2022 Winner
Ahmed Zobi
Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using Autologous Adipose Tissue
2021 Winner
Jon Senkowsky
"A NON-CONTACT DEVICE FOR FAST SCREENING OF WOUND INFECTIONS"
2021 Finalists
Sadanori Akita
"Effects Of Hand Hygiene Using 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Or Natural Soap During Hand Rubbing Followed By Alcohol-based 1% Chlorhexidine Sanitizer Lotion In The Operating Room"
Paul Bonvallet
"Mechanical Properties And In Vitro Characterization Of A Tri-layer Placental Allograft Membrane"
Abe Janis
"MODELING PERISTOMAL SKIN COMPLICATIONS IN VITRO WITH RECONSTRUCTED HUMAN SKIN & ILEOSTOMY DEJECTA"
John McQuillings
"A Prospective Clinical Trial Evaluating Potential Changes In The Wound Microenvironment In Patients With Chronic Venous Leg With A Hypothermically Stored Amniotic Membrane"
Vojtech Pavlík
"Hyaluronic Acid Chloramide - The Efficacy And Safety Of A Novel Antiseptic"
Victoria Stefanelli
"Dehydrated Amniotic And Placental Membrane Allografts Confer Beneficial Immunomodulation For Tissue Regeneration"
2020 Finalists
Katie Mowry, PhD
Organogenesis Inc, Birmingham, AL
"Clinical Trial Evaluating Changes In The Wound Microenvironment In Patients With Vlus Treated With A Hypothermically Stored Amniotic Membrane"
Priya Niranjan, PhD
Swiss American CDMO, Carrollton, TX
"Novel Role Of Proteases In Wound Healing"
Victoria Stefanelli, PhD
Integra LifeSciences, Plainsboro, NJ
"Favorable Modulation Of Inflammation And Immunity Is Achieved With Both Single And Tri-layer Amniotic Membrane Allografts"
Jon Senkowsky, MD
Texas Health Physician's group, Arlington, TX
"A Non-contact Device For Quick Screening Of Wound Infections In Chronic Wound Patients"
Sponsor: Progenitec Inc., Arlington, TX
Katie Mowry, PhD
Organogenesis Inc, Birmingham, AL
"Effect Of Dehydrated Amnion Chorion Membranes On Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro"
Eric Roche, PhD
Smith+Nephew, Fort Worth, TX
"Superior Debridement By A Novel Enzyme Versus Autolytic Comparators In A Porcine Wound Model With Eschar"
Sadanori Akita, PhD
Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
"Fatty Acid Potassium Had Beneficial Bactericidal And Biofilms Removal Effects With Reduced Cytotoxicity Of Fibroblasts And Keratinocytes"
Sponsor: Fukuoka Industrial technology Center, Fukuoka, Japan
Vimal Jacob
Smith & Nephew, Columbia, MD
"Structural And Functional Equivalency Between Lyopreserved And Cryopreserved Chorions With Viable Cells"
Hilary Xu
Alkahest Inc., San Carlos, CA
"Human Plasma Fraction Improves Diabetic Wound Healing In Mice"
Yong Mao, PhD
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
"Exosomes Mediate Anti-Fibrotic Effects Of Placental Membranes"
Sponsor: Smith & Nephew, Columbia, MD
Dolly K. Khona
Indiana University, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
"Wireless Electroceutical Dressing Is Effective In Managing Candida Albicans Yeast Infection”"
Sponsor: Vomaris Wound Care, Inc., Tempe, AZ
2019 Winner
INJECTABLE CELLULAR PLACENTAL FORMULATION PREVENTS BLEOMYCIN INDUCED DERMAL FIBROSIS IN AGED MICE
Sandeep Dhall
2018 Winner
Amitava Das, PhD
The Ohio State University
Finalists: Sandeep Dhall, Yong Mao, Rusty L. Montgomery, Kristo Nuutila, Randolph Stone, Cornelia Weigand, Ping Xie
2017 Winner
P.IRD01 - RE-ENGINEERING A FIBRONECTIN-DERIVED PEPTIDE FOR TOPICAL TREATMENT OF BURNS AND CHRONIC WOUNDS
R. A. Clark, A. J. Singer, F. Lin
NeoMatrix Therapeutics, Inc., Stony Brook, NY, USA
2016 Winner
P.IRD04 - REGULATION OF ECM PRODUCTION AND FIBROSIS BY MRG-201, A MIMIC OF MICRORNA MIR-29
C. L. Gallant-Behm1, J. Piper1, K. Hutnick1, X. Beatty1, R. L. Montgomery1, G. Yu2, N. Kaminski2, E. Van Rooij3, C. M. Dalby1, A. L. Jackson1
1MiRagen Therapeutics Inc, Boulder, CO, USA, 2Yale University School Of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, 3Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, UTRECHT, Netherlands
2015 Winner
P.II04 - UNIQUE FEATURE OF LIVING AMNIOTIC TISSUE: CELL PROTECTION FROM OXIDANT-INDUCED DAMAGE VIA THE RELEASE OF ANTI-OXIDANT MEDIATORS
Y. Arnold, A. Gyurdieva, A. Johnson, A. Danilkovitch
Osiris Therapeutics, Columbia, MD USA
2014 Finalists
FIRST PLACE: BIO.12 - CONTROLLED RELEASE OF NITRIC OXIDE THROUGH ZEOLITE SACHETS
M. Neidrauer1, A. Bhattacharyya2, S. Julius2, C. Moorehead2, J. Belle3, K. A. Barbee2, S. G. Joshi3
1Zeomedix, Inc., Exton, PA USA, 2Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA USA, 3Drexel University College Of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa USA
CW.01 - A POLYURETHANE FOAM WOUND DRESSING CONTAINING A BOUND CATIONIC POLYMER RAPIDLY KILLS PLANKTONIC BACTERIA AND PREVENTS BIOFILM FORMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF SERUM
B. Liesenfeld1, P. L. Tran4, A. De Souza5, D. Mehta5, G. S. Schultz1,2, A. Hamood3, T. W. Reid3,4
1Quick-Med Technologies, Inc., Gainesville, FL USA, 2University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA, 3Texas Tech Unversity, Lubbock, TX USA, 4Texas Tech Unversity, Lubbock, TX USA, 5Viridis Biopharma Ltd., Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA India
CW.13 - AN IN VIVO EFFICACY EVALUATION OF VARIOUS WOUND TREATMENT PRODUCTS FOR THEIR RELATIVE DEBRIDEMENT ACTIVITY, USING A PORCINE WOUND ESCHAR MODEL
K. Lam1, H. Somers2, P. S. Attar1
1BRIDGE PTS, Inc., San Antonio, TX USA, 2Hydrofera Blue, Libertyville, IL USA
2013 Finalists
FIRST PLACE: BRC.07 - MIR29: A NOVEL REGULATORY FUNCTION OF MIR 29 IN KELOID FORMATION
G. Zhang, MD, Z. Li, MD, W. Gao, MD, A. Wang, MD, D. Lin, MD, J. Yang, MD
Department Of Hand And Plastic Surgery, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital Of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, ZHEJIANG, China
BRC.01 - THE IMPORTANCE OF STEM CELLS IN A BILAYERED LIVING CELLULAR CONSTRUCT USED TO HEAL CHRONIC WOUNDS
M. W. Carlson, PhD, M. Jackman, D. Bakshb, PhD
Organogenesis, Inc., Canton, MA, USA
BRC.02 - ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF A TOPICAL OINTMENT CONTAINING NITRIC OXIDE LOADED ZEOLITE
M. Neidrauer, PhD1, U. K. Ercan BS2, A. Bhattacharyya, BS, MESc2, R. Trikha, BS2, K. A. Barbee, PhD2, S. G. Joshi, MD, PhD, MS3
1Zeomedix, Inc., Malvern, PA, 2Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3Drexel University College Of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
BRC.03 - THE IMPORTANCE OF TWO CELL TYPES IN A BILAYERED LIVING CELLULAR CONSTRUCT IN RESPONSE TO TNF-ALPHA STIMULUS
M. Fakharzadeh, A. Wojtowicz, PhD, B. Lamothe, BS, D. Baksh, PhD
Organogenesis, Inc., Canton, MA, USA
BRC.04 - A MODIFIED COLLAGEN GEL ENHANCES HEALING OUTCOME IN A PRE-CLINICAL SWINE MODEL OF EXCISIONAL WOUNDS
H. Elgharably, MD, S. Roy, PhD, S. Khanna, PhD, M. Abas, BS, P. D. Ghatak, A. Das, K. Mohammed, MD, C. K. Sen, PhD
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
BRC.05 - IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN KERATINOCYTE MIGRATION BY A REDOX ACTIVE BIOELECTRIC DRESSING
P. D. Ghatak, J. Banerjee, S. Khanna, PhD, S. Roy, PhD, C. K. Sen, PhD
Comprehensive Wound Center, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, Columbus, OHIO, USA
BRC.06 - THE EFFECT OF PULSED RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC (PRFE) FIELDS ON ORGANOTYPIC CULTURES OF NON DIABETC AND DIABETIC TISSUE USING RT-PCR AND MICROARRAY ANALYSIS
J. Moffett, PhD1, R. G. Frykberg2, J. J. Banks2, D. Hardy, BS2, L. M. Fray, BS, 1
1Regenesis Biomedical, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
2012 Finalists
FIRST PLACE: BRC.02 - HUMAN RECOMBINANT TYPE-I COLLAGEN BASED SCAFFOLDS, INNOVATIVE EFFECTIVE BIOMATERIAL FOR CUTANEOUS WOUND HEALING
S. Shilo, PhD, MD1, S. Roth1, T. Amzel1, T. Harel-Adar, PhD1, F. Grynspan, PhD1, O. Shoseyov, PhD1,2
1CollPlant Ltd, Ness-Ziona, Israel, 2The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
SECOND PLACE: BRC.04 - EVALUATION OF DOSING EFFECTS OF A HUMAN FIBROBLAST-DERIVED DERMAL SUBSTITUTE (DS) ON WOUND CLOSURE IN A FULL-THICKNESS DERMAL WOUND MODEL IN ATHYMIC RATS
C. S. Young, PhD, C. E. Wilkins-Port, PhD, C. Self, C. E. Hart, PhD
Advanced BioHealing, Brentwood, TN, USA
THIRD PLACE: BRC.05 - HEALING CHARACTERISTICS OF FULL-THICKNESS WOUNDS TREATED WITH A BILAYERED LIVING CELLULAR CONSTRUCT IN DIABETIC MINIATURE SWINE
J. Qiao, MD, PhD, E. Medeiros, BS, T. Bollenbach, PhD, D. Bates, MD, PhD
Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA, USA
2012 Finalists and Runner Ups
BRC.03 - THE EFFECT OF PULSED RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC (PRFE) FIELDS ON OXIDATIVE STRESS PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN THE INFLAMMATORY PHASE OF WOUND HEALING
J. Moffett, PhD, L. M. Fray, BS
Regenesis Biomedical, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ USA
BRC.06 - EVALUATION OF WOUND DEBRIDEMENT EFFICACY OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES FROM THE FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS MELLEUS
L. Shi, PhD, A. Jovanovic, PhD, S. Tetens, BS, C. Langat, E. Roche, PhD, D. Carson, PhD, DABT
Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, Fort Worth, TX, USA
BRC.07 - CAUTION WHEN COMBINING WOUND PRODUCTS
G. Schultz, PhD1, 2, B. Liesenfeld, PhD2, A. Mikhaylova, PhD2, J. Olderman, PhD2, P. Phillips, PhD1
1University Of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA, 2Quick-Med Technologies, Inc, Gainesville, Fl, USA
2011 Finalists
FIRST PLACE: BRC.04 - IMPROVED HEALING IN WEANLING PIG MODEL OF VESICANT INJURY SHOWN BY HIGH FEATURE ANTIMICROBIAL DRESSING
B. Liesenfeld, PhD1, A. Mikhaylova, PhD1, G. S. Schultz, PhD1, 2
1Quick-Med Technologies, Gainesville, FL 2University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL
SECOND PLACE: BRC.14 - THROMBIN PEPTIDE TP508 STIMULATES DERMAL WOUND HEALING IN GAMMA-IRRADIATED ICR MICE B.
B. Olwzewska-Pazdrak, MD1, 4, K. Burckart, BS1, T. Toliver-Kinsky, PhD2, B. Loucas, PhD3, M. Cornforth, PhD3, D. Carney, PhD1, 4
1Department Of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University Of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 2Dept Of Anesthesia, University Of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 3Dept Of Radiation Oncology And Biolocy, Galveston, TX, 4RADIX Therapeutics, LLC, Galveston, TX
THIRD PLACE: BRC.02 - UNIQUE DRUG DRAMATICALLY AUGMENTS WOUND CLOSURE AND SCARRING BY ACCELERATING CRITICAL HEALING STAGES.
L. Braiman-Wiksman, PhD, E. Braude, MD, E. Brener, PhD, M. Ben-Hamo, BA, R. Mandil Levin, PhD, T. Tennenbaum, MD, PhD
Heal-Or Ltd., Rehovot, ISRAEL
2011 Finalists and Runner Ups
BRC.01 - WOUND HEALING CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF ACUTE FULL THICKNESS WOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A LIVING CELLULAR CONSTRUCT IN A HANFORD MINIATURE SWINE MODEL
T. J. Bollenbach, PhD, E. Medeiros, BS, D. Bates, MD, PhD
Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA
BRC.03 - THE EFFECTS OF A NOVEL SPRAYABLE SKIN EQUIVALENT ON WOUND HEALING
B. M. Kiedaisch1, E. Rolland, PhD2, D. Carson, PhD, DABT1
1HealthPoint Ltd., Fort Worth, TX, 2DFB Bioscience, Lausanne, NA
BRC.05 - NATURAL POLYMERS FOR CRANIOFACIAL ENGINEERING
M. A. Lokuta, PhD, K. R. Gratz, PhD, B. M. Steiglitz, PhD, J. C. Pirnstill, BS, K. K. Schaeve, BS, T. F. Wiesner, BS, M. L. Bucholtz, BA, S. Sisson, BS, B. L. Allen-Hoffmann, PhD
Stratatech Corporation, Madison, WI
BRC.06 - DEFICIENT DERMAL REMODELING CORRECTED BY ADULT AND FETAL FIBROBLASTS TRANSPLANTATION
C. C. Yates, PhD1, 2, D. L. Whaley, BS, MS2, A. Wells, MD, DMSc1, 2
1University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine Department Of Pathology, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Pittsburgh Veterans Affair Medical Center, PIttsburgh, PA
BRC.07 - THE PROLONGED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN DIABETIC WOUND HEALING IS ASSOCIATED WITH DOWN-REGULATION OF MICRORNA 146A
J. Xu, PhD, W. Wu, BS, L. Zhang, W. Dorsett-Martin, M. E. Mitchell, MD, K. W. Liechty, MD
1University Of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
BRC.08 - EVALUATION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF CLOSTRIDIUM COLLAGENASE AND ITS COLLAGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS
L. Shi, PhD, B. Kiedaisch, R. Ermis, BS, N. Hudson, D. Carson, PhD, DABT
Healthpoint, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX
BRC.09 - TISSUE-BASED CYTOKINE IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SKIN CANCER
M. A. Lokuta, PhD, A. R. Comer, PhD, B. L. Soto, PhD, M. Vander Zanden, BS, M. L. Bucholtz, BS, B. L. Allen-Hoffmann, PhD
Stratatech Corporation, Madison, WI
BRC.10 - HUMAN BONE MARROW, ENDOTHELIAL AND MESENCHYMAL CELLS HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS IN REPAIRING HUMAN ISLET INJURY IN VITRO.
