Radhika Joshi, “Promoting the Healing Process in Wounds”
Mentor: Mahsa Dabagh, Biomedical Engineering
Poster #99

Chronic wounds pose a challenge to healthcare systems around the world and are very challenging for patients to live with. They can cause severe difficulties in patients, significantly affecting their way of life. In our research we are interested to explore how the healing process can be facilitated in chronic wounds. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms of wound healing and quantify the changes in the wound tissue by quantifying the stresses the wound tissue experiences at different stages of the healing. This will be done through various methods including imaging through microscope and micro-CT. We will then leverage this knowledge to create patient specific wound dressings that will replicate the optimal stresses for wound healing in chronic wounds.