Karin Wuertz-Kozak is a pharmacist (2003) with a PhD in Human Biology (2006) and an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability (2015). She holds the position of Kate Gleason Endowed Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology and leads the Tissue Regeneration and Mechanobiology Laboratory. Her research aims to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying musculoskeletal and skin pathologies for the subsequent development of novel treatment options that allow for tissue regeneration by use of cells, biomaterials, biologics, genome engineering, and/or mechanical cues.