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| Frederick Schoen, MD, PhD |
Frederick Schoen, MD, PhD, vice chair of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Pathology, and professor of Pathology and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School, has been selected to receive the 2025 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Award from Acta Materialia, Inc., for his demonstrated leadership and work in the field of science and engineering of biomaterials.
Schoen was one of the first biomaterials scientists to show how the combined skills of a physician-engineer-scientist could shape how we think about disease and therapeutics. He is most widely recognized for his research on the biology of native heart valves and the development of valve replacement materials and devices, specifically through his work on pyrolytic carbon, valve failure mechanisms, calcification mechanisms in bioprosthetic heart valves and anti-calcification therapies, heart valve tissue engineering and approaches to analyzing retrieved surgical implants.
In addition to his work at the Brigham, Schoen was the first associate director of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), and he founded and directed courses in Pathology, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering and Medical Device Development. At the Harvard Catalyst (a consortium of Harvard-related institutions dedicated to translational research and innovation), he built a Mentoring Program (emphasizing mentor development and mentee empowerment) for scientists and physician-scientists intending careers in translational medicine.
Acta Materialia, Inc., is a nonprofit organization representing 36 professional societies worldwide. It is dedicated to disseminating the knowledge of science and engineering of materials, primarily by publishing high-quality journals covering all aspects of the multidisciplinary field of materials science and engineering, including biomaterials, nanomaterials, materials chemistry and physics. The corporation publishes four journals in collaboration with Elsevier: Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia, and Materialia.
