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    W. Mark Saltzman, PhD

    Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering
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    Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering

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    Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering

    Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering

    Biography

    W. Mark Saltzman is an engineer and educator. His research has impacted the fields of drug delivery, biomaterials, nanobiotechnology, and tissue engineering. This work is described in more than 350 research papers and patents. He is also the sole author of three textbooks: Biomedical Engineering, Tissue Engineering, and Drug Delivery. During more than 35 years leading independent research programs at Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Yale, he has introduced mathematical models for guiding the design of drug delivery systems, developed new methods for drug delivery to brain tumors, produced the first controlled delivery systems for nerve growth factors, the first delivery systems for long-term protection against STDs using antibodies, and new materials for delivery of DNA and RNA. In the course of this work, he has been the primary mentor for 43 doctoral students and 27 postdoctoral associates; many of these scholars are now leading their own independent research programs at top-rate universities.

    Prof. Saltzman graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in chemical engineering and received MS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering and medical engineering from MIT. He was appointed the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Yale in 2002. He was the founding chair of Yale’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and served in that role for 12 years. From 2016-2022, he was the Head of Jonathan Edwards College, one of Yale’s fourteen residential colleges.

    Prof. Saltzman is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine and the US National Academy of Engineering.

    Appointments

    Other Departments & Organizations

    • Cellular & Molecular Physiology
    • Center for Biomedical and Interventional Technology (CBIT)
    • Center for RNA Science and Medicine
    • Chemical and Environmental Engineering
    • Dean's Workshops
    • Dermatology
    • Developmental Therapeutics
    • Diabetes Research Center
    • Global Health Studies
    • Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
    • Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
    • Liver Center
    • Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
    • Neuroscience Track
    • NIH T32 Program
    • Rheumatic Diseases Research Core
    • Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
    • WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
    • Women's Health Research at Yale
    • Wu Tsai Institute
    • Yale Cancer Center
    • Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
    • Yale CTAP
    • Yale Institute for Global Health
    • Yale Ventures
    • Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative

    Education & Training

    PhD
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1987)
    BS
    Iowa State University (1981)

    Research

    Overview

    W. Mark Saltzman is an engineer and educator. His research has impacted the fields of drug delivery, biomaterials, nanobiotechnology, and tissue engineering. This work is described in more than 350 research papers and patents. He is also the sole author of three textbooks: Biomedical Engineering, Tissue Engineering, and Drug Delivery. During more than 35 years leading independent research programs at Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Yale, he has introduced mathematical models for guiding the design of drug delivery systems, developed new methods for drug delivery to brain tumors, produced the first controlled delivery systems for nerve growth factors, the first delivery systems for long-term protection against STDs using antibodies, and new materials for delivery of DNA and RNA. In the course of this work, he has been the primary mentor for 43 doctoral students and 27 postdoctoral associates; many of these scholars are now leading their own independent research programs at top-rate universities.

    Prof. Saltzman graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in chemical engineering and received MS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering and medical engineering from MIT. He was appointed the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Yale in 2002. He was the founding chair of Yale’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and served in that role for 12 years. From 2016-2022, he was the Head of Jonathan Edwards College, one of Yale’s fourteen residential colleges.

    Prof. Saltzman is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine and the US National Academy of Engineering.


    Medical Research Interests

    Cell Communication; Drug Discovery
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    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of W. Mark Saltzman's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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