Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation
George A. Truskey is associate vice president for Research & Innovation and the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. He received a BS degree in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. His current research interests include the response of cells to physical forces, cardiovascular and skeletal muscle tissue engineering, and the development of human microphysiological systems for disease modeling and drug and toxicity testing. He served as the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke from 2003-2011 during which he led efforts to obtain the endowment for the Coulter-Duke Translational Partnership. From 2011-2020, he was Senior Associate Dean for the Pratt School of Engineering and facilitated the expansion in research and faculty and development of new educational programs. He was president of the Biomedical Engineering Society from 2008-2010. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Heart Association and the International Academy of Medical & Biological Engineering (IAMBE).