Bioprinted item under microscope
June 15, 2026

CiCHD researchers publish groundbreaking 3D bioprinted model of early human heart development in Nature Communications

Researchers affiliated with the Center for Innovation in Congenital Heart Disease (CiCHD) have published a landmark study in Nature Communications introducing what is believed to be the first fully human-based, 3D bioprinted, and perfused model of the embryonic heart tube—the…


Dr. Aitken presenting at podium
March 3, 2025

Publications & Presentations as of March 2025

Presentations Jaclyn E. Ruggiero, MD, Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been invited to speak at the Master Series at Oxford (external link) — an internationally recognized trauma and mental-health conference organized by luminaries in the field. This invitation follows her…