AaronBaker
- abbaker@austin.utexas.edu
- BME 5.202D
Cardiovascular biology, including atherosclerosis, thrombosis and in-stent restenosis; Vascular biomechanics and mechanotransduction; Development of medical devices, drug delivery and tissue engineering systems for enhancing tissue repair; Glycobiology
About
Aaron Baker is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a Fellow of the Marion E. Forsman Centennial Professorship in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his B.S./M.S. degrees in Bioengineering from the University of Washington and his Doctoral degree from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and served as an associate scientific advisor for Science Translational Medicine.
His group’s work has been recognized through multiple awards, including the New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and his group has received support through grants from the American Heart Association, DOD, NIH and the Welch Foundation. Baker’s laboratory focuses on using multidisciplinary approaches to study the mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and vascular mechanobiology. His group works on multiple projects, including the development of proteoglycan-based/glycomimetic therapies for vascular disease and peripheral ischemia, creating new technologies for studying mechanobiology, and exploring the role of mechanical forces in stem cell biology.
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology Program
M.S., Bioengineering, University of Washington
B.S., Bioengineering, University of Washington
Select Awards & Honors
- New Innovator Award – National Institutes of Health
- American Heart Association fellow
Related Websites
Laboratory for Cardiovascular Engineering & Therapeutics
Oden Institute
Select Publications