Publications

Schmidt BM, Spino C, Jones TL, Conte MS, Gordillo GM, Gurtner G, Holmes CM, Martin CL, Maturo F, Noll K, Thelen-Perry S, Mirzadjahromi N, Sen CK, Pop-Busui R on behalf of the NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium. The Diabetic Foot Consortium Biomarker Platform Study: A New Approach to Advance Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing. Advances in Wound Care. (in press).
Eager JM, Cortes‐Troncoso J, Kalan L, Campbell A, Rao A, Weingarten MS, Grice EA, Oropallo A, Margolis DJ, Sacan A, Spiller KL. Differential Gene Expression in Healing and Non‐Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Discovery of Novel Ratiometric Biomarker to Predict Healing Outcome. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2025 Nov;33(6):e70113.
Schmidt BM, Spino C, Parks C, Roy S, Gordillo GM, Holmes CM, Pop-Busui R, Sen CK, NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium. High Transepidermal Water Loss at the Closed Wound Site Marks Compromised Functional Wound Closure and Associates with Wound Recurrence in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Prognostic Factor Study. Advances in Wound Care. 2025 Nov 1;14(11):600-8.
Sen CK, Gordillo GM, Roy S, Jahnke J, Sinha M, Timsina L, Mathew-Steiner SS, Conte MS, Holmes C, Jones TL, Pop-Busui R, Kolenic G, Spino C, Gurtner GC, NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium TEWL Study. High Transepidermal Water Loss at the Site of Wound Closure Is Associated With Increased Recurrence of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: The NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium TEWL Study. Diabetes Care. 2025 Jul 1;48(7):1233-40.
Zhang L, Purkayastha S, Lev-Tov H, Nie R, Kirsner R, Spino C, Song PX. Determinants of enrolment rate in 397 clinical trials for healing diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 1;15(7):e095512.
Kirsner RS, Pastar I, Krambrink A, Lev‐Tov H, Burgess JL, Kolenic G, Jozic I, Catanuto P, Marjanovic J, Jones TL, Song PX, Schmidt B, Pop-Busui R, Holmes CM, Spino C, Tomic-Canic M. Evaluation of c‐Myc and Phosphorylated Glucocorticoid Receptor (p‐GR) for Predicting Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing—A Diabetic Foot Consortium Study. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2025 May;33(3):e70044.
Siegfried LG, Bilik SM, Burgess JL, Catanuto P, Jozic I, Pastar I, Stone RC, Tomic-Canic M. An Optimized and Advanced Algorithm for the Quantification of Immunohistochemical Biomarkers in Keratinocytes. JID Innovations. 2024 May 1;4(3):100270.
Sande C, Boston ZJ, Kalan LR, Brennan MB. Next steps: studying diabetic foot infections with next-generation molecular assays. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2023 Dec;25(12):323-30.
Jones TL, Holmes CM, Katona A, Martin CL, Niewczas MA, Pop-Busui R, Schmidt BM, Sen CK, Tomic-Canic M, Veves A on behalf of the Diabetic Foot Consortium. The NIDDK diabetic foot consortium. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2023 Jan;17(1):7-14.
The NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium: Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Expert Insights: One small step in diabetes wound care

Training Videos

- ALPS: How to perform the 3-minute diabetic foot exam

- ALPS Webinar: Optimizing Complex Wound Care

- What Happens When Podiatry is removed? Team Building in Limb Preservation

- Wound Healing Society 2022 DFC Session

- Addressing Opportunities and Challenges of Preventing Diabetes-Related Amputations

Podcasts & Interviews

- The Rest is Plastics Episode 21 - Wounds Special Edition

- "Wounds Special - Roundtable - Jan 2026"

- KJZZ (NPR member station for Phoenix area): Fibrosis contributes to over 45% of all deaths. New UA research aims to stop it from forming

Fibrosis contributes to over 45% of all deaths. New UA research aims to stop it from forming

- KJZZ (NPR member station for Phoenix area): UA researchers say a type of immune cell could hold key to preventing scar tissue buildup

UA researchers say a type of immune cell could hold key to preventing scar tissue buildup

- "Every 20 Seconds Someone Develops An Amputation"

- Life of Flow Podcast: Multidisciplinary Approach to Limb Preservation

- "Wake Up with WebCME - Sir David Armstrong"

Dean's Chat Podcast

- Ep. 225: Gadgets, Technology, and the Diabetic Foot!

- Ep. 211: Roundtable with Drs. Harkless, Armstrong, Lavery, and Steinberg (from the MPC)

- Ep. 20: Trailblazing Footsteps with Dr. Alexandria Armstrong

Community & Awards

Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

Marjana Tomic-Canic, PhD (pictured left): Distinguished Service Award for “her outstanding contributions to the growth and development of the Wound Healing Society”

Teresa Jones, MD (pictured right) WHS Distinguished Recognition “for the Public Service in Advancing Wound Healing Research” Wound Healing Society 2025 Annual Meeting