Biographies of Authors and Editors
Boyan, Barbara D. Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Orthopaedic Research
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Orthopaedics
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MSC-7823, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
E-mail: BoyanB@UTHSCSA.edu
Web-site: www.uthscsa.edu
Professor Boyan joined the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1981 as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Periodontics and Biochemistry. In 1987, she moved her primary appointment to the department of orthopaedics and assumed directorship of the University's Industry University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC). The IUCRC was established to provide a mechanism for university's to work closely with industry in a consortium in order to solve fundamental problems of concern to more than one company. In 1993, the biomaterials consortium expanded its interest and established the Center for the Enhancement of the Biology/Biomaterials Interface (CEBBI) for which Professor Boyan also serves as Director. Studies in the CEBBI address mechanistic questions concerning the interactions of mammalian cells with biomaterials, biofilm formation, and various aspects of tissue engineering. In addition, Professor Boyan's laboratory studies the regulation of bone and cartilage, particularly the mechanisms by which growth factors and hormones mediate their effects on cell differentiation.
