to do this, we have evaluated the effect of combined early and extended delivery of rhBMP-2 on the angiogenic and osteogenic response in in vitro, as well as in segmental mandibular bone defects in small and large animal models. Our findings have lead us to propose safer therapies for bone regeneration, and although there are still many questions, better understanding of the mechanisms that play roles in tissue healing could represent a very valuable contribution in the tissue engineering field.

Selected Publications

  • Ong, Joo L, Guda, T. Translating Biomaterials for Bone Graft: Bench-top to Clinical Applications (co-author). 2017, CRC Press (ISBN 978-1-4665-9862-1)
  • Actis, L., Gaviria, L., Guda, T., Ong, J.L. Antimicrobial Surfaces for Craniofacial Implants: State of the Art. J Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2013; 39: 43-54.
  • Gavirial, L., Salcido, J.P., Guda, T., Ong, J.L. Current Trends in Dental Implants. J Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2014; 40:50-60.

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