Yoram Vodovotz PhD

Dr. Yoram Vodovotz is a Professor in the Department of Surgery with secondary appointments in the Department of Computational & Systems Biology, the Department of Bioengineering, the Department of Immunology, the Department of Communication Science and Disorders (of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Science), and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He also is the Director of the Center for Inflammation and Regeneration Modeling at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Dr. Vodovotz received his BS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he graduated with distinction with a triple major in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics. In 1993 he received his Ph.D. in Immunology from Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. In addition to post-graduate training at Cornell, he also worked at the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, in the Laboratory of Chemoprevention and the Radiation Biology Branch.

Dr. Vodovotz’ group employs computational and systems biology approaches to inflammation in multiple disease states (sepsis/trauma, wound healing, chronic inflammatory diseases, and cancer), coupled to the biochemical, cellular, animal, and clinical studies, with the goal of rational inflammation reprogramming. Dr. Vodovotz serves as the reviewer for over 60 professional journals and has received research funding from many groups, including the NIH, DOD, DARPA, American Heart Association, the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, the Atlantic Research Institute, and the NSF. He has over 300 publications, articles, book chapters/reviews, and abstracts.