Joyce Y Wong, PhD
Professor
Boston University College of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology



Dr. Wong’s main research interest is in the development of new biomaterials that interact with living cells in novel ways. She is interested in questions relating to biocompatibility and control of cellular behavior at the cell-material interface for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Her approach includes direct measurement of physicochemical interactions between biological molecules and model biomembrane systems. Dr. Wong’s research uses a combination of approaches from materials science and engineering, polymer science and polymer physics, colloid and surface science, cell culture, and biophysics.
Some of her projects include bioengineered patches for congenital heart defects in pediatric patients and design of theranostic agents to detect and treat cardiovascular disease.

Awards she has received include a NSF CAREER Award, Clare Boothe Luce Professorship, and Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. She was Chair of the 2011 Gordon Research Conference in Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering. Dr. Wong is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and a AAAS Fellow. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Biomedical Engineering Society, as Volume Organizer of the Materials Research Society Bulletin, and currently serves as co-chair of AIMBE Women and as a member on the Council of TERMIS-AM (Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society – Americas). To date, she has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications; her trainees include 19 PhDs and 13 postdoctoral fellows who have positions ranging from academia to industry to policy. She is currently on the advisory board and editorial board of numerous journals and in 2017 became Associate Editor of Biomedical Materials. In 2017 she was awarded the highest honor in the College of Engineering at Boston University, the Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecturer.

Member
Boston University
Genome Science Institute


Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Member
Boston University
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute


Director
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Provost Office


Member
Boston University
Center for Regenerative Medicine




BRIDGES: Biomedical Research to Industry Development, Growth, Engineering, and Scale-up
07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center


Identifying mediators of tubal infertility from upper reproductive tract infections in a Fallopian tube-on-a-chip
05/01/2025 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center


The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP)
04/01/2021 - 02/28/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Joyce Y Wong, PhD
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIDDK
5R25DK128858-05

Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship for Madison Fletcher
09/01/2023 - 08/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Joyce Y Wong, PhD
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.


Miniaturized microfluidic device for high throughput formulation of Lipid Nanoparticles
08/02/2022 - 03/31/2025 (PI)
Pfizer, Inc.


Biomaterials science and engineering approach for local progesterone inactivation
06/30/2021 - 12/31/2023 (PI)
Grand Challenges Canada


Mechanically active extracellular matrix fibers for tissue engineering applications
02/13/2020 - 04/30/2022 (Key Person / Mentor)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5F31HL151082-02

SBIR Phase II: Targeted Polymerized Shell Microbubbles to Image and Treat Surgical Adhesions
09/01/2018 - 02/28/2022 (Multi-PI)
PI: Joyce Y Wong, PhD
NanoValent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NIH NIGMS
5R44GM116530-03

Biomechanical Determinants of Lung Cell Fate in Pluripotent Stem Cells
09/01/2014 - 04/30/2019 (Multi-PI)
PI: Joyce Y Wong, PhD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R01HL124280-04

In vitro vascularization and perfusion of human stem cell derived organoids for use in drug testing and as models of disease, development, and function
11/21/2017 - 11/20/2018 (PI)
The International Foundation for Ethical Research


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 Boston University BIRCWH 1K12AR085635-01
2025 The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP) 5R25DK128858-05
2024 The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP) 5R25DK128858-04
2023 The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP) 5R25DK128858-03
2022 The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP) 5R25DK128858-02
2021 The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP) 1R25DK128858-01
2019 Targeted Polymerized Shell Microbubbles to Image and Treat Surgical Adhesions 5R44GM116530-03 1
2018 Targeted Polymerized Shell Microbubbles to Image and Treat Surgical Adhesions 2R44GM116530-02 1
2017 Biomechanical determinants of lung cell fate in pluripotent stem cells 5R01HL124280-04 4
2016 Targeted Polymerized Shell Microbubbles to Image Surgical Adhesions 1R41GM116530-01A1 1
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  1. Vatterott PJ, Drumheller PD, Ding N, Wong JY. The role of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in medical devices and delivery systems: Why the electrophysiologist should care. Heart Rhythm. 2025 Sep; 22(9):2151-2155. PMID: 40658066
     
