2019 BME Fall Research Newsletter
This edition focuses on research, education and thought leadership in biomedical data sciences and systems biology.
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Op-ed in Times Higher Education: We Must Build a Data-driven Generation of Biomedical Engineers
Fred Epstein argues that advances in our ability to acquire data on human health mean we now need to equip biomedical engineers with data science skills.
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Q&A with the Chair of the Department's First All-Female Faculty Search Committee
In this Q&A, Blemker shares her perspectives on why women students may be discouraged from considering faculty careers and what she is doing to change the conversation.
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How we can empower biomedical engineers to combat superbugs
By positioning the future biomedical engineering leaders to harness data science and machine learning, we can slow down antibiotic resistance.
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 UVA 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
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UVA Professor’s Promising Cancer Drug Attracts $25 Million in Funding
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
Sepideh Dolatshahi, Ph.D., and Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, Ph.D. will join the department in January 2020 and June 2020, respectively.
Our Faculty
Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Quantitative Biosciences
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 and Computer Science
Steven R. Caliari
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Mechanobiology
- Musculoskeletal Tissue 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)
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
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
Shannon Barker
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Undergraduate Progam Director
Research Areas
- Targeted Drug & Gene Delivery
Zequan Yang
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Daniel S. Weller
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optimization Models and Methods
Richard J. Price
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Research Director, UVa Focused Ultrasound Center
Research Areas
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
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
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
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
George T. Gillies
Research Professor
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Drug Delivery
Thomas H. Barker
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
Christopher B. Highley
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical 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
Kyle J. Lampe
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
Aidong Zhang
William Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Janes
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
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
Nathan Sheffield
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Machine Learning
Alexander L (Sasha) Klibanov
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Drug Delivery
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)
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
Matthew J. Lazzara
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Cell signaling and cellular decision-making
- Systems biology
- Targeted therapeutics for cancer
Timothy E. Allen
Associate Professor, Interim Undergraduate Program Director, Systems Bioengineering REU Director
Research Areas
- Human Factors
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems Biology
David Chen
Coulter Program Director and Instructor in Design
Research Areas
- Translational Research
- Entrepreneurship
- Technology Transfer
Matthew Brian Panzer
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy), Deputy Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics, Member, Brain Injury and Sports Concussion Center
Research Areas
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Materials Characterization
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
Kenneth Brayman
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
Research Areas
- 3D Bioprinting
- Gene Therapy
Bijoy Kumar Kundu
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- 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
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
Sepideh Dolatshahi
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Systems Immunology
- Cancer Systems Biology
- Infectious Diseases
Jeffrey W. Holmes
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Systems Pharmacology
- Cancer Biology
Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Randall J. Moorman
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Areas
- 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
Mete Civelek
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Resident Faculty, Center for Public Health Genomics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Bioengineering
- Systems Biology
- Predictive Modeling for Health
Jason Papin
Professor
Research Areas
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Quantitative Biosciences
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
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
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
Robert H. Thiele
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Signal and Image Processing
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
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
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
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
Donald Richieri Griffin
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Novel Biomaterial Development
- Drug and Cell Delivery
- Regenerative Medicine
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
Rebecca Pompano
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Advanced Biomanufacturing
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