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The founding members of the Society came together during the International Hyaluronan meeting (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) in October 2003, during a round table discussion. The Founders formally agreed to take part in the formation of the society, which was then officially incorporated by Dr. Endre Balazs and Dr. Vincent Hascall on October 4, 2004. Founding Members |  Giovanni Abatangelo, Ph.D.
Dipartimento di Istologia
Microbiologia e Biotecnologie
Mediche/Sezione Istologia e Embriologia
Padova, ITALY
|  Endre A. Balazs, M.D.
Chairman of the Board
Matrix Biology Institute
Edgewater, NJ USA
Malcolm P. Aldrich Research Professor Emeritus
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY USA
| |  Mary Cowman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Dept. of Chemical and Biological Sciences and Engineering
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, NY USA
|  Anthony J. Day, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Wellcome Trust Centre for
Cell-Matrix Research,
Faculty of Life Sciences,
University of Manchester,
Manchester, UK
| |  Janet Denlinger, Ph.D.
President
Matrix Biology Institute
Edgewater, NJ USA
|  Timothy Hardingham, Ph.D.
Director
UK Centre For Tissue Engineering
Universities of Manchester & Liverpool
Manchester, UK
| |  Vincent C. Hascall, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH USA
|  Koji Kimata, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Institute of Molecular Science
Aichi Medical University
Nagakute, Aichi, JAPAN
New York, NY USA
| |  Cheryl Knudson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, NC USA
|  Warren Knudson, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Pathology and Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, NC USA
| |  Torvard Laurent, M.D., Ph.D.
Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology
University of Uppsala
Uppsala, SWEDEN
|  Ulla Laurent, M.D., Ph.D.
Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology
University of Uppsala
Uppsala, SWEDEN
| |  Glyn O. Phillips, Ph.D., DSc, Hon DSc, FRSC
Executive Chairman
Phillips Hydrocolliods Research Ltd.
Cardiff, Wales UK
|  Peter Prehm, Ph.D.
Professor
Münster University Hospital
Dept. of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry
Münster GERMANY
| |  Glenn Prestwich, Ph.D.
Presidential Professor
Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT USA
|  John Scott, Ph.D.
Chemical Morphology
Manchester University Medical School
Manchester UK
| |  John Sheehan, Ph.D.
Cystic Fibrosis Center
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC USA
|  Robert Stern, M.D.
Professor
Dept. of Pathology
School of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA USA
| |  Bryan Toole, Ph.D.
Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC USA
|  Eva Turley, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Dept. of Oncology
London Regional Cancer Center
London, Ontario CANADA
| |  Paul Weigel, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK USA
|  Charles Weiss, M.D.
Chairman, Emeritus
Dept. of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, FL USA
| |  Thomas Wight, Ph.D.
Dept. of Vascular Biology
The Hope Heart Institute
1124 Columbia Street, Ste. 783
Seattle, WA 98104-2046
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| | | | | TRUSTEES | OFFICERS | | Tony Day | President: Endre Balazs | | Timothy Hardingham | Secretary: Paul Weigel | | Vincent Hascal | Treasurer: Mary Cowman | | Raija Tammi | Divisional VP, Basic Sciences: Cheryl Knudson | | Bryan Toole | Divisional VP, Clinical Sciences: Charles Weiss | | Thomas Wight | Divisional VP, Applied Sciences: Glenn Prestwich |
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