After earning our Peter Sheehan Young Innovator Award in Tissue Regeneration and Limb Preservation in 2022 (listen to her presentation here), Dr. Adriana C. Panayi now at BG Klinik Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg has established a state-of-the-art lab dedicated to chronic wound healing. Additionally, she has become a member of the Board of the European Tissue Repair Society, and in Spring 2024, she is scheduled to present at the Wound Healing Society Congress.
An update on titles and awards: Dr. Panayi was honored with the Paul Ehrlich Rising Star in Wound Healing Award by the Wound Healing Foundation.
Dr. Ram Kinker Mishra now at Biosensics’ earlier work titled 'The application of digital frailty screening to triage nonhealing and complex wounds', earned him our Peter Sheehan Young Innovator Award in Tissue Regeneration and Limb Preservation in 2022 (listen to his presentation here). This work has been published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.
In this study, Dr. Mishra and his team showcased how digital biomarkers of frailty, assessed in a quick 20-second test, could serve as a practical tool for prioritizing patients with nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers (DFU).
The identification of patients exhibiting signs of exhaustion frailty phenotype may indicate a heightened risk of presenting with more severe wounds. These findings can promote healthcare equity, alleviate scheduling delays, and reduce the risk of lower extremity amputations with underserved populations.
Dr. Sangeetha Matadhil-Vadakke from Mount Sinai School of Medicine received the Peter Sheehan Young Innovator Award in 2018 (see details of her presentation here) and is currently immersed in research focused on human placental-derived CDX2 cells and their pivotal role in cardiovascular regeneration.
This research has progressed to the translational stage, involving the utilization of approximately 106 human placental samples for their cell culture-based experiments and other related studies. In the upcoming phases, Dr. Madathil-Vadakke plans to conduct cell transplantation experiments in humanized small animal models to delve into the intricacies of cardiac repair, followed by investigations in larger animal models.
An update on titles and awards: Dr. Vadakke-Madathil and her team were featured in the Smithsonian magazine in 2021, and in 2022, they received an i3 Genesis award from Mount Sinai Innovation Partners.
