Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert is an American biomedical engineer whose research involves neural stem cell transplantation for neuroregeneration after spinal cord injury. She is a professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington, and vice dean for research and graduate education in the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Education and career
editSakiyama-Elbert is originally from Southern California.[1] She studied chemical engineering and biology as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1996. She went to the California Institute of Technology for graduate study in chemical engineering, earning a master's degree in 1998 and completing her Ph.D. in 2000.[2]
As a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis, Sakiyama-Elbert co-directed the Center for Regenerative Medicine,[3] and became vice dean for research. She moved to the University of Texas at Austin in 2016 as chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering.[1] In 2022, she moved to her present position at the University of Washington,[3] together with her husband, Alzheimer's disease researcher Donald Elbert.[4]
Recognition
editSakiyama-Elbert is a 2011 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, a 2013 Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a 2015 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a 2016 Fellow of the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science and Engineering, and a 2017 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.[2]
She is the 2023 recipient of the Senior Scientist Award (Americas) of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Texas Engineering Names New Chair of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, May 10, 2016, retrieved 2024-10-07
- ^ a b Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, University of Washington Department of Bioengineering, retrieved 2024-10-07
- ^ a b Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert joins UW Bioengineering, University of Washington Department of Bioengineering, August 3, 2022, retrieved 2024-10-07
- ^ "Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert and Don Elbert Join UW Medicine", The Huddle, University of Washington School of Medicine, July 13, 2022, retrieved 2024-10-07
- ^ Chapters – Americas – Award winners, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, retrieved 2024-10-07
External links
edit- Sakiyama-Elbert Laboratory
- Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert publications indexed by Google Scholar