Implementation of a Future Faculty Development Program: Impact and Evaluation of Years 1 & 2

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is a Postdoctoral Associate in the bioengineering department. Dr. Gau earned his BPhil in bioengineering and BS in Mathematics from the Pitt in 2012. After, he was awarded a Whitaker Fellowship and Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to study and work in Australia for a year before returning and completing his PhD in bioengineering at Pitt in 2018. His pre-doctoral research focused on screening and developing novel agents to target aberrant and excessive angiogenesis, or blood vessel formation, was supported by NSF GRFP, Cardiovascular Bioengineering Training Program, and the Provost Development Fund. He continued his work in the Cell Migration Lab at the University of Pittsburgh after defending his thesis on novel compounds that inhibit excessive blood vessel formation. David has published 7 first author publications and has presented his work at local, national, and international conferences. In his spare time, Dr. Gau serves as the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association President. He is also the Director for University Engagement for the Pitt STRIVE Program at the Swanson School of Engineering, a program which supports underrepresented minority graduate engineering students.