2019 BME Fall Research Newsletter
Math Saves Lives! This edition focuses on biomedical data sciences at UVA.
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Chair's Point of View: We Must Build a Data-driven Generation of Biomedical Engineers
In this op-ed in THE Times Higher Education, BME Chair Fred Epstein argues that advances in our ability to acquire data on human health mean we now need to equip biomedical...
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USA Today Op-Ed: Astrophysicist Barbie is perfect. That's not how you attract more girls to STEM careers.
University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Professor Silvia Blemker explains why cultural messages of perfection for girls are keeping them out of STEM work at the highest...
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Latest News
Beckman Scholar Connects Focused Ultrasound and Cancer Treatment
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UVA biomedical engineering professor Kimberly Kelly founded ZielBio to bring new cancer treatments to market.
Biomedical Engineering at UVA Welcomes Two New Faculty to our Biomedical Data Sciences Group
Welcome, Sepideh Dolatshahi, Ph.D., and Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, Ph.D.
Our Faculty
Jeff R. Crandall
Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Daniel S. Weller
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optimization Models and Methods
Zequan Yang
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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)
Donald Richieri Griffin
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Novel Biomaterial Development
- Drug and Cell Delivery
- Regenerative Medicine
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
Frederick H. Epstein
Mac Wade Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Research Areas
- Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
- Image Reconstruction and Processing
- Imaging System Engineering
Robert H. Thiele
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Signal and Image Processing
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
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Bradley D. Gelfand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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)
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
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Richard W. Kent
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
Christopher B. Highley
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Kenneth Brayman
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
Research Areas
- 3D Bioprinting
- Gene Therapy
Matthew J. Lazzara
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Cell signaling and cellular decision-making
- Systems biology
- Targeted therapeutics for cancer
Kimberly A. Kelly
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Drug Delivery
Kevin Janes
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
Ammasi Periasamy
Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
John A. Hossack
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Jeffrey W. Holmes
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Jeffrey Saucerman
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems Biology
Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Quantitative Biosciences
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
Rebecca Pompano
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
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
Michael Salerno
Associate Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Richard J. Price
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Research Director, UVa Focused Ultrasound Center
Research Areas
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Steven R. Caliari
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Mechanobiology
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Kyle J. Lampe
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
Nathan Sheffield
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Machine Learning
Bijoy Kumar Kundu
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
Brent A. French, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Randall J. Moorman
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Engineering
David Chen
Coulter Program Director and Instructor in Design
Research Areas
- Translational Research
- Entrepreneurship
- Technology Transfer
Jose Oberholzer
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
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)
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
Jason Papin
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
William H. Guilford
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education, School of Engineering, Undergraduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Interim Director of Online Education, School of Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Quantitative Biosciences
George T. Gillies
Research Professor
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Drug Delivery
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
Mark Kester
Director, nanoSTAR Institute, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology/Biophysics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Human Factors
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
Aidong Zhang
William Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
George F. Rich
Harrison Medical Teaching Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Philip E. Bourne
Stephenson Chair of Data Science and Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Biomedical Data Sciences
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
Timothy E. Allen
Associate Professor, Interim Undergraduate Program Director, Systems Bioengineering REU Director
Research Areas
- Human Factors
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
Mete Civelek
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems Biology
Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Alexander L (Sasha) Klibanov
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Drug Delivery
Kristen Naegle
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science
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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