Samira Musah
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical EngineeringOverview
The Musah Lab is interested in understanding how molecular signals and biophysical forces can function either synergistically or independently to guide organ development and physiology, and how these processes can be therapeutically harnessed to treat human disease. Given the escalating medical crisis in nephrology as growing number of patients suffer from kidney disease that can lead to organ failure, the Musah Lab focuses on engineering stem cell fate for applications in human kidney disease, extra-renal complications, and therapeutic development. Dr. Musah’s research interests include stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, molecular and cellular basis of human organ development and disease progression, organ engineering, patient-specific disease models, biomarker identification, therapeutic discovery, tissue and organ transplantation, microphysiological systems including Organ Chips (organs-on-chips) and organoids, matrix biology, mechanotransduction and disease biophysics.
Positions
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering
2019 Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor in Cell Biology in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Assistant Professor in Medicine in the School of Medicine
2019 School of Medicine
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2019 School of Medicine
Education
Ph.D. 2013
2013 University of Wisconsin, Madison
Publications, Grants & Awards
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27708