Faculty

Riccardo Gottardi, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Department: Pediatrics
Graduate Group Affiliations

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Bioengineering and Biomaterials Laboratory
3615 Civic Center Blvd
Room 1016G, Abramson Research Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 412-251-6987
Lab: 215-590-0968
Education:
M.Sc. (LS) (Applied Physics, Medical Physics)
University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
B.Sc. (LM) (General Physics)
University of Pisa, Italy, 2003.
Ph.D. (Inform., Communication Sci. & Tech. & Electronics & Inform. Engineering, Biomedical Engineering)
University of Genova, Italy, 2007.
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Selected Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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