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Engineers Develop Device to Automate Tissue Manufacturing for Muscle Repair
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Our Faculty
Daniel S. Weller
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optimization Models and Methods
Timothy E. Allen
Associate Professor, Director, Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Science REU
Research Areas
- Human Factors
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
Nathan Sheffield
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Machine Learning
Mete Civelek
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Resident Faculty, Center for Public Health Genomics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Bioengineering
- Systems Biology
- Predictive Modeling for Health
Randall J. Moorman
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Kevin Janes
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
Liheng Cai
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
Research Areas
- Soft (bio)Materials
- Polymers
- Biophysics
George T. Gillies
Research Professor
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Drug Delivery
Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems Biology
Jose Oberholzer
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
John A. Hossack
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
William H. Guilford
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education, School of Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Cellular and Molecular Engineering
- Cell and Molecular Biomechanics
- Infectious Disease
Kenneth Brayman
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
Research Areas
- 3D Bioprinting
- Gene Therapy
Zequan Yang
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Sepideh Dolatshahi
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Systems Immunology
- Cancer Systems Biology
- Infectious Diseases
Jonathan Rosen, PhD
Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering, Director of Professional Studies
Research Areas
- Biomedical Design and Innovation
- Translational Research
- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
Aidong Zhang
William Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Data Science
Research Areas
- Data Mining
- Machine Learning
- Bioinformatics
Kristen Naegle
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Areas
- Machine Learning and Data Science
- Systems Biology
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Craig H. Meyer
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Bradley D. Gelfand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Richard J. Price
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Research Director, UVa Focused Ultrasound Center
Research Areas
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Christopher Deppmann
Associate Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Wireless Health
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
Bijoy Kumar Kundu
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Robert H. Thiele
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Signal and Image Processing
George Joseph Christ
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Mary Muilenburg Stamp Professor of Orthopaedic Research, Director of Basic and Translational Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellow of AIMBE
Research Areas
- Regenerative Medicine
- Advanced Biomanufacturing
- Engineered Soft Biomaterials
Shannon Barker
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Undergraduate Progam Director
Research Areas
- Targeted Drug & Gene Delivery
Ammasi Periasamy
Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
Brent A. French, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cell and Molecular Biomechanics
- Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery
Thomas C. Skalak
Professor Emeritus, Executive Director of Science and Technology, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Science, Technology and Society
Richard W. Kent
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Kimberly A. Kelly
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Targeted Diagnostic Imaging
- Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery
- Cancer
Rebecca Pompano
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Advanced Biomanufacturing
David Chen
Coulter Program Director and Instructor in Design
Research Areas
- Translational Research
- Entrepreneurship
- Technology Transfer
Christopher B. Highley
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Michael Salerno
Associate Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Steven R. Caliari
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Mechanobiology
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Quantitative Biosciences
Shayn Peirce-Cottler
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
Jeffrey Saucerman
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Regenerative Medicine
Matthew J. Lazzara
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Cell signaling and cellular decision-making
- Systems biology
- Targeted therapeutics for cancer
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UVA Engineering Director of Undergraduate Research
Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Systems Pharmacology
- Cancer Biology
Peter Kasson
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems Biology
Cassandra L. Fraser
Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Affiliated Faculty in the School of Architecture
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Drug Delivery
Matthew Panzer
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy), Deputy Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics
Research Areas
- Injury Biomechanics
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Computational Biomechanics
Mark Kester
Director, nanoSTAR Institute, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology/Biophysics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Human Factors
Philip E. Bourne
Founding Dean, School of Data Science, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Multiscale Modeling Using Data Science Techniques
- Early Stage Drug Discovery and Drug Repurposing
- Early Stage Drug Methods and Tools for Macromolecular Structure Analysis
John P. Mugler
Director of Medical Imaging Research, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
Thomas H. Barker
Professor
Research Areas
- Mechanotransduction
- Cell and Molecular Biomechanics
- Regenerative Medicine
Clint Miller
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational and Functional Genomics
- Cardiovascular Genetics and Biology
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
Alexander L (Sasha) Klibanov
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Drug Delivery
G. Wilson Miller
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- MRI Technique Development
- Hyperpolarized Gas MR Imaging
- MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery
Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Frederick H. Epstein
Mac Wade Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Research Areas
- Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
- Image Reconstruction and Processing
- Imaging System Engineering
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
Chongzhi Zang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Bioinformatics Methodology Development
- Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology
Jason Papin
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
Jeffrey W. Holmes
Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Brian H. Annex
Lantheus Medical Imaging Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Kyle J. Lampe
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
Donald Richieri Griffin
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Novel Biomaterial Development
- Drug and Cell Delivery
- Regenerative Medicine
More About Our Department
Biomedical Engineering Informational Brochure
50th Anniversary Research Newsletter
University of Virginia Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing
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.
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# 1
For percentage of women earning BME PhD degrees among programs our size or larger
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# 2
For percentage of women earning BME B.S. degrees among programs our size or larger
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$ 7 M
Total sponsored research funding for the 13 faculty in our biomedical data sciences group FY 2019
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12
Of the 13 faculty in our biomedical data sciences group are PIs on major NIH or NSF awards FY 2019