{"64870":{"#nid":"64870","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Institute Director at Georgia Tech Named Chairperson of NIH Study Section","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert E. Guldberg, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s\nParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB), has been\nappointed chairperson of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Study Section\nin the Center for Scientific Review \u2013 part of the National Institutes of\nHealth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuldberg will serve as chairperson of the study section from\nJuly 1, 2011, to June 30, 2013. The study section will contribute to the\nnational biomedical research effort and assure the quality of the NIH peer\nreview process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuldberg\u0027s research interests focus on musculoskeletal\ngrowth and development, functional regeneration following traumatic injury and\ndegenerative diseases, including skeletal fragility and arthritis\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Dr. Toni Scarpa, director of the Center for\nScientific Review in NIH\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services, Guldberg\nwas selected for the chair position because of his demonstrated achievement in\nhis scientific discipline, quality of research accomplishments, publications in\nscientific journals and overall judgment and objectivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Guldberg studies cell-based therapies, bone\nbiomechanics, musculoskeletal injury, joint degeneration, biomaterials and\ndelivery, and micro-CT imaging. His laboratory creates strategies and enables technologies\nfor the functional restoration of damaged or degenerated musculoskeletal\ntissues, with a focus on bone and cartilage.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1996, Guldberg joined Georgia Tech, serving both in IBB\nand the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. He was appointed\ndirector of IBB in November 2009.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGuldberg holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical\nengineering, a master\u2019s degree in bioengineering and mechanical engineering,\nand a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert E. Guldberg, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, has been appointed chairperson of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review \u2013 part of the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-03-09 17:22:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"45991":{"id":"45991","type":"image","title":"Professor and IBB Director Robert Guldberg","body":null,"created":"1449174347","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:47","changed":"1475894406","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:06","alt":"Professor and IBB Director Robert Guldberg","file":{"fid":"190085","name":"tjt29428.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tjt29428_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tjt29428_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":133108,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tjt29428_0.jpg?itok=ZhyrDiJy"}}},"media_ids":["45991"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/director\/robert-e-guldberg","title":"Robert E. 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