Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Yulia Kaluzhny

Biography

Dr. Kaluzhny has received her PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from Boston University School of Medicine in 2001. Her research was focused on hematopoietic differentiation and she was awarded an NIH training grant in aging research. Currently Dr. Kaluzhny is working as a Senior Scientist at MatTek Corporation and involved in human cells-based tissue engineering. Dr. Kaluzhny is focusing on the development of novel organotypic tissue models for therapeutics and hazard identification. Her previous research involved epidermal wound-healing models and epidermal graft transplantation. She is a recipient of multiple NIH SBIR phase 1 and 2 grant awards in areas of ocular and dermal irritation and genotoxocity. She is serving as an expert reviewer for journals like Mutation Research, Toxicology in vitro, ALTEX, as well as seating on multiple NIH panels. She has presented her work at numerous meetings including society of Dermatology, Toxicology, Genetic Toxicology, Cell Biology, and Research in Vision and Ophtalmology; and authored 13 research articles and book chapters.

Research Interest

Development of novel organotypic tissue models for therapeutics and hazard identification