Lawrence M Boyd, Adjunct Assistant Professor  


Lawrence M Boyd
Contact Info:
Office Location:  136 Hudson Hall
Office Phone:  (919) 660-8272
Email Address:   send me a message
Web Page:

Education:

PhD, Duke University, 2007
MEM, Christian Brothers University, 1993
MS, Clemson University, 1989
BS, Clemson University, 1987
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Dean’s Award for Mentoring, Graduate School, Duke University, 2007
Graduate Certificate in Center for Biomolecular & Tissue Engineering, Duke University, 2007
Jeremy North Book Collectors Contest, Graduate Category Award Winner, Friends of the Library, Duke University, 2003
Teaching Grant, Boyd LM, Driscoll S and Mitchell S, “Initiation of a Teaching Engineering Discussion Group for BME Graduate Students”, Duke Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing, 2002
2001 NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Cellular and Biosurface Engineering, Duke University Center for Cellular and Biosurface Engineering, 2001
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Clemson University, 1987
Teaching (Fall 2012):

  • BME 385.01, INTRO BUS TECH BASED COMPANIES Synopsis
    TBA, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
  • EGRMGMT 590.09, ADV TOPICS IN ENG MGMT Synopsis
    TBA, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Allen, Kyle D. and Griffin, Timothy M. and Rodriguiz, Ramona M. and Wetsel, William C. and Kraus, Virginia B. and Huebner, Janet L. and Boyd, Lawrence M. and Setton, Lori A., Decreased Physical Function and Increased Pain Sensitivity in Mice Deficient for Type IX Collagen, ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, vol. 60 no. 9 (September, 2009), pp. 2684--2693 [doi]  [abs].
  2. Boyd, Lawrence M. and Richardson, William J. and Allen, Kyle D. and Flahiff, Charlene and Jing, Liufang and Li, Yefu and Chen, Jun and Setton, Lori A., Early-onset degeneration of the intervertebral disc and vertebral end plate in mice deficient in type IX collagen, ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, vol. 58 no. 1 (January, 2008), pp. 164--171 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Boyd, Lawrence M. and Carter, Andrew J., Injectable biomaterials and vertebral endplate treatment for repair and regeneration of the intervertebral disc, EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL, vol. 15 (August, 2006), pp. S414--S421 [doi]  [abs].
  4. Kitchel SH, Boyd LM and AJ Carter, NuCore Injectable Disc Nucleus, in Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine, edited by Kim DH, Cammisa FP and RG Fessler (2006), pp. 142-145, Thieme Medical Publishers .
  5. Boyd, L. M. and Richardson, W. J. and Chen, J. and Kraus, V. B. and Tewari, A. and Setton, L. A., Osmolarity regulates gene expression in intervertebral disc cells determined by gene array and real-time quantitative RT-PCR, ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 33 no. 8 (November, 2005), pp. 1071--1077 [doi]  [abs].
Professional Society Service:
  • North American Spine Society
  • Orthopaedic Research Society
  • Biomedical Engineering Society
  • American Society for Engineering Education