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Sarah Heilshorn is the Rickey/Nielsen Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, holding a courtesy appointment in Bioengineering. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech in 2004, her M.S. from Caltech in 2000, and her B.S. from Georgia Tech in 1998. Her research focuses on biomaterials, regenerative medicine, engineered proteins, and microfluidics. Current projects include tissue engineering for spinal cord repair and blood vessel regeneration, the design of injectable materials for stem cell therapies, and the development of microfluidic devices for studying directed cell migration. She has received several awards, including the New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health in 2009 and the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. She is also involved in mentoring students at various levels and has published numerous scholarly works in her field.
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