Biomaterials in Translational Medicine

Professor, Orthopaedic Institute and the Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, China Thomas J. Webster is a Professor at the School of Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Center for Biomaterials, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Piaui, Brazil. His degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995) and in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.S., 1997; Ph.D., 2000). He has served as a professor at Purdue University (2000-2005), Brown University (2005-2012), and Northeastern University (2012-2021). He was the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Nanomedicine (pioneering the open-access format). Prof. Webster has received numerous honors including: 2012, Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; 2013, Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society; 2016, International College of Fellows, Biomaterials Science and Engineering; 2016, Acta Biomaterialia Silver Award; 2019, Overseas Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (UK); and 2022, Clarivate Most Distinguished Researcher (Top 0.1% in citations). He also served as the President of the U.S. Society For Biomaterials.

• 1 Translational medicine and biomaterials: Basics and relationship2 Regulatory aspects of medical devices and biomaterials3 The translatory aspects of calcium phosphates for orthopedic applications4 Cardiovascular engineering materials in translational medicine5 Delivery systems for biomedical applications: Basic introduction, research frontiers and clinical translations6 Biomaterials and scaffolds for the treatment of spinal cord injury7 MoS2-based biomaterials for cancer therapy8 Surface modification of medical devices at nanoscale—recent development and translational perspectives9 Nanotechnology and picotechnology: A new arena for translational medicine10 Advanced biomaterials for biosensor and theranostics11 Biomedical applications and biomaterial delivery strategies of growth factors12 3D printing in the research and development of medical devices13 Adipose tissue regeneration: Scaffold—Biomaterial strategies and translational perspectives