The TRM program will be overseen by an executive committee comprised of the Program Director, an internal advisory board, and an ad hoc postdoctoral fellow representative, selected by the advisory board.
Additional governance will come from the leadership of the Center of Regenerative Medicine and its external advisory board, and Erin Heckler, PhD, Director of Postdoctoral Affairs, who will serve as an external reviewer for the program.
Administrative support will be provided by Angela Bowman PhD, Executive Director of the CRM, and Jim Maus, Grant Specialist for the Program Director.
Program Director
Farshid Guilak, PhD
Co-Director, Center of Regenerative Medicine; Mildred B. Simon Professor of Orthopedic Surgery; Director of Research, Shriner’s Hospitals – St. Louis
- Email: guilak@nospam.wustl.edu
TRM Advisory Board
Philip Bayly, PhD
The Lilyan & E. Lisle Hughes Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Email: pvb@nospam.wustl.edu
The Bayly lab studies dynamic, mechanical phenomena in biomedical systems, including cortical folding and tissue mechanics in traumatic brain injury.
Robert Mecham, PhD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
- Email: bmecham@nospam.wustl.edu
The Mecham Lab studies how the extracellular matrix influences tissue development and regulates growth factor signaling.
Tracey Hermanstyne, PhD
Instructor, Department of Medicine and Developmental Biology and Co-Director, Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity