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WHS Mission and Guiding Principles
Mission: Improve wound healing outcomes through science, professional education, and communication by:

  • Leading multi-disciplinary research in wound science and outcomes.
  • Linking scientists and clinicians to advance wound healing research.
  • Translating discovery into evidence based clinical outcomes.
  • Communicating through mentoring, education, publications, and global networking.
Elof Eriksson, MD PhD
Professor and Chief Emeritus
Division of Plastic Surgery
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
WHS President


The WHS Board of Directors and Staff would like to wish a very Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday Season to all! As we near the end of another year, I applaud all of the WHS Committees for continuing to do a fantastic job. Each chair and member’s dedication and enthusiasm to committee projects and the WHS alike is unparalleled...

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2018 WHS Annual Meeting


Abstract Submission
Abstract Submission for the 2018 WHS Annual Meeting is Now Open!
Submit Your Abstract
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Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on Monday, December 4, 2017


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Information about the Young Investigator Award, Industrial Research & Development Poster Award, Excellence in Translational Regenerative Science & WHS Members Junior Faculty Travel Grant.
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Praveen R Arany, DDS, PhD Praveen R Arany DDS, PhD
Chair 2016-2018
Assistant Proffessor
University of Buffalo 		Irena Pastar, PhD Irena Pastar, PhD
Vice Chair-Elect 2017
Assistant Proffessor
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

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Brian Eliceiri, PhD
Chair since 2014
Professor, Department of Surgery
University of California, San Diego

The WHS Publication Committee would like to welcome its newest members!

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Swathi Balaji, PhD Swathi Balaji, PhD
Co-Chair 2014-2018
Baylor College of Medicine,
Texas Children's Hospital 		Heather Powell, PhD Heather Powell, PhD
Co-Chair 2015-2018
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering

As co-chairs of the WHS membership committee, we are pleased to announce that our Corporate Membership program is active and it offers membership packages at platinum, gold and silver levels. The membership offers several benefits commensurate with the package including...

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In July 2014, the AAWC embarked on an initiative to expand the clinical endpoints considered by FDA in the approval process of new products, devices and therapies for wound care. Collaborating efforts with the Wound Healing Society, the AAWC and WHS developed the Wound-care Experts/FDA-Clinical Endpoints Project [WEF-CEP] to strategically identify clinically meaningful, evidence-based and patient-centered wound care endpoints that are relevant for clinical research and trials. The goal of WEF-CEP is to work with FDA to expand the list of acceptable primary endpoints, recognizing that new and innovative treatments, devices and drugs may not have complete healing as...
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WRR Journal
WRITE IT! TOP 5 REASONS TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST WOUND HEALING MANUSCRIPTS TO WRR...

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4th Annual Innovations in Wound Healing Conference
December 7-10, 2017
Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, Florida

4th Annual Innovations in Wound Healing Conference
4th Annual Innovations in Wound Healing Conference


Keystone Symposia – Cell Death, Inflammation and Adaptation to Tissue Stress
January 21-25, 2018
Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge, Colorado


AAWC PrU Summit
February 9-10, 2018
Atlanta Marriott Gateway, Atlanta, Georgia
Pressure Ulcer Summit

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