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Deborah McK. Ciombor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Research
Brown Medical School

Dr. Ciombor is a graduate of Brown University. She completed her doctoral training in 1992 in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Ciombor began her research career studying the effects of physical stimuli on connective tissue, particularly electomagnetic fields. The work centered on the modulation of chondrocyte differentiation. This work continues and she is currently examining the modulation of growth factor effects and the transduction of the physical signal from recognition to gene regulation. New work in the laboratory is focused on tissue engineering and the application of developmental biology to the production of cartilage biocomposites, including the release of growth factors from polymer constructs. The laboratory and this work have been continuously funded for twenty years through a combination of NIH, corporate and foundation grants including the Whitaker and Aircast foundations. Dr. Ciombor is currently a member of the Biomedical Engineering Panel for the National Science Foundation.

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