Fall 2018 BME Research Newsletter
In this Issue: Phil Bourne: Rethink Your Relationship to Data Science
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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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Song Hu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Move Photoacoustic Microscopy a Step Closer to the Clinic
Thanks to a recent NSF CAREER Award, Song Hu, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has the opportunity to be among the first to translate PAM into an imaging device...
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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 highly regarded researchers to join the faculty...
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
Inviting Applications for Two Open-Rank Faculty Positions in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Applicants conducting research in all areas of BME are encouraged to apply.
Mete Civelek's new grant from the American Diabetes Association explores genes and diabetes risk
Mete Civelek builds on work published in Nature Genetics in 2018 to understand how the KLF14 gene affects fat cells, body fat...
UVA Plans New School of Data Science; $120 Million Gift is Largest in University History
The University of Virginia announced plans to establish a School of Data Science, an effort made possible in part by the largest...
Important Dates
Our Faculty
Randall J. Moorman
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular 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
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
Steven R. Caliari
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Mechanobiology
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
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
John A. Hossack
Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Mete Civelek
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Christopher B. Highley
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Robert H. Thiele
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Signal and Image Processing
Aidong Zhang
William Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
Kristen Naegle
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor, Computer Science, by courtesy
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
Donald Richieri Griffin
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Novel Biomaterial Development
- Drug and Cell Delivery
- Regenerative Medicine
Jeffrey W. Holmes
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Computational Systems Biology
- Cardiovascular Engineering
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
Michael Salerno
Associate Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
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
Daniel S. Weller
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optimization Models and Methods
Kyle J. Lampe
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Biomaterials
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Biological Applications
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
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
Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering (Biomolecular Design, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering)
- Computational Systems 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)
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
Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Cardiovascular Engineering
David Chen
Coulter Program Director and Instructor in Design
Research Areas
- Translational Research
- Entrepreneurship
- Technology Transfer
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
Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Signal and Image Processing
- Biomedical Data Sciences
Ammasi Periasamy
Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
Kenneth Brayman
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
Research Areas
- 3D Bioprinting
- Gene Therapy
George F. Rich
Harrison Medical Teaching Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- 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
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
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
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
Matthew J. Lazzara
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Cell signaling and cellular decision-making
- Systems biology
- Targeted therapeutics for cancer
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
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
Jeff R. Crandall
Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
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
Nathan Sheffield
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Areas
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Machine Learning
Richard J. Price
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Research Director, UVa Focused Ultrasound Center
Research Areas
- Drug and Gene Delivery
- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- Cardiovascular 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)
Richard W. Kent
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine
Research Areas
- Biomechanics/Injury Biomechanics or Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
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
Mark Bennett Williams
Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Research Areas
- Medical and Molecular Imaging
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- Quantitative Biosciences
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
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
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
Timothy E. Allen
Associate Professor, Interim Undergraduate Program Director, Systems Bioengineering REU Director
Research Areas
- Human Factors
- Biomedical Data Sciences
- 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
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)
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
Rebecca Pompano
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
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