  2. Drumheller PD, Ding N, Wong JY, Beraud D, Vatterott PJ. PFAS regulations and the potential impacts on patient care. Heart Rhythm. 2025 Sep; 22(9):2157-2159. PMID: 40658064
     
  3. Lion AT, Bodine SM, McCutcheon KR, Ghogale M, Chandragiri S, Abayawardena D, Shrestha BD, Descoteaux A, Alvarez K, Balkman JA, Cocke B, Wikramanayake AH, Schlezinger J, Wong JY, Prakash VN, Bradham CA. PFAS compounds PFOA and Gen X are teratogenic to sea urchin embryos. Dev Biol. 2025 Sep; 525:139-154.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40480305; PMCID: PMC12281492; DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.06.004;
     
  4. Prasad R, Ghosh A, Patel V, Peng B, Mendes BB, Win EHA, Delogu LG, Wong JY, Pischel KJ, Bellare JR, Bar-Shir A, Thakor AS, Parak WJ, Bhujwalla ZM, Zhang YS, Kommineni N, Rotello VM, Cai W, Lammers T, Odom TW, Padmanaban G, Peer D, Lovell JF, Srivastava R, Langer R, Conde J. Voices of Nanomedicine: Blueprint Guidelines for Collaboration in Addressing Global Unmet Medical Needs. ACS Nano. 2025 Jan 28; 19(3):2979-2991. PMID: 39792961; PMCID: PMC12412050; DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c13513;
     
  5. Harpster SL, Piñeiro AM, Wong JY. Methods for Rapid Characterization of Tunable Microbubble Formulations. Bioengineering (Basel). 2024 Dec 03; 11(12). PMID: 39768042; PMCID: PMC11673760; DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11121224;
     
  6. Lion AT, Bodine SM, McCutcheon KR, Ghogale M, Chandragiri S, Abayawardena D, Shrestha BD, Descoteaux A, Alvarez K, Balkman JA, Cocke B, Wikramanayake AH, Schlezinger J, Wong JY, Prakash VN, Bradham CA. PFAS Compounds PFOA and Gen X are Teratogenic to Sea Urchin Embryos. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 21.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39605628; PMCID: PMC11601578; DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.21.624751;
     
  7. List D, Gardner A, Claure I, Wong JY, Brown KA. ASMI: An automated, low-cost indenter for soft matter. HardwareX. 2024 Dec; 20:e00601. PMID: 39553920; PMCID: PMC11564920; DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00601;
     
  8. King MR, Raphael RM, Wong JY. The 2024 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Cell Mol Bioeng. 2024 Oct; 17(5):313-315. PMID: 39513007; PMCID: PMC11538218; DOI: 10.1007/s12195-024-00826-x;
     
  9. Marr EE, Isenberg BC, Wong JY. Effects of polydimethylsiloxane membrane surface treatments on human uterine smooth muscle cell strain response. Bioact Mater. 2024 Feb; 32:415-426. PMID: 37954466; PMCID: PMC10632608; DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.10.006;
     
  10. Whitaker RD, Decano JL, Gormley C, Beigie CA, Meisel C, Tan GA, Moran AM, Giordano NJ, Park Y, Huang P, Andersson S, Gantz D, Grant AK, Ruiz-Opazo N, Herrera VLM, Wong JY. Janus USPION modular platform (JUMP) for theranostic ultrasound-mediated targeted intratumoral microvascular imaging and DNA/miRNA delivery. Theranostics. 2022; 12(18):7646-7667.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36451861; PMCID: PMC9706579; DOI: 10.7150/thno.78454;
     
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 134 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2016

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