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    Armour Faculty

    Eric Brey, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Office: Engineering 1 Building, Rm. 116
    10 West 32nd Street
    Chicago, IL 60616-3793
    Phone: 312.567.5098
    Fax: 312.567.5707
    Email: brey@iit.edu
    Web: Neovascularization in Regenerative Medicine and Diabetes

    Expertise

    Education

    • B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
    • M.Eng., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
    • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Rice University
    • NIH post-doctoral fellow, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center

    Research

    Dr. Brey's research interests include neovascularization, tissue engineering, cell-matrix interactions, and vascular imaging.

    Current Projects

    Awards/Honors

    • 2007 Coleman Faculty Scholar
    • 2007 Visiting Professor, Department of Plastic and ReconstructiveSurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
    • 2004 International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology Young Investigator Award
    • 2003-2006 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowship
    • 2003-2004 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellowship (F32)
    • 2000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Institute in Taiwan
    • 1999-2001 NIH Biotechnology Training Grant
    • 1997-1998 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Fellowship (Earle #1)

    Patents

    Books

    Selected Publications

    Brey E.M., Cheng M.H., Allori A., Satterfield W.C., Chang D.W., Patrick Jr. C.W., Miller M.J. Comparison of Guided Bone Formation from Periosteum and Muscle Fascia. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 119(4): 1216-1222, 2007.

    Chou C.Y., Anastasio M.A., Brankov J.G., Wernick M.N., Brey E.M., Connor D., Zhong Z. An Extended Diffraction-Enhanced Imaging Method for Implementing Multiple-Image Radiography. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 52(7): 1923-45, 2007.

    Brewster L.P., Brey E.M., Addis M., Husak V., Ellinger J., Greisler H.P. Improving Endothelial Healing with Novel Chimeric Mitogens. American Journal of Surgery. 192(5): 589-593, 2006.

    Uriel S., Brey E.M., Greisler H.P. Sustained Low Levels of FGF-1 Promote Persistent Microvascular Network Formation. American Journal of Surgery. 192(5): 604-609, 2006.

    Cheng M.H., Brey E.M., Ulusal B.G., Wei F.C. Mandible Reconstruction for Osseointegrated Implants Using Tissue Engineering Strategies: A Clinical Case. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 118(1): 1e-4e, 2006.

    Brewster L.P., Brey E.M., Greisler H.P. Cardiovascular Gene Delivery: The Good Road is Awaiting. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 58(4): 604-629, 2006.

    Lalani Z., Wong M., Brey E.M., Mikos A.G., Duke P.J., Johnston C. Spatial and Temporal Localization of VEGF and FGF-2 in Healing Tooth Extraction Sockets in a Rabbit Model. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 63(10): 1500-1508, 2005.

    Brey E.M., Greisler H.P. Telomerase Expression in Somatic Cells. Lancet. 365(9477), 2068-2069, 2005.

    Brey E.M., Uriel S., Greisler H.P., Patrick Jr. C.W., McIntire L.V. Therapeutic Neovascularization: Contributions from Bioengineering. Tissue Engineering. 11 (3/4), 567-584, 2005.

    Cheng M.H., Brey E.M., Allori A., Satterfield W.C., Chang D.W., Patrick Jr. C.W., Miller M.J. Ovine Model for Engineering Bone Segments. Tissue Engineering. 11(1/2), 2005.

    Brey, E.M., McIntire L.V., Johnston, C.M., Patrick, Jr., C.W. "Three-Dimensional, Quantitative Analysis of Desmin and Smooth Muscle Alpha Actin Expression During Angiogenesis." Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Accepted 2004.

    Lalani Z., Wong M., Brey E.M., Mikos A.G., Duke P.J., Johnston C. "Spatial and Temporal Localization of Secretory IgA in Healing Tooth Extraction Sockets in a Rabbit Model." Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In Press.

    Fisher J.P., Lalani Z., Bossano C.M., Brey E.M., Demian N., Johnston C.M., Dean D., Jansen J.A., Wong M.E.K., Mikos A.G., "Effect of Biomaterial Properties on Bone Healing in a Rabbit Tooth Extraction Socket Model." Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 68A: 428-438, 2004.

    Kloc M., Bilinski S., Dougherty M.T., Brey E.M., Etkin L.D. "Formation Architecture and Polarity of Female Grmline Cyst in Xenopus." Developmental Biology. 266:43Ð 61, 2004.

    Lalani Z., Wong M., Brey E.M., Mikos A., Duke P.J. Spatial and Temporal Localization of TGF-b1, BMP-2, and PDGF-A in Healing Tooth Extraction Sockets in a Rabbit Model. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 61:1061-1072, 2003.

    Brey E.M., Lalani Z., Johnston C., Wong M., McIntire L.V., Duke P.J., Patrick Jr. C.W. Automated Selection of DAB-Labeled Tissue for Immunohistochemical Quantification. The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 51(5):575-584, 2003.

    Brey E.M., King T.W., Johnston C., McIntire L.V., Reece G.R., Patrick Jr. C.W. A Technique for Quantitative Three-Dimensional Analysis of Microvascular Structure. Microvascular Research 63(3):279-294, 2002.

    King T.W.*, Brey E.M.*, Youssef A., Johnston C., Patrick Jr. C.W. Quantification of Vascular Density Using a Semiautomated Technique for Immunostained Specimens. Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology (* equal contribution as first author). 24:39-48, 2002.

    Kloc M., Dougherty M.T., Bilinski S., Chan A.P., Brey E., King M.L., Patrick Jr. C.W., Etkin L.D. Three Dimensional Ultrastructural Analysis of RNA Distribution within Germinal Granules in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 241: 79-93, 2002.

    Brey E.M., McIntire L.V., King T.W., Reece G.P., Johnston C., Patrick Jr. C.W. Quantitative 3D Analysis Of Microvascular Networks In Tissue Engineering. The Internet Journal of Plastic Surgery 2001 Vol1N1.

    Brey E.M., Patrick Jr. C.W. Tissue Engineering Applied to Reconstructive Surgery. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology October/September: 122-124, 2000. Cheng M.H., Chen H.C., Wei F.C., Su S.W., Lian S.H., Brey E. Devices for Ischemic Preconditioning of the Pedicled Groin Flap. Journal of Trauma 48: 552-557, 2000.

    Brey E.M., Ralston P.A.S. Comparison of Dead Time Compensation Schemes for Discrete Implementation of the Q-PID Algorithm. ISA Transactions 38: 171-183, 1999.

    Book Chapters:

    1. Brey E.M., McIntire L.V. "Vascular Assembly in Engineered and Natural Tissues". In: Principles of Regenerative Medicine. Editors: Atala, Lanza, Thomson, Nerem. Elsevier Academic Press. In Press.

    2. Brewster L.P., Brey E.M., Greisler H.P. "Blood Vessels". In: Principles of Tissue Engineering, Third Edition, Lanza, Langer and Chick, ed. 2006, In Press.

    Professional Society Memberships

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