Thomas Lozito

University of Southern California

Thomas Lozito received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and his PhD from Cambridge University in Stem Cell Biology. Dr. Lozito joined the USC Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in 2019. Dr. Lozito’s research attempts to answer the question “Why can’t mice regenerate tails like lizards?”. From lizard species capable of spontaneously regrowing amputated tails to mammals that favor scarring over new tissue growth, amniotes include a diverse range of regenerative potentials. The Lozito Lab seeks to determine the cellular and molecular determinants of this diversity in tail amputation regenerative capacities with the goal of improving an organism’s natural wound healing abilities.