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Josephine Allen, PhD, FBMES, FAIMBE, FAHA

Josephine Allen, PhD, FBMES, FAIMBE, FAHA

Professor; Director of Pediatric Tissue Engineering

Locations

  • Children Research Institute (CRI)
  • TBRC/CRI 2450

Contact Information

Biography

Josephine Allen, PhD, received her bachelor’s degree in biology from California State University Northridge, and her PhD in 2009 from Northwestern University in Biological Sciences, and in 2010 she joined the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2017, and Full Professor in 2023. In 2024 Dr. Allen took on a leadership role as the Associate Chair for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. Most recently, in August 2025, Dr. Allen moved her research program to the Medical College of Wisconsin within the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology. Dr. Allen currently serves as Director for Pediatric Cell and Tissue Engineering at MCW, while maintaining an affiliate appointment within the Biomedical Engineering Department at Marquette University. Dr. Allen’s research is in the areas of vascular tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, with specific interest in controlling vascular cellular processes including progenitor cell differentiation. Her lab is also interested in understanding the effects of dynamic environmental conditions, including space, on cellular processes associated with cardiovascular deconditioning. Lastly, Dr. Allen’s research program also focusses on addressing sex based vascular health disparities through the engineering of personalized biomaterials. Dr. Allen has received numerous awards for her work including the prestigious National Science Foundation, Career Award in 2015 and in 2016 she received the University of Florida Office of the Provost Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. In 2018 Dr. Allen was named the Genzyme Professor of Materials and Engineering, and in 2020 she was inducted as an AIMBE fellow, and in 2021 a fellow of BMES, and in 2025 a fellow of the American Heart Association. Allen’s research has been supported by the American Heart Association (AHA), National Science Foundation (NSF), The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the US. Army Department of Defense (DoD).

Research Interests

  • Angiogenesis
  • Aptamers/Nucleotide
  • Biocompatible Materials/Biopolymers
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Biomaterials Science
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases
  • Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Congenital Heart Defects

Publications

Publications of Josephine Allen PhD, MS from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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