Research Forward
Research Forward is a program to stimulate innovative and groundbreaking research at UW–Madison that is collaborative, multidisciplinary and potentially transformative. The Research Forward initiative is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and is supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which provides funding for one or two years, depending on the needs and scope of the project.
Bo Liu
Bo Liu, PhD, professor of surgery. She studies the biology of blood vessels, and her Research Forward project is titled “Development of 3D-Printed Piezoelectric Stents with Self-Powered Anti-Restenosis Properties.” The project seeks to propose a stent that has self-generated electrical potential that can resist cell buildup without the need for drugs.