Catherine Whittington

Associate Professor

EDUCATION

BS Biomedical Engineering Louisiana Tech University summa cum laude 2006

PhD Biomedical Engineering Purdue University 2012

Postdoc Oncology Eli Lilly and Company 2013-2017

Visiting Scholar Biomedical Engineering Purdue University 2013-2017

Expert Bio

Catherine Whittington conducts research that seeks to help better understand and treat diseases. She leverages advanced materials and cell-based systems, such as creating realistic 3D models of human tissues, to study how diseases develop and eventually test new therapies. Whittington can speak about how more accurate models can improve the testing of medication. She is developing laboratory models to study fibrosis in the pancreas, skin, and uterine fibroids. She also conducts tissue engineering research that explores the role of tissue stiffening in pancreatic cancer, cancer metastasis, and lymphedema.

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WBZ News Radio 1030

WPI Professor Researching Disease That Affects Millions Of Women

Catherine Whittington, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and her students are researching uterine fibroids. Student projects in her lab have paved the way for research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to develop laboratory models that could lead to better understanding in the search for treatments.

Additional Publications: The Worcester Guardian

Drug Discovery World

Meet the researcher: Catherine Whittington

Catherine Whittington, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, spoke with Drug Discovery World about her work developing experimental models that seek greater understanding about and help patients affected by fibrosis in the pancreas, skin, and uterine fibroids.

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