Dr. B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann

Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Allen-Hoffmann was a Damon-Runyon Walter-Winchell Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School where she studied human keratinocyte growth and differentiation.

She is a tenured, full Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Surgery at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. She is internationally recognized for her innovative research and clinical development of human skin replacements including the world’s first genetically-enhanced human skin replacements. The NIKS cells, discovered in her UW laboratory, are a consistent source of genetically uniform, non-tumorigenic, pathogen free human keratinocytes amenable to genetic manipulation.

As a result of the discovery in her laboratory, Dr. Allen-Hoffmann founded Stratatech Corporation to deliver cell-based therapies to patients with complex skin loss. She has received numerous state and national awards and is the first woman at the UW to start a biotechnology company. Dr. Allen-Hoffmann has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications and patents. Stratatech received a 2016 Tibbitts Award which was accepted by Dr. Allen-Hoffmann at a White House ceremony. Stratatech Corporation was acquired by Mallinckrodt Specialty Pharmaceuticals on August 31, 2016.