B. Chia Soo
VICE CHAIR FOR RESEARCH, UCLA PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
BIOENGINEERING
Phone: (310) 794-5479
Websites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Molecular mechanism of adult scar vs. fetal scarless wound healing
- Molecular mechanism of craniofacial anomalies - specifically craniosynostosis
- Molecular mechanism of osteogenesis and osteoporosis o Molecular mechanism of chondrogenesis
- Tissue engineering and regeneration of bone, cartilage, muscle and skin
- Perivascular stem cells
- Induced pluripotent stem cells
- Nanosilver based materials for tissue engineering
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/10wFDypucgk5o/bibliography/public/
EDUCATION
- 1989 BS Biology, Magna cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1993 MD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 1985-1989 National Merit Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1985-1989 Alpha Lambda Delta, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1989 Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1993 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2002 Best Resident Research Award, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2010 (Role: PI) Surgical Forum/Excellence in Research Award, 96th Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons
- 2011 (Role: PI) Winner - AADR/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Hatton Awards Competition- 89th General Session and Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research
- 2011 (Role: PI) Surgical Forum/Excellence in Research Award, 97th Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons
- 2013 (Role: PI) International Investigator Award, Annual American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Meeting Maryland
- 2013 (Role: PI) Young Investigator Award, Annual American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Meeting Maryland
- 2013 (Role: PI) Best Abstract Award from the Society for Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology. United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology, (PSC in ectopic & orthotopic models)
- 2014 (Role: PI) Best Pediatric / Developmental Biology Abstract, Annual Academic Surgical Congress
- 2014 (Role: PI) Johnson & Johnson Hatton Awards Competition Winner 2014, 43rd Annual American Association of Dental Research Meeting
- 2015 (Role: co-PI) Winner for American Association of Dental Research Annual Seminar (AADR) Bloc Travel Grant.
- 2015 (Role: PI) Finalist for Johnson & Johnson Hatton Competition (Senior Category)
- 2017 (Role: PI) Young Investigator Award, Annual American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Meeting Colorado
- 2018 (Role: PI) International Space Station (ISS) Innovation Award –For Biology and Medicine for Development of NELL-1 Bone-Growth Systemic Therapy, American Astronautical Society
- 2018 (Role: PI) First place of 2018 Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award (Basic science category), American Association of Orthodontics (AAO)
- 2019 (Role: co-PI) Thomas M. Graber Award of Special Merit, American Association of Orthodontics (AAO)
- 2019 (Role: PI) Research Section Award in the Preclinical Models Section
- 2019 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting
- 2019 (Role: PI) 1st place winner in master/resident category at oral and poster presentation at UCLA Dental Research Day (Feb 20, 2019, Los Angeles, California)
- 2019 (Role: PI) 1st Place winner in IADR Unilever Hatton Competition Senior Category (Basic Science), 2nd Place winner in AADR Hatton Competition Senior Category at 2019 International and American Association of Dental Research (IADR/AADR) General Session
- 2020 (Role: PI) Second place of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Scientific Photo Competition
- 2020 (Role: PI) Selected as finalist in the IADR Innovation Award for Excellence in Orthodontics Research. Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 (Role: co-PI) Jian W, et al. - Hatton Competition (Post-doctoral Category), Finalist, Finalist of International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Craniofacial Biology Research Group, Orthodontic & Craniofacial Clinical and Translational Research Award; Finalist of International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Orthodontic Research Group, Growth & Development Research Award). Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 (Role: co-PI) Li C, et al. - Hatton Competition (Post-doctoral Category) Finalist, Finalist of International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Craniofacial Biology Research Group, Orthodontic & Craniofacial Clinical and Translational Research Award; Finalist of International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Orthodontic Research Group, Growth & Development Research Award). Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 (Role: co-PI) Finalist in the IADR/AADR Craniofacial Biology Junior Awards Competition). Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 (Role: co-PI) Penn Dental Medicine AADR Travel Award 2020, Junior Investigator Category
- 2021 (Role: co-PI) ORS/ON Foundation Orthoregeneration Award at the 2021 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting.
- 2021 (Role: co-PI) IADR Innovation Award for Excellence in Orthodontics Research at 2021 Annual Meeting
- 2021 (Role: PI) 1st place winner of the Master’s/Resident’s Category. Presentation at University of California, Los Angeles 2021 Dentistry Research Day. Los Angeles, CA, February 5, 2021
- 2021 (Role: PI) 2nd place winner of Graduate Category in Physical/Liberal Sciences Category. Poster Presentation at Wernher Von Braun 2021 Symposium- to 2 PhD or MD students for spaceflight research; judged by NASA executives
- 2022 (Role: PI) Winner of the WHF/ Wound Healing Society (WHS) Translational and Regenerative Science Award at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC)
- 2022 (Role: PI) UCLA Viola Hyde Surgical Research Award 03/22 - $3000 to one medical student per surgical specialty; project on NELL-1 treatment for cartilage regeneration