The Triumvirate

Roger Marchant is the Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biomaterials. As an Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University, he heads the polymer research group comprised of six graduate students and numerous undergraduate students. Laboratory facilities under his direction include an Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) lab, organic synthesis lab, and a thin films lab.

Kandice Kottke-Marchant, M.D., Ph.D., is the co-director of the CCB Resource at the Cleveland Clinic. She has established a world-class Hemostasis and Thrombosis Laboratory that has expertise with both in vivo and in vitro monitoring of blood-materials interactions, both in humans and in animal models. In addition, the laboratory is heading several clinical studies ranging in scope from detection of genetic disorders to the evaluation of numerous anti-thrombotic and anti-platelet drugs. Resources under her direct supervision include a tissue culture lab, an ELISA facility, a flow cytometry facility, and a diagnostic thrombosis center.

James M. Anderson M.D., Ph. D., is a full professor at Case Western Reserve University. He has established a widely renowned research program directed towards study of host/material interactions, especially with respect to inflammatory responses to materials and material based infections. Resources under his direction include the scanning confocal microscopy and tissue culture facilities.

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Our Goal . . .

The mission of the CCB is to develop fundamental research programs and enhance engineering student training and education in the field of cardiovascular biomaterials. The mission aims to emphasize and foster direct links from academic research to the biomedical industry and to facilitate progress from basic research to the clinical environment. The goals of the CCB are (1) to foster innovative cross-disciplinary research in biomaterials science and engineering directed towards the development of new cardiovascular biomaterials; (2) to develop an education and training program in cardiovascular biomaterials that provides a challenging integration of engineering and life science; (3) to provide investigators with unique opportunities to achieve innovative and ambitious research objectives in biomaterials through access to state-of-the-art facilities in key areas of biomaterials research; and (4) enhance research collaborations between academia and the biomedical and health care industries, and stimulate new business in the biomedical industrial sector of Ohio by increasing opportunities for technology transfer from academia. These aims are fostered by emphasizing the goal oriented, problem solving mission of the Center. CCB provides hands-on experience and expert technical supervision with state-of-the-art instrumentation for faculty, students, and visitors from academia and industry. Research programs cover areas from basic research to clinical studies relating to biomaterials. This includes new cardiovascular biomaterials and devices, model polymer surfaces, protein adhesion, cell-surface and receptor-ligand interactions, mechanisms of surface induced thrombosis, bacterial adhesion and infection, biocompatibility, biosensors, blood compatibility, and cardiovascular device development and evaluation. The Research Center provides a focus for enhancing collaborative research activities, while the Cost Center enables investigators from different departments and Institutions to access our extensive shared-use equipment and facilities. The CCB now involves thirty-two affiliated faculty from engineering, physical science, and medical science departments at CWRU and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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Significance of Cardiovasular Biomaterials