Ryan Porter is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He earned degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky (BSc) and Virginia Tech (MSc; PhD); with a graduate program emphasis in Biomedical Engineering. Ryan received his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School with Prof. Christopher Evans. In 2012; Ryan became research faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). He moved to UAMS in late 2017; joining the Departments of Internal Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery. Ryan’s laboratory generally focuses on developing cell or molecular therapies to direct skeletal tissue repair or prevent tissue degeneration (e.g.; osteoarthritis). Currently his group is pursuing two active areas of research: one focused on improving the intra-articular delivery of molecular therapeutics within synovial joints; the other on overcoming key bottlenecks to simulating chondrogenesis in vivo by culture-expanded chondroprogenitor cells. At present; these projects use rat and rabbit models of joint injury to help answer specific questions. Ryan is interested in establishing new collaborations that address the above challenges in skeletal regenerative medicine. His group brings to the table expertise in the progenitor cell biology and rodent models of bone/cartilage repair and intra-articular therapy.