Director, Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program
Graduate faculty, PIBS (MCP and HGG Programs)
Associate Member, Husman Institute for Human Genomics
Adjunct, Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Biography
Dr Tomic-Canic is internationally recognized scientist, inventor and leader in a field of skin biology, with particular focus on understanding mechanisms that control tissue repair and regeneration. She has over 25 years of experience and has authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers in her fields of research. Dr Tomic-Canic completed her doctoral and postdoctoral training at the NYU School of Medicine and joined the faculty of NYU Departments of Dermatology and Microbiology where she remained until 2005. As a faculty of the Weill Cornell Medical College she directed Tissue Repair Laboratory at the Tissue Engineering, Repair and Regeneration Program at the Hospital for Special Surgery prior to her recruitment to University of Miami in 2008. Dr Tomic-Canic is a Professor of Dermatology and the Director of the Wound healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program at the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. She also serves as the Inaugural Vice Chair of Research. In addition, she is Associate Member of the Hussman Genomics Institute and is a faculty member of three graduate programs: Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and Human Genetics and Genomics. Dr Tomic-Canic was elected to the Advisory Council of the NIH/NINR and was appointed to the Big Data To Knowledge (BD2K) Multi-Council Working Group of the NIH. She currently serves as the Chair of the Arthritis, Connective Tissue and Skin (ACTS) Study Section. In addition, she is a member of review panels of various funding agencies and scientific journals. She served on Editorial Board of The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Associate Editor of Experimental Dermatology, and is currently a Section Editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology and Senior Editor of the Wound Repair and Regeneration Journal. She is an active member of several professional societies. She served as the President of The Wound Healing Society 2016-2017, currently serving as the ex-officio member of the WHS Board of Directors. She is currently a Co-chair of the Committee of the Scientific Programs of the Society of Investigative Dermatology.
Education & Training
Education
1991: University of Belgrade (joined program with NYU School of Medicine)
PhD, Molecular Biology and Physiology
1986: University of Belgrade
MS, Human Genetics
1985: University of Belgrade
BS, Molecular Biology and Physiology
1981: School of Nursing, Belgrade
Other, Pediatrics
Honors & Awards
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Teaching Interests
In addition to teaching Grant Writing course in the M.S. in Skin Biology and Dermatological Sciences (SBDS) Program Dr Tomic-Canic serves as a mentor to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, post-doctoral fellows and residents. Her teaching philosophy uses "hands-on" approach engaging students in all activities for the full training experience and providing timely feedback through engaging discussions.
Research Interests
The overall goal of our translational, multi-disciplinary program in wound healing is to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms of tissue repair and regeneration in skin and its pathogenesis, by integrating knowledge at the bench with clinical outcomes at the bedside. Our mission is to develop novel approaches to reduce incidence and accelerate wound healing of chronic wounds. This includes identifying which molecular and cellular mechanisms are utilized during normal, acute wound healing process, identifying what molecular events lead to inhibition of wound healing in chronic (non-healing) wounds and further, developing local sustained gene delivery mechanisms for their treatment. Current research is focused in several main areas: - molecular and cellular mechanisms of wound healing and its inhibition, including epigenetic and genomic regulation that facilitate developing new therapeutics and wound diagnostics; - anti-inflammatory processes in cutaneous wound healing (mechanisms by which local and systemic stress and metabolic changes, such as diabetes and obesity, regulate healing; - infection/host response during the wound healing process in skin. - development and validation of point-of-care diagnostics and predictive biomarkers;
Publications
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Copyrights & Patents
DE NOVOSYNTHESIS OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS IN THE EPIDERMIS AND ITS USES AND APPLICATIONS
236446586880, Patent, 2014
GM-CSF COSMECEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
236446386176, Patent, 2014
Methods and compositions for promoting wound healing
236446158848, Patent, 2011
METHODS FOR PROMOTING EPTHELALIZATION AND HEALING OF CHRONIC WOUNDS
236446502912, Patent, 2014
METHODS OF INCREASING COLLAGEN FORMATION AND CELLULAR MIGRATION IN INTACT SKN
