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Johnny Huard, PhD

Job Title Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh

Job Title Henry J. Mankin, MD, Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Job Title Associate Director, Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative

Job Title Co-Director for the Biomedical Research Component of the Pitt-Mac

Job Title Center Director, Center for Cell Therapeutics, Children's Hospital and University of Pittsburgh

Job Title Deputy Director, Cellular Therapeutic Research, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Division of Pediatric Pulmonology

One Children's Hospital Drive
4401 Penn Ave., Suite Rangos Research Building, 9th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-5530 Phone

412-692-6088 Fax

Email jhuard@pitt.edu

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Active Research Projects

Education and Training

Graduate School:	1993 Laval University
Fellowship:	1994 McGill University 1995 University of Pittsburgh

Memberships

Cell Transplantation Society
Neuromuscular Diseases Society
University Laval Diplomatic Association
Cell Biology Society
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Center (Parent Project) University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Committee for Virology Tissue Engineering Society International
American Society of Gene Therapy
Australian Neuromuscular Disease Association
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS)
International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH)
The Cell Transplant Society
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
New York Academy of Sciences

Awards

1991-1992 Medical Research Council of Canada Award
1993-1994 Medical Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Award
Finalist for the Young Investigator Award, Orthopaedic Research Society
American Orthopaedic Society for Sport Medicine Herodicus and 3-M Awards
Smith and Nephew Award
Royal Thai Orthopaedic Annual Meeting, Pataya, Thailand
1999, 2000-2202 AOA-Zimmer Travel Award
Grand Prize Winner, Urodynamic Society's 20th Annual Meeting Essay Contest
Michael E. Miller Young Investigator Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Best Scientific Exhibit for Scientific Content, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Grand Prize Winner 2000, International Jack Lapides Essay Contest on Urodynamics and Neuro-urology Research
Best Scientific Poster, Orthopaedic Trauma Association Meeting
1999, 2201 Inclusion, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Press Book and ASCB
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 2000 Cabaud Award
Grand Prize Winner 2000, Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology
The Epter Lederman Prize , The Kids for Kids Project and Parent Project
Best Scientific Poster, ESSKA Meeting
New Investigator Recognition Awards, 4th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies
Finalist for New Investigator Award, The Orthopaedic Research Society
Chancellor's 2002 Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh
2002 Poster Presentation Award, Society for Urodynamic and Female Urology
Named the Henry J. Mankin, M.D., Endowed Chair for Orthopaedic Surgery Research
Second Prize Winner in the Laboratory Research Category of the 2003 AUA/ACMI Prize Essay Contest
Winner in the Basic Science Category of the Society for Urodynamic
and Female Urology 2003 Essay Competition
2001, 2005, 2007 New Investigator Recognition Award, Orthopaedic Research Society
Aircast Award for Basic Science, The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
First Place Poster Award, Pittsburgh Bone Symposium
40 Under 40 Award, Pittsburgh, PA
Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Michael J. Jerva, M.D., Award for the Best Poster Presentation, The International Intradiscal Therapy Society
Best Science Paper, 19th Annual Smith and Nephew Residents' Research Competition
AACR-ASTRAZENECA Scholar in Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research
Young Investigator's Award, FASEB
2005, 2007 Smith and Nephew's Annual Residents' Research Competition Winner
2006-2007 First Place Poster Award, Cellular Therapies Category, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MRM)
NIH NIAMS Spotlight on Research
Overall Excellence in Research Award, AMA-MSS National Research Poster Competition
Novel and Noteworthy selection by ASCB Press
Science Magazine "Meeting Briefs," December 2006
Press release from Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, December 10, 2006
Nominee - 2007 Provost's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, the University of Pittsburgh
"Headlines" of Popular Science, March 2007
Press release by Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, April 2007
Highlighted cover article in the Journal of Cell Biology, April 2007
"Research Highlights" in Nature, May 2007
Recipient of the ADDUQAR 2007 Prix d'excellence

Publications

Gates C, Karthikeyan T, Fu F, Huard J. Regenerative medicine for the musculoskeletal system using muscle-derived stem cells. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007. In Press.
Shen W, Li Y, Zhu J, Schwendener R, Huard J. Interaction between macrophages TFG-B1, and the COX-2 pathway during the inflammatory phase of skeletal muscle healing after injury. J Cell Physiol 2007. In Press.
Pollett JB, Corsi KA, Weiss KR, Cooper GM, Barry DA, Gharaibeh B, Huard J. Malignant transformation of multipotent muscle-derived cells by concurrent differentiation signals. Stem Cells 2007. In Press.

View Dr. Huard's full list of publications from PubMed.

Active Research Projects / Grants

Gene and cell therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Research Core precursor cell isolation and characterization
Muscle based tissue engineering to improve bone healing
New advances in molecular therapy for muscle repair after diseases and injury.
Project #1: The use of suramin to improve muscle healing after military -related injuries
Human blood-vessel associated multipotent stem cells for the therapy of myocardial infarct

Last Update
October 19, 2009

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