Kevin Healy Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Materials Science & Engineering 370 HMMB mailcode: MC 1760 (510) 643-3559 fax: (510) 643-5792 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://biomaterials.berkeley.edu/

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 2000

Research Interests

Biomaterials, surface modification and characterization of implant materials, analysis of mammalian cell behavior on biomimetic materials, development of absorbable and bioactive polymers useful for regeneration of tissue and organs.

Education

1990     Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Bioengineering

Major Awards

Bayne Scholar, Northwestern University
Omicron Kappa Upsilon (Dental)
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Professional Experience

1989-1995    Assistant Professor Division of Biological Materials, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
1990-1995     Assistant Professor Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Illinois
1995-1999     Associate Professor Division of Biological Materials, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, Illinois
                    Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Illinois
2000-2003     Associate Professor Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley     
                    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
2003-present  Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley     
                    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Publications

    Stile, R.A., Burghardt, W.R., and Healy, K.E., “Synthesis and Characterization of Injectable Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based Hydrogels that Support Tissue Formation In Vitro,” Macromolecules, 32, 7370-7379 (1999)
    Thomas, C.H., Collier J.H., Sfeir, C.S., and Healy, K.E., “Engineering gene expression and protein synthesis by modulation of nuclear shape,” PNAS USA, 99(4), 1972-1977 (2002).
    Park, S., and Healy, K.E., “Compositional Regulation of Poly(lysine-g-(lactide-b-ethylene glycol))-DNA Complexation and Stability,” Journal of Controlled Release, 95, 639– 651 (2004)
    Kim, S.-Y., Chung, E., Gilbert, M., and Healy, K.E., “Synthetic MMP-13 Degradable ECMs Based on Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-Acrylic acid) Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Networks I. Degradation and Cell Migration,” J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 75(1), 73-88 (2005).
    Irwin, E.F., Ho, J.E., Kane, S.R., Healy, K.E., “Analysis of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks via Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring,” Langmuir, 21(12), 5529-5536 (2005).
    Li, Y.J., Chung, E.H., Rodriguez, R.T., Firpo, M.T., Healy, K.E., “Hydrogels as Artificial Matrices for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal,” J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 79(1), 1-5 (2006)
    Chung, E.H., Gilbert, M., Virdi, A.S., Sena, K., Sumner, D.R., and Healy, K.E., “Biomimetic artificial ECMs stimulate bone regeneration,” J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 79(4), 815-26 (2006).
    Wall, S.T., Walker, J.C., Healy, K.E., Ratcliffe, M.B, and Guccione, J.M., “Theoretical impact of the injection of material into the myocardium - A finite element model simulation,” Circulation, 114 (24): 2627-2635 (2006).
    Saha K, Irwin EF, Kozhukh J, Schaffer DV, Healy, K.E., “Biomimetic interfacial interpenetrating polymer networks control neural stem cell behavior.” J Biomed Mater Res A, 81(1), 240-9 (2007).
    Ho, J., Chung, E., Wall, S., Schaffer, D.V., Healy, K.E., “Immobilized Sonic Hedgehog N-terminal signaling domain enhances differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells,” J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 2007 [ePub].