Dr. Natalie Artzi

Dr. Natalie Artzi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is a Principal Research Scientist at MIT and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. She completed her postdoctoral studies Prof. Elazer Edelman’s lab at MIT, focusing on smart biomaterials design. Natalie pioneered basic research in the areas of tissue adhesive materials and tissue: material interactions. She completed her PhD under the mentorship of Prof. Moshe Narkis at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Her PhD focused on the development of Polymers: Clay Nanocomposite Systems. Natalie directs multiple research venues aiming to integrate science, engineering and medicine to solve problems in human health. Her tissue-responsive nanomaterials research is dedicated to rationally designing personalized materials and medical devices to combat cancer, improve tissue regeneration in orthopedic applications and treat gastrointestinal diseases. She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Science Translational Medicine, the Program Committee of the American Society for Biomaterials, as well as editorial boards and advisory boards of biotech companies. Aiming to propel technologies from bench to bedside, the group studies tissue: biomaterial interactions in light of clinically-relevant conditions as manifest by the disease. Natalie recently founded her first spin off company from her lab, which provides solutions for better wound closure and healing following internal surgeries.