Curriculum Vitae



Christopher Gilchrist, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Duke University
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C/V A pdf version of this C/V can be found here: pdf
For a complete list of publications and presentations, see Publications.
Education Duke University, Durham, NC
Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering
Certificate Program in Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Research: Cell-Matrix Interactions in the Intervertebral Disc
Advisor: Lori A. Setton

The University of Texas, Austin, TX
M.S. Civil Engineering, May 1997
Thesis: Buckling Behavior of U-Shaped Box Girders
Advisor: Joseph A. Yura

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
B.S. Civil Engineering (w/highest honors), May 1995

Recent Publications Gilchrist, CL, Xia, Q, Setton, LA, and Hsu, E, “High-resolution determination of soft tissue deformations using MRI and first-order texture correlation” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 23 (5): 546-553 May 2004.

Gilchrist, CL, Witvoet-Braam, SB, Guilak, F, and Setton, L, “Measurement of intracellular strain on deformable substrates with texture correlation”, Journal of Biomechanics, 40(4):786-794, 2007.

Gilchrist, CL, Chen, J, Richardson, WJ, Loeser, RF, and Setton, LA, “Functional Integrin Subunits Regulating Cell-Matrix Interactions in the Intervertebral Disc”, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, (2007, Epub Feb 22).

Choi, JB, Youn, I, Cao, L, Leddy, HA, Gilchrist, CL, Setton, LA, Guilak, F, “Zonal changes in the three-dimensional morphology of the chondron in articular cartilage under compression: The relationship between cellular, pericellular, and extracellular deformation.”, Journal of Biomechanics, (2007, Epub Mar 28).

Gilchrist, CL, Guilak, F, and Setton, LA. “Intracellular Measurements of Strain Transfer using Texture Correlation”, in Biomechanics at Micro- and Nanoscale Levels, Volume III, Ed: H.Wada (invited chapter, in press)

Honors/Awards Tony Clark Award (1991)
Martin J. Gutzwiller Award (1995)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary (1994)
Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honorary (1994)
James B. Duke Fellow (2001-2005)
NIH CTBE Fellow (2002-2005)