The Myers Lab wants to congratulate Daniella Fodera, a 5th year PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering, on being awarded the NIH’s F31 Predoctoral Fellowship through the NICHD!!
Daniella will be co-advised by Dr. Kristin Myers in Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Lance Kam in Biomedical Engineering to study the “Biomechanics and mechanobiology of human uterine fibroids”.
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous tumors that form within the uterus, affecting nearly 70 – 80% of women in their lifetimes, and are a major cause of severe pain, abnormal bleeding, and infertility. The goal of this research is to investigate the role of mechanics in the pathophysiology of uterine fibroids at the cell and tissue length scales. Using this multi-scale, multi-faceted engineering-based approach, we seek to establish fundamental knowledge on uterine fibroids so that improved diagnostic and treatment techniques may be developed to lower the disease burden for millions of women.
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