Mauck Laboratory

Niobra Keah

Research Engineer
University of Pennsylvania

Hometown

Muskegon, Michigan

Education

M.S. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences 2015, Drexel College of MedicineCertificate in Health Disparities 2013, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillM.A. Sociology 2012, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillB.S. Sociology 2008, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMinor in African American Studies 2008, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of Special Interest

Niobra joined the lab in the summer of 2014. Niobra has a hand in a number of projects throughout the Mauck Lab including a study on the structure and mechanical properties of the meniscus, a study on the defect repairs in articular cartilage, and a study on the development on molded engineered constructs. Outside of the lab, Niobra enjoys hanging out with her husband, Gary, exploring the city of Philadelphia, and working out.

Publications

Kumar, P. Keah, N., Hughes, A. (Forthcoming). Management of Thoracic, Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fractures. ISCoS Textbook on Comprehensive Management of Spinal Cord Injury.

Keah, N., Kong, C., (Forthcoming). Patient Positioning for Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Deformity Surgery. Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade 3rd Edition, Alexander R. Vaccaro & Todd Albert, Eds. Thieme Publishers, New York, NY.

Samuel-Peterson, N. (2013). Cultural Competence in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer: The Case of Blueberries in North America. Advances in Anthropology, 3, 67-70. doi: 10.4236/aa.2013.32009.

Samuel-Peterson Keah, N. (2012). Neighborhood Pollution and Subjective Health. Masters Thesis: Department of Sociology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Abstracts

Pfeifer, C. G., Potty, A, Saxena, V., Neuwirth, A., Kim, M. Keah, N. M., Fisher, M. B., Pacifici, M., Mauck, R. L. “In vitro maturation and in vivo delivery of cartilage repair composites composed of minced cartilage in a photopolymerizable hyaluronic acid hydrogel” Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, 2015.

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