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Mehdi Benmassaoud PhD, BS, MSc

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Pediatrics Cardiology

Research Areas of Interest

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Bone Substitutes
  • Cell Engineering
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Tissue Scaffolds

    • Publications (10)

  • Cannabis use is associated with a lower likelihood of presence of HIV drug resistance mutations in a retrospective cohort of adults with HIV. (Hale JF, Reynolds S, Kates HR, Palella RD, Benmassaoud MM, Smith KA, Yu D, Ramirez SH, Andrews AM) NeuroImmune Pharm Ther 2025 Mar;4(1):49-57 PMID: 40313366 PMCID: PMC12041849 05/02/2025    
  • Something to talk about; crosstalk disruption at the neurovascular unit during HIV infection of the CNS. (Galpayage Dona KNU, Benmassaoud MM, Gipson CD, McLaughlin JP, Ramirez SH, Andrews AM) NeuroImmune Pharm Ther 2024 Jun;3(2):97-111 PMID: 39958876 PMCID: PMC11823645 02/17/2025    
  • Extracellular Peptide-Ligand Dimerization Actuator Receptor Design for Reversible and Spatially Dosed 3D Cell-Material Communication. (Recktenwald M, Bhattacharya R, Benmassaoud MM, MacAulay J, Chauhan VM, Davis L, Hutt E, Galie PA, Staehle MM, Daringer NM, Pantazes RJ, Vega SL) ACS Synth Biol 2025 Jul 18;14(7):2494-2513 PMID: 39705005 PMCID: PMC12281622 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85212791468 12/20/2024       1 Citation
  • Antimicrobial Peptide Screening for Designing Custom Bactericidal Hydrogels. (Recktenwald M, Kaur M, Benmassaoud MM, Copling A, Khanna T, Curry M, Cortes D, Fleischer G, Carabetta VJ, Vega SL) Pharmaceutics 2024 Jun 27;16(7) PMID: 39065557 PMCID: PMC11279943 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199667444 07/27/2024       4 Citations
  • A 3D-printed blood-brain barrier model with tunable topology and cell-matrix interactions. (Paone LS, Benmassaoud MM, Curran A, Vega SL, Galie PA) Biofabrication 2023 Oct 20;16(1) PMID: 37820611 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174641791 10/12/2023       12 Citations
  • Porous Scaffold-Hydrogel Composites Spatially Regulate 3D Cellular Mechanosensing. (DiCerbo M, Benmassaoud MM, Vega SL) Front Med Technol 2022;4:884314 PMID: 35586573 PMCID: PMC9108230 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149126326 05/20/2022       7 Citations
  • Effect of temperature and ultraviolet light on the bacterial kill effectiveness of antibiotic-infused 3D printed implants. (Ranganathan SI, Kohama C, Mercurio T, Salvatore A, Benmassaoud MM, Kim TWB) Biomed Microdevices 2020 Aug 26;22(3):59 PMID: 32845409 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089850902 08/28/2020       16 Citations
  • Hydrogel screening approaches for bone and cartilage tissue regeneration. (Benmassaoud MM, Gultian KA, DiCerbo M, Vega SL) Ann N Y Acad Sci 2020 Jan;1460(1):25-42 PMID: 31608458 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076744941 10/15/2019       30 Citations
  • Efficacy of eluted antibiotics through 3D printed femoral implants. (Benmassaoud MM, Kohama C, Kim TWB, Kadlowec JA, Foltiny B, Mercurio T, Ranganathan SI) Biomed Microdevices 2019 Jun 15;21(3):51 PMID: 31203428 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85067340379 06/17/2019       28 Citations
  • Novel fractal planar electrode design for efficient neural stimulation. (Xuefeng Wei, Benmassaoud M, Meller M, Kuchibhatla S) Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016 Aug;2016:1802-1805 PMID: 28268678 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85009100435 03/09/2017       6 Citations
    • Last update: 02/22/2026