About Our Center
Ira M. Herman, Ph.D. TIWR Director
Welcome to The Tufts Center for Innovations in Wound Healing Research (TIWR) at Tufts University School of Medicine. We launched TIWR in 2006, after recognizing that significant advances in our understanding the biology of wound healing had yet to be fully exploited in the technologies that are currently available for patient or combat casualty care.
Our group includes basic science and clinical investigators at Tufts University united with colleagues from partnering institutions. This multi-investigator and cross-disciplinary regenerative medicine- and wound healing-based initiative combines expertise in epithelial cell and extracellular matrix biology, the angiogenesis of wound healing, stem cell biology, and the cellular biology of wound healing/tissue regeneration. TIWR investigators and clinician scientists are now leveraging their expertise in regenerative medicine and wound repair science with cutting-edge technologies in biomaterials sciences and nano-fabrication processing to create innovative, personalized wound healing therapeutics, including ‘next-generation’ wound care products for civilian or soldier use.
We have several projects underway. Find out more about TIWR, our research, our partners and our mission, by clicking through this website, and please feel free to contact us with comments or questions. Thanks, Ira