Laura Edsberg, PhD

Daemen University

Professor Natural Sciences, Director Center for Wound Healing Research

Dr. Laura Edsberg is Professor of Natural Sciences and Director of the Center for Wound Healing Research at Daemen University in Amherst, NY. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Daemen University Institute for Mobility Innovation & Technology (IMIT). Dr. Edsberg is a past-President of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). She is currently serving on the NPIAP board of directors. She co-chaired the 2016 NPIAP Staging Task Force, as well as the NPIAP Unavoidable Pressure Injury Consensus Conferences. She has written numerous articles and chapters about the microstructural and mechanical properties of pressure injury tissue and the proteomics of wound healing. Dr. Edsberg was awarded the Kosiak Award for her work in the field of pressure injuries. Dr. Edsberg’s research is focused on the proteome of healing and non-healing wounds. Currently her research group is working to identify the role of adipose tissue in deep tissue pressure injuries.