Lori Ann Setton is an American biomechanical engineer noted for her research on
mechanics and
mechanobiology Mechanobiology is an emerging field of science at the interface of biology, engineering, chemistry and physics. It focuses on how physical forces and changes in the mechanical properties of cells and tissues contribute to development, cell differen ...
of the
intervertebral disc
An intervertebral disc (or intervertebral fibrocartilage) lies between adjacent vertebrae in the vertebral column. Each disc forms a fibrocartilaginous joint (a symphysis), to allow slight movement of the vertebrae, to act as a ligament to hold t ...
,
articular cartilage mechanics,
drug delivery, and pathomechanisms of
osteoarthritis. She is currently the department chair as well as the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at
McKelvey School of Engineering at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Biography
Setton was born in
Queens,
New York
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. She received a
B.S.E.
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in
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
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from
Princeton University in 1984. Subsequently, she pursued graduate degrees under the tutelage of Professor
Van C. Mow
Van C. Mow (; born January 10, 1939) is a Chinese-born-American bioengineer, known as one of the earliest researchers in the field of biomechanics.
Van C. Mow has published over 315 full-length peer-reviewed, archival papers and book chapters, ...
at
Columbia University. She received an
M.S. degree and Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering/Biomechanics in 1988 and 1993, respectively.
She joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University as an assistant professor in 1995. Promotions to tenured associate professor in and professor followed in 2004 and 2007.
Her most noticeable work has documented the biological responses of cartilage and intervertebral disc to mechanical loading,
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understanding a role for collagen genetic mutations in onset of arthritis and intervertebral disc pathology,
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development of injectable hydrogels for articular cartilage repair,
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and development of injectable drug delivery vehicles for fighting inflammation in musculoskeletal disease.
As of June 1, 2017, her work has been cited over 17,500 times. She has an h-index of 65.
Awards
Setton has several awards:
* American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, AIMBE Fellow (2005)
*Biomedical Engineering Society, BMES Fellow (2009)
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Van C. Mow
Van C. Mow (; born January 10, 1939) is a Chinese-born-American bioengineer, known as one of the earliest researchers in the field of biomechanics.
Van C. Mow has published over 315 full-length peer-reviewed, archival papers and book chapters, ...
Medal (2007)
*ASME Fellow (2018)
*Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (1997) for "Leadership in education and research in understanding and restoring biomechanical functions to tissue degenerated by injury or aging, especially in the spine
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References
External links
* Washington University
Lori A. Setton, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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American biomedical engineers
Duke University faculty
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Princeton University alumni
Living people
Women bioengineers
1962 births
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Fellows of the Biomedical Engineering Society
Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Washington University in St. Louis faculty