S. Dan Dimitrijevich, Ph.D. Director

S. Dan Dimitrijevich, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Professor at the UNT Health Science Center's Department of Integrative Physiology. His research interest is in the role of cell-matrix interactions in maintenance (homeostasis) and repair of human tissue. Dr. Dimitrijevich has developed in vitro models of living human tissues (skin, cornea and conjunctiva), and using gene transfer techniques is pioneering the concept of grafts into implants that will actively participate in their integration with the host. His NASA sponsored studies of tissue assembly in simulated zero gravity have resulted in the development of the Double Chamber Rotating Wall Vessels. Dr. Dimitrijevich is a fellow of the Royal Chemical Society (UK), member of Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology, member of the Society for Tissue Repair and Regeneration, and is a consultant to a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson.

            Research Projects for the Cardiovascular Research Institute

            Anti-Adhesion Patch

            Blood Vessel Construction

            Human Tissue Equivalent