Cancer

Cancer is a multiscale disease of biomolecules, cells, and tissues—engineering approaches provide biomedical insights, diagnoses, and therapies that will ultimately benefit cancer patients.

breast cancer cells with stained organelles.

BME Primary Faculty in this Area

Bryan Berger

Professor, Chemical Engineering

The Berger lab uses biotechnology to solve important biomedical, environmental and industrial challenges, and seeks opportunities to translate these technologies to market. 
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Email bryan.berger@virginia.edu

Philip E. Bourne, Ph.D.

Founding Dean, School of Data Science Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Philip E. Bourne leads a range of initiatives to encourage and facilitate the use of big data in large-scale research across the scientific and technological disciplines, with special emphasis on structural bioinformatics and systems pharmacology.
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Email peb6a@virginia.edu

Sepideh Dolatshahi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research in the Dolatshahi lab combines multiplex experimental measurements with computational methods (including statistical machine learning, network inference, information theory, signal processing and kinetic-dynamic modeling) to solve problems in the context of cancer, infectious disease and…
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Email sdolatshahi@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 243-7549

Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Fallahi-Sichani leads a Systems Biology research program aiming to discover the fundamental mechanisms through which human cancer cells respond heterogeneously to environmental and therapeutic perturbations.
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Email fallahi@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 924-9950

Brent A. French, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Brent A. French combines advanced methods of targeted drug and gene delivery with biomedical imaging in vivo to explore novel targets and treatment strategies in cardiovascular disease. Research interests of the Molecular Bioengineering Lab focus on developing new, more effective strategies for treating and preventing human disease.
Email bf4g@virginia.edu

Kelsey Kubelick, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Kelsey Kubelick leverages light, sound, nanoconstruct design and cellular engineering strategies to develop advanced theranostic imaging platforms. With a special interest in ultrasound and photoacoustics, her lab creates imaging tools that play a critical role in informing, guiding and enhancing therapies across a range of biomedical applications.
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Email kpkubelick@virginia.edu

Gustavo Kunde Rohde, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Rohde develops computational predictive models with applications in pathology, radiology, systems biology, and mobile sensing.
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Email gustavo@virginia.edu
Phone (434) 924-2786

BME Joint Faculty in Cancer Applications

Nathan Sheffield

Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and Data Science
The Sheffield Lab uses computation to ask and answer biological questions. We study the non-coding DNA that encodes gene regulatory networks and enables cellular differentiation, and how these networks break down in disease like cancer. To address these biological questions, we develop scientific…
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Email nsheffield@virginia.edu

Mark Bennett Williams

Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Mark B. Williams received his PhD in physics at UVa in 1990. Following several years with the UVa Physics Department as a Research Scientist he joined the Radiology faculty. His lab applies physics principles to the design and development of systems for medical imaging.
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Email mbwilliams@virginia.edu

Chongzhi Zang

Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Dr. Chongzhi Zang is an associate professor and resident faculty member in the Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia. He holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
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Email zang@virginia.edu