Biomedical Engineering

UVA Scientists Target Dangerous, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Researchers hope to find shared traits and weaknesses in bacteria that develop resistance to antibiotics and use those weaknesses against them. Antibiotic resistance is a growing...

Related:

Professor Jason Papin

Department of Biomedical Engineering
UVA Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Collaboration Offers Hope for Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

A UVA Engineering team has developed a new analytical tool that could lead to a cure for a terrible disease.

Related:

Lakeshia J. Taite

Shayn Peirce-Cottler
‘Healthy Obesity’? Storing Fat Around Waist May Not Always Increase Your Diabetes Risk

New research adds to the discussion about whether there’s such a thing as “healthy obesity” and for whom it applies. UVA scientists found clues in genetics.

Related:

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Professor Mete Civelek

Our mission is to transform healthcare and medicine.

We achieve our mission by discovering new knowledge, designing new technologies and training the next generation of leaders to solve the world’s challenges. As we succeed, we disseminate hope to all people.

Our co-location within UVA Engineering, the UVA School of Medicine and the UVA Health System uniquely positions us to make a difference. 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.

Graduate Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Important Dates

January 26 BME Seminar - Brian Aguado, PhD, UC San Diego
February 9 BME Seminar - Elizabeth Proctor, PhD, Penn State University
February 16 BME Seminar - Chris Highly, PhD, University of Virginia
View All Events

Our Faculty

Jason Papin

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor

Research Areas

Biomedical Data Sciences
Computational Systems Biology
Quantitative Biosciences

Thomas H. Barker

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Mechanotransduction
Cell and Molecular Biomechanics
Regenerative Medicine

Kristen Naegle

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics

Research Areas

Machine Learning and Data Science
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Stuart S. Berr

Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Medical and Molecular Imaging
Cardiovascular Engineering

BME Faculty

collage for Candid Conversations initiative in Biomedical Engineering — Biomedical Engineering's Candid Conversations

An ongoing series of inclusive discussions about race, LGBTQ+ identity, disability and other identities, led by the graduate student chairs of the department's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee

140 %

Increase in total research expenditures since 2015
$ 14 M

FY22 External Research Expenditures ($602K per tenured or tenure track faculty member)
7

Federally funded student training programs, including two NIH T32 Training Grants and an NSF REU
18

Years in a row that a graduating biomedical engineer was a "UVA Engineering Outstanding Student."

Related:

Related:

Related:

Our mission is to transform healthcare and medicine.

Latest News

Important Dates

Our Faculty

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor

Research Areas

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery

Research Areas

Mac Wade Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Research Areas

Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering, Director, NSF REU in Multiscale Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Sciences

Research Areas

Associate Professor

Research Areas

Thomas M. Linville Professor, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Data Science

Research Areas

Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging

Research Areas

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Assistant Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy), Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)

Research Areas

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Graduate Program Director

Research Areas

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

Research Areas

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Resident Faculty, Center for Public Health Genomics

Research Areas

Associate Professor

Research Areas

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor

Research Areas

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, Radiology and Medical Imaging

Research Areas

Director of Medical Imaging Research, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Assistant Professor

Professor

Research Areas

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Co-Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center

Research Areas

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics

Research Areas

Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

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

Research Areas

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (By Courtesy)

Research Areas

Director of Professional Studies, Professor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering, Director, BME Master of Engineering

Research Areas

Commonwealth Professor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Areas

Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas

Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering

Research Areas