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Guilford Wins ASEE's Theo C. Pilkington Award

The award recognizes significant contributions to biomedical engineering education throughout the recipient’s career.

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.

Pioneering the Use of Focused Ultrasound

Price uses focused soundwaves to overcome the blood-brain barrier and to make tumors responsive to immunotherapy—without surgery.

Joining the top 2% of medical and biological engineering professionals

William H. Guilford and Aidong Zhang have joined the top 2% of medical and biological engineering professionals.

Investigators study whether disruptive peptide binders could hold the key to overcoming drug resistance in cancers.

A Collaborative Seminar Series

UVA is a part of a virtual series coordinated by seven of the leading BME departments in the country, attracting a diverse group of high-quality speakers.

In addition to identifying gene variants that influence risk for coronary artery disease, researchers in Mete Civelek's group have found that one gene in particular appears to have a protective effect.

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.

Pourtaheri and Shakeel started their biotech company, AgroSpheres, as undergraduates at UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, when they set out to create bio-based solutions for crop control that could replace harmful pesticides.

Health news site STAT has honored Natasha Sheybani, PhD, as one of the next generation of scientific superstars for her work in focused ultrasound, cancer immunology and nuclear medicine.