ElizabethCosgriff-Hernández
- cosgriff.hernandez@utexas.edu
- 512-471-4679
- BME 3.503D
Medical devices; Tissue repair and regeneration; Polymer Engineering; Biomaterials
About
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez is a professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and holder of the Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University under the guidance of Professors Anne Hiltner and Jim Anderson. She then completed a UT-TORCH postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Tony Mikos at Rice University with a focus in orthopaedic tissue engineering. Cosgriff-Hernandez joined the faculty of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University in 2007, before moving to The University of Texas at Austin in 2017.
Her laboratory specializes in the development of polymeric biomaterials to improve clinical outcomes of medical devices and regeneration strategies. Her expertise in biomaterials and contributions to the field have been recognized by her election as a Fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She is a co-founder of Rhythio Medical, on the scientific advisory board of ECM Biosurgery, and a consultant to several companies on biostability evaluation of medical devices. Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B. She has previously served as President of the Society for Biomaterials, Board member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part B, and chair of the NIH study section on Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering.
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (2005)
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (2000)
Select Awards & Honors
- Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors, 2025
- Acta Materialia Mary Fortune Global Diversity Medal, 2025
- Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, 2024
- Rosalind Franklin Society Award in Science, 2023
- Fellow, American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2023
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2020
- Fellow, International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2020
- Gilbreth Lecturer, National Academy of Engineering, 2020
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2017