A research team at Stony Brook Medicine’s Department of Surgery, led by Research Associate Professor Gurtej Singh, has received two grants totaling $696,431 to advance their work on tissue regeneration and wound healing for patients with severe injuries.
The funding comes from The Mathers Foundation ($646,431) and the Technology Accelerator Fund ($50,000). These new grants build upon previous seed grants awarded by the Stony Brook Department of Surgery in 2017 and 2019. Singh’s team also won the Long Island High Tech Incubator’s 2024 Venture Champions Challenge in the Life Sciences category for their high-tech wound-care solution and advanced healing patch.
Department of Surgery Chair Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD, said: “The Department of Surgery has supported our early career research faculty through seed grants, and the grants awarded to Dr. Singh and his team are a testament of the importance of these investments. This support will empower the research team, led by Dr. Singh, to continue pursuing innovative ideas, enhance cross-departmental collaborations and translate research findings to the next generation of therapies. We are thrilled with the demonstrated confidence to our department and remain committed to pushing the boundaries of discovery and making meaningful scientific contributions.”
Singh noted: “The seed grants from the Department of Surgery were truly the initial catalysts for our research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. They allowed us to purchase a 3D bioprinter and generate the first critical data on vascularized skin constructs. That early support made this line of research possible and directly contributed to the success of our Mathers Foundation grant.”
With this new funding, Singh’s team plans to study biological mechanisms related to inosculation and improve their vascularized scaffold design. Stony Brook University’s Intellectual Property Partners have recently filed a utility patent related to this work, which marks progress toward commercialization.
“At Stony Brook Surgery, our culture of collaboration between clinical and basic sciences is driving transformative research,” added Singh.
For more details on this project, readers can visit the Stony Brook Medicine Surgery blog.
