Prof Helen Lu Wins $1.125M Grant on New Tissue Engineering Approach to Rotator Cuff Repair
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied ScienceBiomedical Engineering Professor Helen H. Lu has won a 3-year $1.125 million grant from the Department of Defense for her research on tendon-to-bone integration for rotator cuff repair. Lu is collaborating with William Levine, chairman and Frank E. Stinchfield Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. The funding will support preclinical trials to test the potential of a nanofiber-based device to enable biological healing between tendon and bone post rotator cuff surgery.