UTMB Department of Surgery Home Faculty Faculty Bios Celeste C. Finnerty, PhD Surgical Sciences Faculty Celeste C. Finnerty, PhDAssociate Professor About Celeste C. Finnerty, PhD Contact Education Interests E-mail: ccfinner@utmb.edu 815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas 77550-2725 Telephone: (409) 770-6567 PhD: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas Postdoctoral Fellowship: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas Special Interests: Genomic and proteomic response to burn injury; wound healing; hypertrophic scarring; biomarkers of patient outcomes; infection; inflammation; microbiome; adipose derived stem cells Research Projects: Identification of proteomic and genomic modulators and predictors for the development of hypertrophic scarring; beta adrenergic receptor signaling in post burn scarring; effects of glucose modulating agents on wound healing and scarring; adipose derived stem cells for burn wound healing; adipose tissue inflammation following burn injury; biomarkers for post-burn infections and sepsis