Mobilizing the University to Fight a Common Killer
Fibrosis is the deadly thread that winds its way through scores of fatal diseases, from pulmonary fibrosis and heart failure to...
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UVA Posts Nation’s Highest Four-Year, Public Engineering School Grad Rate
UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science leads all public engineering schools in a survey of four-year graduation rates. The survey found that 83 percent of students who...
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John Hossack Achieves 100 U.S. Patents
This April, John Hossack, professor of biomedical engineering, earned U.S. Patent 9,949,722—his 100th U.S. Patent overall, and his 29th as a faculty member at UVA.
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A Code of Ethics for Biomedical Big Data
Assistant professor Mete Civelek and his students will develop a Code of Ethics governing the practice of data science.
Engineering rigor and invention are our core principles, but 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.
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70 New Projects in Five Years
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Understanding and preventing the spread of drug-resistant bacteria to patients via clinical sinks.
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Rebecca Pompano
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
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
Christopher B. Highley
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical 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)
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
Richard W. Kent
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine, Deputy Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
David Chen
Coulter Program Director and Instructor in Design
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of 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
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
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)
Jeffrey W. Holmes
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Thomas H. Barker
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- 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
Richard J. Price
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Research Director, UVa Focused Ultrasound Center
Research Areas
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Nathan Sheffield
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Randall J. Moorman
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Kevin Janes
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
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
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Commonwealth Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
Jeff R. Crandall
Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Zequan Yang
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- 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
Daniel S. Weller
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optimization Models and Methods
John A. Hossack
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- 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
Mete Civelek
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Chongzhi Zang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor of 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
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)
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
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
Donald Richieri Griffin
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Novel Biomaterial Development
- Drug and Cell Delivery
- Regenerative Medicine
Michael B. Lawrence
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Fellow of AIMBE
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Robert H. Thiele
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Signal and Image Processing
Steven R. Caliari
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Mechanobiology
- Musculoskeletal Tissue 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
Bijoy Kumar Kundu
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- 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
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
Michael Salerno
Associate Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Timothy E. Allen
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Human Factors
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
George F. Rich
Harrison Medical Teaching Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Engineering
Jose Oberholzer
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
Mark Kester
Director, nanoSTAR Institute, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology/Biophysics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Human Factors
Kyle J. Lampe
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- 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
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
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
Alexander L (Sasha) Klibanov
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Drug Delivery
Ammasi Periasamy
Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- 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
George T. Gillies
Research Professor
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Drug Delivery
More About Our Department
Biomedical Engineering Informational Brochure
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$ 12 M
annual research expenditures 2016-2017
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$ 480 K
research funding per faculty member from external sources 2016-2017
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100 %
of BME Ph.D. candidates are fully funded
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$ 25 M
UVA Coulter Translational Research Partnership endowment