SFB News

Submitted on Tue, 03/02/2021
Recently, a nationwide network of BME women faculty, including several Society For Biomaterials (SFB) leaders and members like our President, Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, and our Secretary/Treasurer, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, published a commentary in Cell describing stark disparities in NIH research funding…
Submitted on Wed, 02/17/2021
The Society For Biomaterials (SFB) is excited to announce the new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, Executive Editor of the Biomaterials Forum, and Web Editor of the SFB Website.
Submitted on Mon, 01/18/2021
“We are eager to see how the evolution of this research improves global public health.” says Dr. Laurencin.  
Submitted on Fri, 10/23/2020
SFB member, Guillermo A. Ameer, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a device used in surgeries to attach soft tissue grafts to bone.
Submitted on Fri, 10/09/2020
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has announced Dr. Cato T. Laurencin as the recipient of the 2020 Mike Hogg Award and Lecture, the institution’s most prestigious award that is granted to practicing scientists and physicians who have made and continue to make exceptional transformative contributions to…