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BME Alumni Advisory Board

The BME Alumni Advisory Board is helping the department plan for the future and grow our capacity to support new initiatives.

James Bonaffini

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Greater Washington DC Area

2015 B.S. Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia | 2020 M.E. Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia

Lauren Costella

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Charlottesville, VA

2009 B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | 2015 M.E. Materials Science, University of Virginia

Kevin Eisenfrats

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Charlottesville, VA

2009 B.S. Nanomedicine Engineering, University of Virginia

Erwin Gianchandani

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member New Alexandria, Virginia

2004 B.S. Computer Science, University of Virginia | 2007 M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | 2008 Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia

Wes Gilson

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Baltimore, Maryland Area

2004 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia

Jenny Hoffmann

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Greater Boston Area

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | Ph.D. Bioengineering, Rice University 

Tiffany Sheldon Link

Trustee and Chair, Audit Committee BME Alumni Advisory Board Member McLean, VA

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 1997; M.S. Biomedical Engineering, UVA, 1999

Cassie Morris

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Minneapolis, Minnesota

2005 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | 1998 B.E. Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Karthik Ranganathan

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Greater San Diego Area

2005 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | MBA General Management, Harvard Business School

Kristopher Rawls

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Washington DC-Baltimore Area

2014 B.S. Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State | 2019 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia

Clifton Ray

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Washington DC-Baltimore Area

2013 B.S.E. Biomedical Engineering, Duke University | 2018 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
 

Jordan Word

BME Alumni Advisory Board Member Charlottesville, VA

2019 B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | 2010 M.E. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
 

BME Department Contacts

Kitter Bishop

Alumni Relations and Communications, Biomedical Engineering

Shayn Peirce-Cottler

Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor

Shayn Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments and machine learning to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop new therapies for inducing tissue regeneration.