Jessica Weaver is an assistant professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering. Her expertise lies in integrating biomaterials, drug delivery, and tissue and immune engineering for the development of functional and immune-protected tissue and cell grafts. Her research focuses on developing safe, translatable technologies with long-term efficacy to widen the applicability of cell therapies to broad patient populations through the elimination of chronic immunosuppression.
Total projects: 4
Studying oxygenation within tissues via fluorescent nanoprobes will help develop an alternate treatment to insulin injections.
Michael Finocchiaro
FURI: Spring 2020
Designing complex geometries for PEG hydrogels to encapsulate islet cells will help treat type 1 diabetes.
Sarah Brady
FURI: Spring 2020
A clinically translatable cell encapsulation strategy would enable the widespread application of islet transplantation to treat diabetes.
Alec McCall
FURI: Spring 2020
Designing alternative chemistries for hydrogel macrodevices will improve graft survival of Type 1 diabetes islet cell transplants.
Sarah Brady
FURI: Fall 2019
The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) is designed to enhance engineering and technical undergraduate curriculum by providing hands-on lab experience and independent and thesis-based research.
Phone: 480-727-6761
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