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One way to get drugs through the blood-brain barrier: smuggle them across using sound waves. BME Professor Richard Price talks in Protomag about his lab's pioneering work using focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and brain tumors.

In an op-ed in Forbes, Dr. Bruce Lee of Johns Hopkins cites the work of BME Professors Shayn Peirce-Cottler and Silvia Blemker. He says their work is an example of how multi-scale modeling promises to fundamentally shift how health and medical research are approached.

Mete Civelek's new award from the American Heart Association

This project will lead to the identification of how genetic factors perturb the function of vascular smooth muscle cells.

The National Academy of Inventors has named George Gillies, a University of Virginia research professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering, as a 2018 fellow.

Christina Kim is a “CODA” – a child of deaf adults – and that identity has shaped her life. The soon-to-graduate University of Virginia biomedical engineering student has sought opportunities during her four years on Grounds to make life its best for the deaf community and for other CODAs.

Dr. James Daniero, Center for Engineering in Medicine researcher, talks about his research on voice disorders, including the multidisciplinary nature of the "Voice Team."

MIST won the ACC InVenture Prize for its innovative technologies to improve treatment for childhood scoliosis, becoming the third UVA team in a row to win the top award and the...

Undergraduate researchers across the University nomianted faculty mentors who regularly go above and beyond to create and engage students in research opportunities. Three students...

They will be backed by “Double Hoo” research awards, which fund pairings of undergraduate and graduate students who collaborate on research projects. UVA Engineers are 3 of 15 new projects and 3 of 5 grant renewals.

Members of three Pike Engineering Entrepreneurship Fellows Program teams were among the 10 University of Virginia teams selected as finalists in the American Evolution Innovators...