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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.
Columbia University
University Professor and the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University
Regenerative
Pierre Galletti Award - AIMBE
2000AcademicNew York

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Title
University Professor and the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Department
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Organization/Instituation
Columbia University

About Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.

Posts by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D.

April 21, 2026
Why inflammation persists in cystic fibrosis—even after CFTR correction
Chronic lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis (CF) often persists even after treatment with newly-approved gene therapies or small molecule CFTR modulators—an unresolved clinical paradox. A new study published in EXO – Beyond the Cell identifies...
August 22, 2024
Tiny killers: How autoantibodies attack the heart in lupus patients
Columbia team engineers a model of the human heart tissue that demonstrates how autoantibodies directly affect heart disease in lupus patients Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease...
March 12, 2024
A lung-mimicking sealant helps repair surgical leaks
A superior surgical sealant mimics the structural and mechanical properties of lung tissue to repair air leaks after surgery. A new sealant meant to mimic lung tissue has been shown to rapidly cork air leaks following surgery. Moreover, the protein-like...
October 4, 2022
Tissue chip developments: what’s the 411?
Tissue chips—tiny mimics of human organs, just millimeters in size—represent an alternative to animal models as a way to study disease or evaluate drugs. However, a major limitation of tissue chips is that they do not faithfully imitate tissue interactions,...
April 28, 2022
Plug-and-play organ-on-a-chip can be customized to the patient
Engineered tissues have become a critical component for modeling diseases and testing the efficacy and safety of drugs in a human context. A major challenge for researchers has been how to model body functions and systemic diseases with multiple engineered...
March 22, 2021
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Receives AIMBE’s Highest Award
AIMBE is honored to recognize Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic with its Pierre Galletti Award, the Institute’s highest accolade. Including years of contributions to AIMBE and the BME community, Vunjak-Novakovic is recognized for impactful innovations in technologies...
October 16, 2020
Researchers Use Lab-grown Tissue Grafts for Personalized Joint Replacement
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ), which forms the back portion of the lower jaw and connects your jaw to your skull, is an anatomically complex and highly loaded structure consisting of cartilage and bone. About 10 million people in the United States...
July 14, 2020
Stat News
Connecting donated human lungs to pigs repaired damage to the organs, scientists report
For people who need a lung transplant, the wait is often prolonged by the frustrating fact that most donor organs have to be discarded: Only 20% of donated lungs meet medical criteria for transplantation, translating into far fewer organs than people...
May 8, 2019
EurekAlert
New approach shows regeneration of severely damaged lungs
Lung transplantation, the only lifesaving therapy for an increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease, is severely limited by the number of available donor organs. Currently, up to 80 percent of donor lungs are rejected for serious but...
April 18, 2019
Columbia University
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Biomedical engineer Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD, University Professor, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In her laboratory at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vunjak-Novakovic creates new ways to engineer human...
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