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Barbara became a director of the Company in November 2006. Since 2002, Barbara has been a Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. During the same timeframe, she has also held the Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has been Deputy Director for Research, Georgia Tech/Emory Center for Engineering of Living Tissues, Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1981 to 2002, she was Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, where she also served as Director, Industry University Cooperative Research Center and Director, Center for the Enhancement of the Biology/Biomaterials Interface. Barbara is a founder of Osteobiologics, Inc. and was a founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Orthonics, Inc.Barbara is a consultant to several companies and institutes, including: EBI, LLP; Exactech, Inc.; Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation; Spinology, Inc.; Biomimetics; OrthoLogic Corporation; Chrysalis BioTechnology, Inc.; and Institute Straumann AG. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of ArthroCare Corporation.Barbara is a co-founder of the Biomedical Development Corporation, a for-profit business dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of innovative products in the medical and healthcare fields. She is also a member of the following committees of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: Women's Health Initiatives; Orthopedic Device Forum; and Biologic Implants. Barbara holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in biology from Rice University. | 