BME Briefs

Grad Student Spotlight: Connor Moore (Papin Lab)

Connor rotated in the Fallahi-Sichani lab, Sheffield lab and Papin lab before joining the Papin Lab during his first year as a graduate student in biomedical engineering at UVA. Read more about him here!

AgroSpheres' New Partnership With Bayer

What started out as a University of Virginia student project led by Ameer Shakeel, Payam Pourtaheri, Joseph Frank, Sepehr Zomorodi and Zach Davis in Dr. Mark Kester's lab several years ago has come quite a long way. Earlier this month, AgroSpheres ­ announced a multi-year collaboration with Bayer to create novel modalities of biologicals for use as crop protection products. Learn more about this exciting new partnership: Link

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program Director Wins Two Univeristy Teaching Awards

Shannon Barker, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and the program's undergraduate program director, has earned two awards for excellence in teaching from the University of Virginia—the Provost's "All-University Teaching Award" and the Jefferson Scholars Foundation's "Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award." While Dr. Barker is not the only department faculty member to win both awards—William Guilford and Timothy Allen have done so as well—she is the only one to win both in a single year.

Alumni Oped in The Conversation

Brittany Taylor, who graduated with a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering from the Uiversity of Virginia, is an assistant professor at the University of Florida who studies novel ways to improve bone and tendon healing after injuries. In this oped in The Conversation, Taylor discusses the promise of repairing bones and tendons with human-made materials: Link.

Mukti and Bryana Earn Graduate Research Fellowship Awards from the American Heart Association

Mukti Chowkwale and Bryana Harris, graduate students in Dr. Saucerman's Cardiac Systems Biology Group, have been awarded competitive Graduate Fellowship Awards from the American Heart Association. Learn more about Mukti in this Profile. Learn more about Bryana in this Profile.

Bryana Earns a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award

More than half of UVA’s BME PhD students will graduate with a prestigious named fellowship from the National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, the University of Virginia or a private foundation. Bryana Harris, a graduate student in Dr. Saucerman's Cardiac Systems Biology Group, has been awarded a coveted Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Learn more about Bryana in this Profile.

MORE: BME Students Continue Their Success in Securing Competitive Fellowships

Bryana Harris Earns Best Poster Award at Cardiac Physiome Society Workshop

Bryana Harris, a graduate student in Jeff Saucerman's Cardiac Systems Biology Group, won a James B. Bassingthwaighte Best Poster Award at the 2021 Cardiac Physiome Society Workshop. See Bryana's winning poster HERE:

Alumni Spotlight: John Hanckel (BS/ME)

John Hanckel is a human factors engineer at a major medical device company. He graduated with both a bachelor of science and a master of engineering in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia. Here's what he says about how his educational experiences helped to shape his career:

Oom Wins the National Emerging Scientist Award for Women at the 2021 Vascular Discovery Meeting

Congratulations, Tanyporn “Oom” Pattarabanjird for winning the National Emerging Scientist Award for Women at the 2021 Vascular Discovery Meeting. Oom is an MD/PhD student in biomedical engineering in Coleen McNamara’s Lab.  Read more about Oom's accomplishment:

Alum Named Director of Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Duke Engineering

After an intensive nationwide search by a school-wide committee, Karis Boyd-Sinkler has been named the new Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Pratt School of Engineering, beginning in March 2021. Read more Dr. Boyd-Sinkler here: