Event
Mpact Lecture: Can We Re-create Joints? Exploring the Future of Tissue Engineering
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
5:00 p.m.
1101 Zupnik Forum, A. James Clark Hall
Donna White-Sneed
clarkschooldeanevents@umd.edu
Join us for an inspiring talk by Dr. Rocky S. Tuan, on the cutting-edge world of stem cells, smart biomaterials, and organ-on-a-chip technology. Discover how scientists are engineering living joint tissues, designing biomimetic scaffolds, and creating the "miniJoint" to model disease and test new treatments. Come learn how these breakthroughs could transform medicine and move us closer to repairing, restoring, and regenerating articular joints in the future.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Reception: 5 p.m. | Lecture: 5:30 p.m.
1101 Zupnik Forum | A. James Clark Hall
Register for this FREE event at: https://go.umd.edu/22pm
Hosted by the Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Speaker Bio
Professor Tuan is a globally renowned biomedical scientist specializing in musculoskeletal biology, tissue regeneration, stem cells, biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, and tissue/organ-on-a-chip technologies. He is the founding director of CUHK’s Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (iTERM), former founding director of the Center of Military Medicine Research and associate director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, and former chief of the Cartilage Biology and Orthopedics Branch at the NIAMS of the NIH. He has authored over 650 publications and received numerous prestigious honors, including fellowships in the National Academy of Inventors, AIMBE, ICORS, ORS, and TERMIS. In 2025, he was awarded the Jensen Tissue Engineering Award by TERMIS.
Recognized by Times Higher Education as one of the “People of the Year, 2019,” Professor Tuan holds significant leadership roles including Chair of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and membership in the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Leadership Council. He also serves as founding editor of Birth Defects Research and Stem Cell Research & Therapy, and associate editor of Stem Cells Translational Medicine.