L. Luo, MD1, F. Xiong1, J. Z. Luo, BS1, 2
1Stem Cell Biology, Roger Williams Hospital, Boston University, Shool Of Medicine, Providence, RI, 2Brown Alpart Medical School, Providence, RI
BRC.11 - USE OF A COLONY-FORMING EFFICIENCY (CFE) ASSAY TO SELECT ROBUST KERATINOCYTE CELL LINES FOR BILAYERED LIVING CELL CONSTRUCT (BLCC) GENERATION
Z. Guo, PhD, D. Baksh, PhD.
Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA
BRC.12 - MODIFICATION OF NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE SURFACES TO AFFECT BACTERIAL MIGRATION AND BIOFILM FORMATION
J. V. St. John, PhD
ULURU, Addison, TX
BRC.13 - SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOCYTES IN WOUND HEALING - THE ROLE OF ADIPONECTIN.
R. Mandil Levin, PhD, M. Ben Hamo, BA, L. Braiman-Wiksman, PhD, T. Tennenbaum, MD, PhD
Heal-Or Ltd., Rehovot, Israel
2010 Winner
SUSTAINED EXPRESSION OF ANGIOGENIC FACTORS STIMULATES VASCULARIZED GRANULATION TISSUE DEPOSITION IN DIABETIC MICE
Allen Comer, PhD1, Joely Straseski, PhD2, Sara Pirnstill, BS1, Kristi Schaeve, BS1, Maggie Bach1, Jennifer Murphy, MD2, Lynn Allen-Hoffmann, PhD1
1Stratatech Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
2009 Winner
INHIBITION OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII BY NON-VIRAL EXPRESSION OF HCAP-18 IN A BIOENGINEERED HUMAN SKIN TISSUE
John Centanni, Christina Thomas-Virnig, PhD, Colette Johnston, Li-Ke He, MD, Sandy Schlosser, Kelly Van Winkle, Ruibing Chen, Angela Gibson, Andrea Szilagyi, Lingjun Li, PhD, Shankar Ravi, PhD, B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann, PhD
2008 Winner
THE ELECTRIC FIELD AT HUMAN SKIN WOUNDS DECLINES SHARPLY WITH AGE
Richard Nuccitelli, Pamela Nuccitelli, Changyi Li, Suman Narsing, David Vendt, David Pariser, Antoinette Hood
2007 Winner
IN SITU PROTEOMICS OF WOUNDS USING FORMALLIN FIXED PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUE
Patrick J. Parks
2006 Winner
A NOVEL MOIST WOUND HEALING DRESSING THAT PROVIDES SUSTAINED ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND PROTEASE INHIBITION TO SPEED WOUND HEALING
Bernd Liesenfeld, Gregory Schultz, William Toreki, Roy Carr, David Moore, Christopher Batich, Gerald Olderman
Quick-Med Technologies, University of Florida
2005 Winner
THE BIOELECTRIC FIELD IMAGER: A NEW TOOL FOR MEASURING THE ELECTRONIC FIELD AROUND SKIN WOUNDS
Pamel Nuccitelli, President and Richard Nuccitelli, VP, R&D
RPN Research
2004 Winner
ALPHA1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN - A HUMAN SERPIN WITH THE POTENTIAL TO HEAL DIABETIC ULCERS
Andreas Goppelt
SWITCH Biotech AG, Germany