Leadership and Staff

Find BME administration and office, lab, and research staff, including postdocs.

Leadership

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.
Google Scholar Peirce-Cottler Laboratory UVA Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing
Email shayn@virginia.edu

Donald Richieri Griffin

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Director

Donald Griffin improves clinical translation of acellular and cellular therapies through enhanced hydrogel-tissue integration, specifically focusing on the development of passive and active instructional microenvironments using microscale building blocks.
Google Scholar ResearchGate Griffin Lab
Email drgriffin@virginia.edu

Shannon Barker

Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering, Undergraduate Program Director
Shannon Barker, Ph.D., focuses on ensuring that the BME undergraduate program's educational objectives and learning outcomes, as well as its curriculum, reflect an innovative and highly effective learning environment that meets the needs of all of its students, as well as employers, graduate &…
Email shannon.barker@virginia.edu

David Chen

Managing Director, Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, UVA Engineering Instructor, Biomedical Engineering

David Chen is the founding managing director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at the University of Virginia. He holds a Master of Science in Cell and Developmental Biology from Rutgers University/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an MBA from UVA’s Darden School of Business.
UVA Coulter Center Biomedical Frontiers Podcast
Email davidchen@virginia.edu

Crystal Lamm

Department Administrator
Email cds5y@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-6906

Office and IT Staff

Kitter Bishop

Alumni Relations and Communications
Email kbishop@virginia.edu

Tracy Burcin

Finance
MR5 2010
Email kbishop@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 982-4100

Anita Dodds

Finance
MR5 2010
Email adb5y@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-2741

Kimberly Fitzhugh-Higgins

Graduate Student Coordinator
Email kaf5r@virginia.edu

Taylor Halstead

Chair's Assistant
MR5 2010
Email tmm7yp@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 924-5101

Lloyd McMahon

Facilities and Instructional Labs IT Support (Back-up)
MR5 2010
BME Computer + IT Support
Email lpm2e@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 924-8065

Hannah Moore

Associate Director, Coulter Center for Translational Research

Hannah Moore manages the overall administration operations of the Coulter Center, along with the Center's finances. She works closely with faculty members during the proposal process to ensure the compliance needed to receive funding and launch their projects.
Email uvacoulter@virginia.edu

Connie Pace

Grants (Pre-Award)
MR5 2010
Email clp2uh@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-7660

Henry Pritchard

Computer Systems Engineer
BME Computer + IT Support
Email henry.pritchard@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 924-8065

Victoria Pullin

Finance
MR5 2010
Email ybt2bu@virginia.edu

Gina Talley

Human Resources Department Programs and Events
MR5 2010
Email mdr2jg@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 924-5101

Garrett Tomaine

Finance
MR5 2010
Email jsn4az@virginia.edu

Wende Whitman

Communications Manager
Email wende@virginia.edu

Lab Specialists & Lab Managers

Cheryl Borgman

Lab Manager
Janes Lab
Email cab9e@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-1733

Anthony Bruce

Senior Lab Specialist
Peirce-Cottler Lab
Email acb5d@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 242-3943

Mary Harp

Lab Manager
Barker Lab
Email mgh3m@virginia.edu

Susan Landes

Lab Specialist
Barker/Griffin Labs
Email sgl8n@virginia.edu

Jun Lin

Lab Technician
Janes Lab
Email jl2zb@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-1733

Gabriel Maldonado

Lab Specialist
Saucerman Lab
Email gtm4n@virginia.edu

Cody Narcisco

Lab Specialist
Janes Lab
Email cen9ah@virginia.edu

Parnam Sharma

Lab Manager
Christ Lab
Email prs6c@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-5793

Ji Song

Lab Manager
Price Lab
Email js5gp@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-9378

Jingyuan Zhang

Lab Specialist
Saucerman Lab
Email jz4yd@virginia.edu

Postdocs, Research Scientists, and Research Associates

Lanlin Chen

Research Scientist
French Lab
Email lc6g@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-9343

Siva Sai Krishna Dasa

Instructor of Research
French Lab
Phone (434) 243-9343

Xue Feng

Research Assistant Professor
Meyer Lab
Email xf4j@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-4950

Xiao Hu

Research Associate
Blemker Lab
Email xiaohu@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 982-3329

Chiun-Ren 'Vincent' Yeh

Research Scientist
Barker Lab
Email cy7j@virginia.edu

Matther Jenior

Research Associate
Papin Lab
Email mj4pw@virginia.edu

ChangYu Sun

Research Associate
Epstein Lab
Email cs3bs@virginia.edu

Liam Cattell

Research Associate
Rodhe Lab
Email lcc3d@virginia.edu

Svyatoslav 'Slava' Tkachenko

Research Associate
Saucerman Lab
Email smt8n@virginia.edu

Lixin Wang

Research Scientist
Janes Lab
Email lw8f@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-1733

Anne Talkington

Research Associate
Dolatshahi Lab
Email anne.talkington@virginia.edu

Walter Varhue

Research Associate
Barker Lab
Email wbv8vt@virginia.edu

Mohammad Islam

Research Associate
Papin Lab
Email wpt7ma@virginia.edu

Chiuan Ren Yeh

Research Scientist
Barker Lab
Email ph3ym@virginia.edu

Wei Li

Research Associate
Barker Lab
Email wl6v@virginia.edu

Ping Hu

Research Associate
Barker Lab
Email ph3ym@virginia.edu

Daniel Abebayehu

Research Associate
Email da3g@virginia.edu

Bruna Farjun

Research Associate
Christ Lab
Email bf7f@virginia.edu

Wei Li

Research Associate
Barker Lab
Email wlc6v@virginia.edu

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