Fall 2018 BME Research Newsletter
In this Issue: Phil Bourne: Rethink Your Relationship to Data Science
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Math Saves Lives: Pioneering Research Could Lead to Microbe "Microbreweries" for Health
Greg Medlock, who earned his Ph.D. in UVA's Biomedical Engineering Department, is pioneering the bulk production of probiotics with the help of a $100,000 award from the Bill...
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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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Origins of Innovation: AgroSpheres
Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel met in their final year as biomedical engineering students at the University of Virginia (UVA), looking for one last research project that could...
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
Aidong Zhang Adds Machine Learning Expertise to Biomedical Data Sciences at UVA
One measure of the success of UVA’s campaign to take its place as a national leader in the data sciences is its ability to attract...
What Is Multi-Scale Modeling? How Can It Help Your Health?
In an op-ed in Forbes, Dr. Bruce Lee of Johns Hopkins cites the work of BME Professors Shayn Peirce-Cottler and Silvia Blemker. He...
Breaking the Ultrasound Barrier to Fight Disease
When WebMD wanted to know more about the promise of Focused Ultrasound, they called BME Professor Rich Price, research director of the...
Important Dates
Our Faculty
John A. Hossack
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Nathan Sheffield
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Machine Learning
Frederick H. Epstein
Mac Wade Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Kevin Janes
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
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
Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Christopher B. Highley
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Jose Oberholzer
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
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
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
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- 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)
Richard J. Price
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Research Director, UVa Focused Ultrasound Center
Research Areas
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Mark Kester
Director, nanoSTAR Institute, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology/Biophysics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Human Factors
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
Matthew J. Lazzara
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Cell signaling and cellular decision-making
- Systems biology
- Targeted therapeutics for cancer
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
David Chen
Coulter Program Director and Instructor in Design
Research Areas
- Translational Research
- Entrepreneurship
- Technology Transfer
Rebecca Pompano
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Bradley D. Gelfand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
George F. Rich
Harrison Medical Teaching Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Jeffrey W. Holmes
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Jason Papin
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
Randall J. Moorman
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Areas
- 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
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
Mete Civelek
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Jeff R. Crandall
Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Alexander L (Sasha) Klibanov
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Drug Delivery
Michael Salerno
Associate Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- 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
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)
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
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)
Donald Richieri Griffin
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Novel Biomaterial Development
- Drug and Cell Delivery
- Regenerative Medicine
Bijoy Kumar Kundu
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems 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
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
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
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of 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
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
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
Robert H. Thiele
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Signal and Image Processing
Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Quantitative Biosciences
Steven R. Caliari
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Mechanobiology
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Zequan Yang
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Aidong Zhang
William Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
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
Thomas H. Barker
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
Kenneth Brayman
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
Research Areas
- 3D Bioprinting
- Gene Therapy
Ammasi Periasamy
Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
Kristen Naegle
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor, Computer Science, by courtesy
Kyle J. Lampe
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
George T. Gillies
Research Professor
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Drug Delivery
Daniel S. Weller
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optimization Models and Methods
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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.
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