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Inviting Applicants for Multiple Open Rank Faculty Appointments in BME at UVA
Applicant review will begin December 1, 2023.
Housed both in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Medicine, the department's unique positioning provides a collaborative and translational...
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They've Done It Again!
It's a Pattern Not a Trend: Biomedical Engineering PhD Students Earn Top Awards for Teaching
Noah Perry and Ridhi Sahani won praise from both students and faculty for their ability to bring out the best in their students though engaging, responsive and effective teaching.
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New Biomechanical Models Close the Treatment Gender Gap and Advance Precision Medicine for All
UVA Professor’s Research Leads to AI-powered Software and a Start-Up Company
Everyone benefits from Blemker's research, including women, the NBA and the NFL.
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Springbok Analytics Raises $3M Seed Round for Their AI-Powered Platform that Converts MRIs into 3D Analysis of Muscles
A UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering-created company and partner of the NBA and NFL raised a $3 million seed round for their AI-powered platform that converts MRIs into 3D analysis of muscles.
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This Alum’s Tech May Revolutionize Knee Joint Replacements
Benjamin Holmes can pinpoint the exact moment he fell in love with the field of biomedical engineering. It was more than a decade ago, when he was a third-year student in mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia taking an introductory course taught by Professor Silvia Blemker
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A UVA Post-Doc Wants to Teach the Immune System How to Regenerate Tissue
First, He Needs to Catalog All the Fibroblasts
Biomedical engineering post-doctoral fellow Dan Abebayehu plans to tackle fibrosis by identifying different types of fibroblasts and determining how they work with immune cells.
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How Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Structure Influence Movement, Injury and Disease
Silvia Blemker Aims to Correct a Profound Limitation in Musculoskeletal Modeling Research
Biomechanics expert Professor Silvia Blemker is building a set of tools to rigorously examine sex as a biological variable in musculoskeletal modeling research.
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Meet our Graduate Students
We asked 14 biomedical engineering graduate students four questions. Where did you go to undergrad? What do you like about your research? What do you do outside the labs? What is...
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UVA Engineering Faculty Member Elected Fellow of the American Society of Biomechanics
Pioneering New Insights into the Form, Function, Biology and Diseases of Muscles
Blemker was elected for exemplary contributions to the understanding of the relationship between skeletal muscle structure and function, in health and disease.
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Muscle by Muscle, This UVA Startup Company is Revolutionizing Sports Medicine and Beyond
Within five years, the team hopes that Springbok’s precision muscle analysis will be widely used in pro and college sports, and also in many areas of medicine.