{"id":12036,"date":"2019-05-23T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute?p=12036"},"modified":"2019-05-23T16:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:15:22","slug":"2019-ray-symposium-featured-speaker-dr-cato-t-laurencin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/2019\/05\/23\/2019-ray-symposium-featured-speaker-dr-cato-t-laurencin\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Ray Symposium Featured Speaker- Dr. Cato T. Laurencin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-12044\" style=\"max-width: 1000px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-12044 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"2019 Ray Symposium\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_12044\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_12044\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12052 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2267-1-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium 7\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12052\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2267\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12053 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2340-1-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium 6\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12053\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2340\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12054 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12054\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2394-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium 5\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12054\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2394\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12055 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2424-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium 4\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12055\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2424\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12056 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12056\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2449-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium 3\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12056\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2449\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12057 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2451-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium 2\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12057\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2451\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12058 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-12058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/05\/Ray-Symposium-2019-755981-764592-2453-1000x1000.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"Laurencin at Ray Symposium\" class=\"slider-12044 slide-12058\" title=\"Ray Symposium 2019 (755981-764592)-2453\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">2019 Ray Symposium Featured Speaker- Dr. Cato T. Laurencin<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On April 18, 2019 Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California welcomed Dr. Cato T. 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