Gilda Barabino, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies & Professor
Vice Provost for Academic Diversity

Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0535

Phone:404-385-5016
Fax:404-894-4243
Location:GT: BME - 2108
E-Mail: gilda.barabino@bme.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.bme.gatech.edu/groups/barabino/

Areas of Research

Sickle cell adhesion, cellular engineering, tissue engineering and bioreactors

Educational Background

• Ph.D. Rice University, 1986
• B.S. Xavier University of LA, 1978

Selected Awards

• 2007, Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
• 1994, ASEE DOW Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award

Selected Research Publications

• Kaul DK, Finnegan EM, Barabino GA. Sickle red cell-endothelium interactions. Microcirculation, Epub Aug 20:1, 2008.
• Schwartz Z, Duran M, Barabino G, Chaudhri R, Boyan B. Pulsed electromagnetic fields enhance BMP-2 dependent osteoblastic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. J Orthopaedic Res, 26(9):1250-1255, 2008.
• Finnegan EM, Barabino GA, Liu X, Chang H, Jonczk A, Kaul DK. Small-molecule cyclic aVb3 antagonists inhibit sickle red cell adhesion to vascular endothelium and vaso-occlusion, Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 293:H1038-H1045, 2007.
• Bilgen B, Barabino GA. Location of scaffolds in bioreactors modulates the hydrodynamic environment experienced by engineered tissues. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 98:282-294, 2007.
• Johnson TL, Barabino GA, Nerem RM. Engineering more physiologic in vitro models for the study of vascular biology. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 21:201-210, 2006.
• Bueno EM, Bilgen B, Barabino GA. Increased matrix production in engineered cartilage constructs cultivated in a wavy-walled bioreactor. Tissue Engineering, 11:1699-1709, 2005.