Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) | BioFabUSA
Jennifer MacDonald, MD, currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) | BioFabUSA. Previous roles include Senior Advisor to the Secretary and to the Acting Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as Chief Consultant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health. Jennifer has also contributed as an Advisor in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and served as a White House Fellow. Additionally, Jennifer is on the Board of Directors for the White House Fellows Foundation and Association. Educationally, Jennifer is pursuing studies at UCLA and the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) | BioFabUSA
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The BioFabUSA program is a public-private partnership between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), a member-driven, nonprofit organization whose mission is to make practical the scalable, consistent and cost-effective manufacturing of engineered tissues and tissue-related technologies, to benefit existing industries and grow new ones. Within the last decade, significant breakthroughs in cell biology, biofabrication and materials science have laid the foundation for the large-scale manufacturing and commercialization of engineered tissues. However, the field of tissue engineering remains fragmented and lacks a mechanistic framework through which to translate laboratory discovery into manufactured products. The goal of the institute is to close the gap in focus that inhibits the commercialization and translation of research and development. By removing existing regulatory hurdles, producing scalable, GMP-compliant processes, and establishing a commercial ecosystem, ARMI will help catalyze and foster the development of a new industry.