Areas of Interest:

I am interested in enhancing wound healing and tissue regeneration in soft connective tissue (skin and tendon). Very young, healthy tissues heal in a more regenerative manner that is superior to the reparative healing seen in older or diseased tissue. The molecular orchestrators of this regenerative healing are not firmly established. My research will allow for better diagnostic and prognostic indicators of tissue health and better therapeutic intervention to restore tissues to aesthetically and functionally optimal states. The findings will have a substantial benefit to the military, to aged individuals, and to those with chronic wounds, including diabetics.

Recent Publications

• Simone Smith, Joan Marini (2015). (Osteogenesis Imperfecta. ). In De Groot, Beck-Peccoz et. al., Endotext .
• Joan Marini, Simone Smith, Adi Reich (2014). (Osteogenesis Imperfecta due to mutations in non-collagenous genes: Lessons in bone biology.). (4) 26, pp. 500-7. Curr Opin Pediatr..
• Simone Smith, Zhang Guiyun, Birk David (2013). (Collagen V localizes to pericellular sites during tendon collagen fibrillogenesis.). 13, pp. 00119-4. Matrix Biol.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.

Medical Sciences / The University of South Florida

B.S.

Biology / The University of South Florida