About Me
Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Dr. Arinzeh received her B.S. from Rutgers University in Mechanical Engineering, her M.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked for several years as a project manager at a stem cell technology company, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Arinzeh joined the faculty of NJIT as one of the founding faculty members of the department of Biomedical Engineering and served as interim chairperson and graduate director. Her most notable or cited work to date has been in the use of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with bioactive ceramics to induce bone formation in a large bone defect without the use of immunosuppressive therapy. This study served the basis for FDA approval to pursue clinical trials using allogeneic MSCs for various applications. Dr. Arinzeh has been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). She was nominated by the Governor of Connecticut to the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee. She is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). She recently served as the chairperson for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering (MTE) Study Section. She is currently a co-PI and the Director of Diversity of the NSF Science and Technology Center on Engineering Mechanobiology, which is a multi-institutional center with the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University in Saint Louis. She has also made a significant impact in the recruitment and mentoring of underrepresented minorities and women in biomedical engineering and other STEM fields.
Education
Ph.D.
; University of Pennsylvania
; Bioengineering
; 1999
MSE ; Johns Hopkins University ; Biomedical Engineering ; 1994
B.S. ; Rutgers University-New Brunswick ; Mechanical Engineering ; 1992
MSE ; Johns Hopkins University ; Biomedical Engineering ; 1994
B.S. ; Rutgers University-New Brunswick ; Mechanical Engineering ; 1992
2025 Fall Courses
BME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
MTSE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
BME 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
MTSE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
BME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
BME 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BME 492 - RESEARCH & INDPNDNT STUDY II
BME 493 - HONORS RESEARCH THESIS I
BME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
BME 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTSE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
BME 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
MTSE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
BME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
BME 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BME 492 - RESEARCH & INDPNDNT STUDY II
BME 493 - HONORS RESEARCH THESIS I
BME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
BME 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Past Courses
BME 427: BIOTRANSPORT
BME 430: FUND OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
BME 651: PRINCIPLES OF TISSUE ENGINEERIN
BME 651: PRINCIPLES OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
BME 651: PRINCPL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
BME 430: FUND OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
BME 651: PRINCIPLES OF TISSUE ENGINEERIN
BME 651: PRINCIPLES OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
BME 651: PRINCPL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING
Journal Article
Sita M. Damaraju, Yueyang Shen, Ezinwa Elele, Boris Khusid, Ahmad Eshghinejad, Jiangyu Li, Michael Jaffe, Treena L. Arinzeh.
2017. "Three-dimensional piezoelectric fibrous scaffolds selectively promote mesenchymal stem cell differentiation."
Biomaterials , vol. 149 , pp. 51-62.
Pamela Hitscherich, Siliang Wu, Richard Gordan, Lai Hua Xie, Treena L. Arinzeh, Eun Jung Lee. 2016. "The effect of PVDF-TrFE scaffolds on stem cell derived cardiovascular cells." Biotechnology and Bioengineering , vol. 113 , no. 7 , pp. 1577-1585.
T Briggs, J Matos, G Collins, Treena L. Arinzeh. 2015. "Evaluating protein incorporation and release in electrospun composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications.." Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A , vol. 103 , no. 10 , pp. 3117-27.
A H Rajabi, M Jaffe, Treena L. Arinzeh. 2015. "Piezoelectric materials for tissue regeneration: A review.." Acta biomaterialia , vol. 24 , pp. 12-23.
S E Lobo, R Glickman, W N da Silva, Treena L. Arinzeh, I Kerkis. 2015. "Response of stem cells from different origins to biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics.." Cell and tissue research , vol. 361 , no. 2 , pp. 477-95.
Pamela Hitscherich, Siliang Wu, Richard Gordan, Lai Hua Xie, Treena L. Arinzeh, Eun Jung Lee. 2016. "The effect of PVDF-TrFE scaffolds on stem cell derived cardiovascular cells." Biotechnology and Bioengineering , vol. 113 , no. 7 , pp. 1577-1585.
T Briggs, J Matos, G Collins, Treena L. Arinzeh. 2015. "Evaluating protein incorporation and release in electrospun composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications.." Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A , vol. 103 , no. 10 , pp. 3117-27.
A H Rajabi, M Jaffe, Treena L. Arinzeh. 2015. "Piezoelectric materials for tissue regeneration: A review.." Acta biomaterialia , vol. 24 , pp. 12-23.
S E Lobo, R Glickman, W N da Silva, Treena L. Arinzeh, I Kerkis. 2015. "Response of stem cells from different origins to biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics.." Cell and tissue research , vol. 361 , no. 2 , pp. 477-95.
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Chapter
Cecilia King, S Patel, Treena L. Arinzeh, Pranela Rameshwar.
"Dual Roles of mesenchymal stem cells in spinal cord injury: cell replacement therapy and as a model system to understand axonal repair."
Springer-Verlag, 2010.
Yee-Shuan Lee, Treena L. Arinzeh. "Electrospun nanofibers for neural applications." In Ketul C. Popat, eds., CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2010.
Yee-Shuan Lee, Treena L. Arinzeh. "Electrospun nanofibers for neural applications." In Ketul C. Popat, eds., CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2010.
Conference Proceeding
"An electroactive conduit for spinal cord injury repair"
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference, November, 2010.
"A novel calcium phosphate electrospun composite promotes the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells"
Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, May, 2010.
"The evaluation of neural differentiation of neural progenitor stem cells on electrospun scaffolds"
Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, May, 2010.
"An evaluation of the chondrogenic potential of a novel piezoelectric scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering"
Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March, 2010.
"Clinical and in vitro evaluation of different nanostructured calcium phosphate-based ceramics for bone regeneration"
Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March, 2010.
"The effect of scaffolds on the chondrogenic potential of human mesenchymal stem cells: gene expression analysis "
Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March, 2010.
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference, November, 2010.
"A novel calcium phosphate electrospun composite promotes the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells"
Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, May, 2010.
"The evaluation of neural differentiation of neural progenitor stem cells on electrospun scaffolds"
Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, May, 2010.
"An evaluation of the chondrogenic potential of a novel piezoelectric scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering"
Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March, 2010.
"Clinical and in vitro evaluation of different nanostructured calcium phosphate-based ceramics for bone regeneration"
Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March, 2010.
"The effect of scaffolds on the chondrogenic potential of human mesenchymal stem cells: gene expression analysis "
Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March, 2010.