Dawn M. Elliott, Ph.D.
Dawn M. Elliott, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact information
University of Delaware
Biomedical Engineering
Room 201 Spencer Lab
130 Academy Street
Newark, DE 19716
Biomedical Engineering
Room 201 Spencer Lab
130 Academy Street
Newark, DE 19716
Office: 302-831-1295
Email:
delliott@mail.med.upenn.edu
delliott@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
University of Michigan, 1988.
M.S. (Engineering Mechanics)
University of Cincinnati, 1995.
Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering)
Duke University, 1999.
Permanent linkB.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
University of Michigan, 1988.
M.S. (Engineering Mechanics)
University of Cincinnati, 1995.
Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering)
Duke University, 1999.
Selected Publications
O'Connell GD, Vresilovic EJ, Elliott DM: Human intervertebral disc internal strain strain in compression: the effect of disc region, loading position, and degeneration. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 29: 547-555, 2011.Nerurkar NL, Han W, Mauck RL, Elliott DM: Homologous structure-function relationships between native fibrocartilage and tissue engineered from MSC-seeded nanofibrous scaffolds. Biomaterials 2011.
Nerurkar NL, Sen S, Baker BM, Elliott DM, Mauck RL: Dynamic culture enhances stem culture enhances stem cell infiltration and modulates extracellular matrix production on aligned electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia 7(2): 485-91, 2011.
Borthakur A, Maurer PM, Fenty M, Wang C, Berger R, Yoder JH, Balderston RA, Elliott DM: T1 (rho) MR1 and discography pressure as novel biomarkers for disc degeneration and low back pain. Spine Epub ahead of print, 2011.
Yoder JH, Elliott DM: Nonlinear and anisotropic tensile properties of graft materials used in soft tissue applications Clinical Biomechanics 25(4): 378-382, 2010.
Lake SP, Miller KS, Elliott DM, Soslowsky LJ : Tensile properties and fiber alignment of human supraspinatus tendon in the transverse direction demonstrate inhomogeneity, nonlinearity, and regional isotropy. Journal of Biomechanics 43(4): 727-732, 2010.
Auerbach JD, Ballester CM, Hammond F, Carine ET, Balderston RA, Elliott DM: The effect of implant size and device keel on vertebral compression properties in lumbar total disc replacement. Spine Journal 10(4): 333-340, 2010.
Cortes DH, Lake SP, Kaldowec JA, Soslowsky LJ, Elliott DM: Characterizing the mechanical contribution of fiber angular distribution in connective tissue: comparison of two modeling approaches Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 9(5): 651-8, 2010.
Smith LJ, Martin JT, Szczesny SE, Ponder KP, Haskins ME, Elliott DM: Altered lumbar spine structure, biochemistry, and biomechanical properties in a canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type VII. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 28(5): 616-622, 2010.
Nerurkar NL, Sen S, Huang AH, Elliott DM, Mauck RL: Engineered disc-like angle-ply structures for intervertebral disc replacement. Spine 35(8): 867-873, 2010.