| Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez | |
| Birth Name: | Elizabeth Marie Christenson |
| Workplaces: | University of Texas at Austin Texas A&M University Rice University |
| Thesis Title: | Biostability and biocompatibility of modified polyurethane elastomers |
| Thesis Url: | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60617334 |
| Thesis Year: | 2005 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Anne Hiltner |
| Known For: | Biomedical engineering |
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez is an American biomedical engineer who is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work involves the development of polymeric biomaterials for medical devices and tissue regeneration. She is a co-founder of Rhythio Medical, on the scientific advisory board of ECM Biosurgery, and a consultant to several companies on biostability evaluation of medical devices. Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez is an associate editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Society, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Cosgriff-Hernandez was an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University, majoring in biomedical engineering. She focused on macromolecular science and engineering for her graduate studies, where she worked under the supervision of Drs. Anne Hiltner and Jim Anderson. Cosgriff-Hernandez was appointed as a UT-TORCH postdoctoral fellow at Rice University, where she focused on orthopaedic tissue engineering under the direction of Dr. Tony Mikos.[1]
Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez joined the faculty of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University in 2007 prior to moving to University of Texas at Austin in 2017. Her laboratory specializes in the development of polymeric biomaterials to improve clinical outcomes of medical devices and regeneration strategies in the areas of orthopaedics, cardiovascular devices, chronic wound healing, and women’s health. Synthesis of new biomaterials with targeted cell interactions is complemented by advanced fabrication strategies. In addition to providing improved medical devices and tissue grafts, these innovative biomaterials provide new tools to probe complex processes of tissue function and remodeling. She is a co-founder of Rhythio Medical, on the scientific advisory board of ECM Biosurgery, and a consultant to several companies on biostability evaluation of medical devices. Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B and has previously served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part B and chair of the NIH study section on Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering.
Alongside her research on novel materials, Cosgriff-Hernandez is involved with initiatives to promote equity and diversity within the sciences. She has served on the Diversity Committee of the Biomedical Engineering Society, DEI Committee of the Society for Biomaterials, and Chair of the Women's Initiatives Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 2020, she partnered with Kelly Stevens, Karmella Haynes, Lola Eniola-Adefeso to investigate disparities in National Institutes of Health funding for Black researchers.[2]