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Hire Dr. Karen Y.

United States

Triple-threat healthcare professional experienced in biomedical research, systems of care, and patient engagement.

Profile Summary

Biomedical research professional with exceptional communication, presentation, and teaching skills acquired through professional work, specialized parenting skills, and community involvement. Perceived as thoughtful, approachable, and calm, with diverse life experiences relatable to a variety of leadership roles.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Healthcare
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Family Partner

Eliot Community Human Services

December 2017 - Present

Scientist

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

June 2002 - July 2006

Assistant Biologist

Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

January 1997 - May 2002

Education

PhD (Biological Chemistry)

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

- Present

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2008). Comparative glycomics of connective tissue glycosaminoglycans . Proteomics.

(2006). Optimized extraction of glycosaminoglycans from normal and osteoarthritic cartilage for glycomics profiling . Glycobiology.

(2006). Alteration of matrix glycosaminoglycans diminishes articular chondrocytes' response to a canonical Wnt signal . Osteoarthritis and cartilage.

(2006). Identification of cis and trans-acting transcriptional regulators in chondroinduced fibroblasts from the pre-phenotypic gene expression profile . Gene.

(2005). In vitro engineering of cartilage: effects of serum substitutes, TGF-beta, and IL-1alpha . Orthodontics & craniofacial research.

(2005). Wnt influence on chondrocyte differentiation and cartilage function . DNA and cell biology.

(2005). Expression of c-Fes protein isoforms correlates with differentiation in myeloid leukemias . DNA and cell biology.

(2005). Spatial and temporal changes in the subcellular localization of the nuclear protein-tyrosine kinase, c-Fes . DNA and cell biology.

(2005). Phenotypic analysis of bovine chondrocytes cultured in 3D collagen sponges: effect of serum substitutes . Cell and tissue banking.

(2005). Demineralized bone promotes chondrocyte or osteoblast differentiation of human marrow stromal cells cultured in collagen sponges . Cell and tissue banking.

(2004). Comparison of TGF-beta/BMP pathways signaled by demineralized bone powder and BMP-2 in human dermal fibroblasts . Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

(2004). Inferred functions of "novel" genes identified in fibroblasts chondroinduced by demineralized bone . DNA and cell biology.

(2003). Engineering a joint: a chimeric construct with bovine chondrocytes in a devitalized chick knee . Tissue engineering.

(2003). Gene expression changes in an in vitro model of chondroinduction: a comparison of two methods . Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society.

(2003). Altered expression of connective tissue genes in postnatal chondroinduced human dermal fibroblasts . Connective tissue research.

(2002). Nerve growth factor is expressed in rat femoral vein . Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

(2002). Nerve growth factor is expressed in rat femoral vein . Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

(2002). IGF-I, TGF-beta, and BMP-4 are expressed during distraction osteogenesis of the pig mandible . International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

(2001). Early shifts in gene expression during chondroinduction of human dermal fibroblasts . Experimental cell research.

(2001). Effects of hyaluronan on engineered articular cartilage extracellular matrix gene expression in 3-dimensional collagen scaffolds . Journal of biomedical materials research.

(2001). Proliferation of masseter myocytes after distraction osteogenesis of the porcine mandible . Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

(1996). Analysis of Fes kinase activity in myeloid cell growth and differentiation . Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio).

(1996). Role of c-Fes in normal and neoplastic hematopoiesis . Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio).

(1995). Human c-FES is a nuclear tyrosine kinase. Oncogene.

(1991). 5' upstream sequence and genomic structure of the human primary response gene, EGR-1/TIS8. Oncogene.