Fall 2018 BME Research Newsletter
In this Issue: Phil Bourne: Rethink Your Relationship to Data Science
We start with a focus on biology.
Whether we are modeling or engineering cells and tissues, analyzing large datasets, developing new imaging technologies, or synthesizing novel biomaterials, the problem statement always starts with the biology underlying the system, therapy, or disease process.
Our co-location within the highly-ranked UVA School of Medicine and Health System uniquely positions us to influence the future of healthcare. Our culture values and rewards collaboration, initiative, and the translation of basic advances to achieve clinical and real world impact. In all that we do, we value and strive for diversity and inclusion.
Latest News
Inviting Applications for Two Open-Rank Faculty Positions in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Applicants conducting research in all areas of BME are encouraged to apply.
Mete Civelek's new grant from the American Diabetes Association explores genes and diabetes risk
Mete Civelek builds on work published in Nature Genetics in 2018 to understand how the KLF14 gene affects fat cells, body fat...
UVA Plans New School of Data Science; $120 Million Gift is Largest in University History
The University of Virginia announced plans to establish a School of Data Science, an effort made possible in part by the largest...
Important Dates
Our Faculty
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Jason Sheehan
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Neuroscience, UVa Gamma Knife Center Co-Director, Riverside-UVa Gamma Knife Co-Director
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
Huiwang Ai
Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Fluorescence and Bioluminescence Imaging
- Genetic and Protein Engineering for Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
- Synthetic Biology and Chemical Biology
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Together with experts from industry and government, UVA researchers are creating the roadmap for building reproducible biomanufacturing processes. They are making the advances that will take this research from labs and trials to actual health care.