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Riccardo Gottardi, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
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32 University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
21 a Ph.D. 6c (Inform., Communication Sci. & Tech. & Electronics & Inform. Engineering, Biomedical Engineering) c
34 University of Genova, Italy, 2007.
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Selected Publications

11d Friedman RM, Truong HD, Aronson MR, Brown EA, Angelozzi M, Chen JF, Zur KB, Lefebvre V, Gottardi R.: Inhibition of the MRTF-A/SRF signaling axis alleviates vocal fold scarring. Matrix Biol 137(1): 1-11, May 2025.

137 Smith KWY, Fung SL, Wu H-F, Chiesa I, Vozzi G, De Maria C, Gottardi R.: Developing an in vitro osteochondral micro-physiological system for modeling cartilage-bone crosstalk in arthritis. Frontiers in Immunology 26(16): 1495613, May 2025.

153 Lang A, Eastburn EA, Younesi M, Nijsure M, Siciliano C, Haran AP, Panebianco CJ, Seidl E, Tang R, Alsberg E, Willett NJ, Gottardi R, Huh D, Boerckel JD.: Cyr61 delivery promotes angiogenesis during bone fracture repair. NPJ Regenerative Medicine 10(1): 20, Apr 2025.

147 Di Gesù R, Palumbo Piccionello A, Vitale G, Buscemi S, Panzavolta S, Di Filippo M F, Leonarda A, Cuccia M, Di Prima A, Gottardi R.: Biofabrication of an in situ hypoxia-delivery scaffold for cartilage regeneration. Biofabrication 17: 025025, March 2025.

127 Roehm KD, Chiesa I, Haithcock D, Gottardi R, Prabhakarpandian B.: A vascularized microfluidic model of the osteochondral unit for modeling inflammatory response and therapeutic screening. Lab Chip 25(1): 370-382, Jan 2025.

ff Ghaderi DD, Aronson MR, Mehta A, Friedman RM, McDaid KS, Giordano T, Jacobs IN, Gottardi R: Azithromycin Prevents Subglottic Stenosis in Mice. Laryngoscope 135(1): 409-415, Jan 2025.

119 Chiesa I, Esposito A, Vozzi G, Gottardi R, De Maria C: 4D bioprinted self-folding scaffolds enhance cartilage formation in the engineering of trachea Advanced Materials Technologies 10(6): 2401210, Dec 2024.

14d Friedman RM, Breuninger AS, Aronson MR, Brown EA, Patel N, Han L, Zur KB, Gottardi R.: Age-related remodeling of the vocal fold extracellular matrix composition, structure, and biomechanics during tissue maturation. Connect Tissue Res 65(6): 472-485, Nov 2024.

103 Gehret PM, Dumas AA, Jacobs IN, Gottardi R.: A Pilot Study of Decellularized Cartilage for Laryngotracheal Reconstruction in a Neonatal Pig Model. Laryngoscope 134(2): 807-814, Feb 2024.

171 Collins JM, Lang A, Parisi C, Moharrer Y, Nijsure MP, Thomas Kim JH, Ahmed S, Szeto GL, Qin L, Gottardi R, Dyment NA, Nowlan NC, Boerckel JD.: YAP and TAZ couple osteoblast precursor mobilization to angiogenesis and mechanoregulation in murine bone development. Dev Cell 59(1): 211-227, Jan 2024.

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