Rebecca Scott

Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Professor

Email: rebecca.scott@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-3861
Office: GH 320

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of Delaware and Nemours-Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Saint Louis University

Research Focus

Dr. Scott’s current interests are divided into three categories:

Engineering Education: developing and evaluating instructional methods to prepare the next generation of biomedical engineers
Engineering Design: collaborating with engineering students and clinicians to design solutions that address unmet clinical needs
K-12 Outreach: developing accessible STEM programming for K-12 students and teachers

Dr. Scott’s doctoral training focused the development and characterization of proteoglycan mimics for therapeutic use in cardiovascular disease. During her post-doctoral research, Dr. Scott focused on developing cell-instructive biomaterial platforms to direct vascular and inflammatory cell phenotypes and behaviors.

Selected Publications

Rooney SI and RA Scott. Promoting Effective Student Teamwork Through Deliberate Instruction, Documentation, Accountability, and Assessment. Biomedical Engineering Education. 1: 221-227. 2021.
Scott RA, EW Fowler, X Jia, KL Kiick, and RE Akins. Regulation of Neovasculogenesis in Co-Cultures of Aortic Adventitial Fibroblasts and Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Cell-Cell Interactions and TGF-b/ALK-5 Signaling. PLoS ONE. 15(12): e0244243. 2020.
Scott RA, KL Kiick, and RE Akins. Substrate Stiffness Directs the Phenotype and Polarization State of Cord Blood-Derived Macrophages. Acta Biomaterialia. 2020.
Scott RA, KG Robinson, KL Kiick, and RE Akins. Human Adventitial Fibroblast Phenotype Depends on the Progression of Changes in Substrate Stiffness. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 9(8): 1901593. 2020.
Robinson KG, RA Scott, AM Hesek, EJ Woodford, W Amir, TA Planchon, KL Kiick, and RE Akins. Reduced Arterial Elasticity Due to Surgical Skeletonization is Ameliorated by Abluminal PEG Hydrogel. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 2(2): 222-232. 2017.
Kharkar PM, RA Scott, LP Olney, PJ LeValley, E Maverakis, KL Kiick, and AM Kloxin. Controlling the Release of Small, Bioactive Proteins via Dual Mechanisms with Therapeutic Potential. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 6(24): 1700713. 2017.
Scott RA, AK Ramaswamy, K Park, and A Panitch. Decorin Mimic Promotes Endothelial Cell Health in Endothelial Cell-Smooth Muscle Cell Co-Cultures. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 11(5): 1365-1376. 2015.

A complete list of publications can be found on Google Scholar.