Dr. Bridges focuses on issues involving biomechanics of human injury, occupant kinematics, and occupant restraints related to automobile collisions and all-terrain vehicle accidents. Dr. Bridges has seven years of combined experience in biomedical research and medical devices. She has technical experience designing and evaluating surgical instrumentation for ligation and minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures.
Dr. Bridges also has expertise in biomaterials, with an emphasis on inflammatory responses to implanted materials. Her previous research focused on developing micro-scale hydrogel-based coatings to enhance biocompatibility of implantable materials and devices. She has extensive experience with in vivo implantation procedures, cell-based assays, histology, surface analysis, and microscopy techniques. Dr. Bridges has presented research at both national and international conferences.
Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Bridges was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the Cellular and Biosurface Engineering Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Bridges AW, García AJ. Anti-inflammatory polymeric coatings for implantable biomaterials and devices. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2008; 2:984–994.
Bridges AW, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Reduced acute inflammatory responses to microgel conformal coatings. Biomater 2008; 29:4605–4615.
Singh N, Bridges AW, García AJ, Lyon LA. Covalent tethering of functional microgel films onto poly(ethylene terephthalate) surfaces. Biomacromolecules 2007; 8(10):3271–3275.
Keselowsky BG, Bridges AW, Burns KL, Tate CC, Babensee JE, LaPlaca MC, García AJ. Role of plasma fibronectin in the foreign body response to biomaterials. Biomater 2007; 28:3626–3631.
Denslow SA, Walls AA, Daub ME. Regulation of biosynthetic genes and antioxidant properties of vitamin B6 vitamers during plant defense responses. Phys and Molec Plant Pathol 2005; 66:244 =–255.
Presentations
Bridges AW, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Non-fouling microgel coatings reduce inflammatory responses to implanted biomaterials. Oral presentation, World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008.
Bridges AW, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Poly(ethylene glycol) cross-linked microgel coatings reduce leukocyte adhesion in vivo. Poster presentation, Georgia Life Sciences Summit, Atlanta, GA, 2007.
Bridges AW, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Polyethylene glycol cross-linked microgel coatings reduce leukocyte adhesion in vivo. Poster presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials, Plymouth, NH, 2007.
Bridges AW, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Polyethylene glycol-based microgel coatings reduce leukocyte adhesion in vivo. Oral presentation, Society for Biomaterials, Chicago, IL, 2007.
Bridges AW, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. PEG-crosslinked microgel coatings reduce macrophage adhesion to biomaterials. Oral presentation, Industrial Partners Symposium at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
Walls AA, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Poly(ethylene glycol) crosslinked microgel coatings reduce macrophage adhesion to biomaterials. Oral presentation, Society for Biomaterials, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006.
Walls AA, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. Poly(ethylene glycol)-crosslinked microgel coatings reduce macrophage adhesion to biomaterials. Poster presentation, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues (GTEC) and National Science Foundation site visit, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
Walls AA, Singh N, Burns KL, Babensee JE, Lyon LA, García AJ. PEG-crosslinked microgel coatings modulate inflammatory responses to biomaterials. Poster presentation, Educational Partners Symposium at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2005.