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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
110
Citations
45144
World Ranking
889
National Ranking
539

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
46235
World Ranking
898
National Ranking
561

Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
46561
World Ranking
5138
National Ranking
2777

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For engineering implant technologies for bone and cartilage repair.
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Barbara D. Boyan is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including biomedical engineering, surgery, molecular biology, cancer research, and genetics.

The scientist has focused research efforts on topics such as bone tissue engineering materials, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, dental implant techniques and outcomes, estrogen and related hormone effects, extracellular vesicles in disease, microRNA in disease regulation, and osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms.

Notable recent publications include:

  • A Review of Biomimetic Topographies and Their Role in Promoting Bone Formation and Osseointegration: Implications for Clinical Use, 2022, Biomimetics
  • Regulation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation on microstructured titanium surfaces by semaphorin 3A, 2020, Bone
  • Titanium implant surface properties enhance osseointegration in ovariectomy induced osteoporotic rats without pharmacologic intervention, 2020, Clinical Oral Implants Research
  • The Role of Matrix-Bound Extracellular Vesicles in the Regulation of Endochondral Bone Formation, 2022, Cells
  • Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Exosomes Ameliorate Periodontitis, 2022, Journal of Dental Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barbara D. Boyan include:

  • Zvi Schwartz
  • David J. Cohen
  • Michael B. Berger
  • Jingyao Deng
  • Niels C. Asmussen

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • Biomimetics
  • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
  • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials
  • Calcified Tissue International
  • Bone

Barbara D. Boyan has received multiple professional recognitions, including being named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016, Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 2012, Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 for engineering implant technologies for bone and cartilage repair, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2006, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2000, and Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Role of material surfaces in regulating bone and cartilage cell response

    Barbara D. Boyan;Thomas W. Hummert;David D. Dean;Zvi Schwartz

  • Effect of titanium surface roughness on proliferation, differentiation, and protein synthesis of human osteoblast-like cells (MG63)

    J. Y. Martin;Z. Schwartz;T. W. Hummert;D. M. Schraub

  • A review of polyvinyl alcohol and its uses in cartilage and orthopedic applications.

    Maribel I. Baker;Steven P. Walsh;Zvi Schwartz;Barbara D. Boyan

  • High surface energy enhances cell response to titanium substrate microstructure.

    G. Zhao;Z. Schwartz;M. Wieland;F. Rupp

  • The effects of combined micron-/submicron-scale surface roughness and nanoscale features on cell proliferation and differentiation

    Rolando A. Gittens;Taylor McLachlan;Rene Olivares-Navarrete;Ye Cai

  • A review on the wettability of dental implant surfaces II: Biological and clinical aspects

    Rolando A. Gittens;Lutz Scheideler;Frank Rupp;Sharon L. Hyzy

  • Surface roughness modulates the local production of growth factors and cytokines by osteoblast-like MG-63 cells.

    K. Kieswetter;Z. Schwartz;T. W. Hummert;D. L. Cochran

  • Titanium surface characteristics, including topography and wettability, alter macrophage activation

    Kelly M. Hotchkiss;Gireesh B. Reddy;Sharon L. Hyzy;Zvi Schwartz

  • A review on the wettability of dental implant surfaces I: theoretical and experimental aspects.

    Frank Rupp;Rolando A. Gittens;Lutz Scheideler;Abraham Marmur

  • Requirement for both micron-and submicron scale structure for synergistic responses of osteoblasts to substrate surface energy and topography

    G. Zhao;A. L. Raines;M. Wieland;Zvi Schwartz;Zvi Schwartz

  • Titanium surface roughness alters responsiveness of MG63 osteoblast‐like cells to 1α,25‐(OH)2D3

    B. D. Boyan;R. Batzer;K. Kieswetter;Y. Liu

  • Underlying mechanisms at the bone–biomaterial interface.

    Zvi Schwartz;B. D. Boyan

  • Ability of Commercial Demineralized Freeze-Dried Bone Allograft to Induce New Bone Formation

    Zvi Schwartz;Zvi Schwartz;J. T. Mellonig;D. L. Carnes;J. De La Fontaine

  • The Role of Implant Surface Characteristics in the Healing of Bone

    K. Kieswetter;Zvi Schwartz;David D Dean;B. D. Boyan

  • Differential regulation of osteoblasts by substrate microstructural features

    O. Zinger;G. Zhao;Zvi Schwartz;J. Simpson

  • Implant osseointegration and the role of microroughness and nanostructures: Lessons for spine implants

    Rolando A. Gittens;Rene Olivares-Navarrete;Zvi Schwartz;Barbara D. Boyan

  • Von Kossa Staining Alone Is Not Sufficient to Confirm that Mineralization In Vitro Represents Bone Formation

    L. F. Bonewald;S. E. Harris;J. Rosser;M. R. Dallas

  • Implant surface characteristics modulate differentiation behavior of cells in the osteoblastic lineage.

    Z. Schwartz;C. H. Lohmann;J. Oefinger;L. F. Bonewald

  • Osteoblasts generate an osteogenic microenvironment when grown on surfaces with rough microtopographies.

    Barbara D. Boyan;S. Lossdörfer;L. Wang;G. Zhao

  • Stimulation of growth factor synthesis by electric and electromagnetic fields.

    Roy K Aaron;Barbara D Boyan;Deborah McK Ciombor;Zvi Schwartz;Zvi Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvi Schwartz
Zvi Schwartz Virginia Commonwealth University
David D Dean
David D Dean The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Victor L. Sylvia
Victor L. Sylvia United States Air Force
David L. Cochran
David L. Cochran The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Lynda F. Bonewald
Lynda F. Bonewald Indiana University
Adele L. Boskey
Adele L. Boskey Hospital for Special Surgery
Asher Ornoy
Asher Ornoy Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Kenneth H. Sandhage
Kenneth H. Sandhage Purdue University West Lafayette
Karen J. Berkley
Karen J. Berkley Florida State University
Roger M. Enoka
Roger M. Enoka University of Colorado Boulder

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