BME News Briefs

Cody Wolf, Ph.D. has been awarded a 2026 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship: “Examining Cell Surface Plectin as an Immunomodulator and Novel Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer”.

A project-based hybrid summer course exploring how engineering innovation can advance human health.

Three BME-led teams were selected from 90+ proposals to lead new interdisciplinary UVA Research Hubs, an initiative of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.

UVA BME PhD student Tim Ho has been awarded a COVES Policy Fellowship. His research focuses on MRI and brain histology, with an interest in the policy implications of health technologies.

UVA BME doctoral candidate Stephen Lees earned a Travel Award and the Computational and Data Science Poster Award at the 2025 World Molecular Imaging Conference in Prague.

BME’s Hannah Moore is using her MSBA to bridge the gap between academic research and healthcare innovation, ensuring life-changing discoveries reach the patients who need them.

Congratulations to BME’s Karen Sleezer, a 2025 Guiding Star Advisor! Students nominated her as supportive, approachable, and proactive in guiding their UVA Engineering experience.

The UVA Biomedical Engineering Department, ranked No. 1 public in the latest Blue Ridge rankings, shows continued research strength by securing seven new NIH grants in FY 2025.