Luisa DiPietro

Dr. Luisa DiPietro is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. She is Director of the Center for Wound Repair and Tissue Regeneration and a Professor of Periodontics for the College.[1]

Dr. DiPietro’s interests in wound healing focus on the effects of aging and inflammation on scarring during healing. She investigates critical differences in inflammation and angiogenesis between oral versus cutaneous wounds that ultimately result in rapid, nonscarring healing in mucosa.

Dr. DiPietro received her PhD in immunology and DDS from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

References

  1. ↑ "A balancing act". Findings (National Institute of General Medical Sciences). September 2007. p. 7. Retrieved 31 July 2011.