People

Assistant Professor

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Dan Abebayehu, PhD, studies fibrosis and how different types of fibroblasts could promote tissue regeneration, instead of scar formation. Dr. Abebayehu's research has been supported by an NIH Mosaic Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) which provides promising postdoctoral scientists support...

Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering, Director, NSF REU in Multiscale Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Sciences

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Timothy E. Allen teaches and mentors students in the areas of computational modeling of complex biological systems, molecular and cell biology assays, and medical device design. He is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in...

Assistant Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering

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Sameer Bajikar, Ph.D., uses multidisciplinary techniques to study the biological processes that go awry in brain development in neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability. His group is developing novel human stem cell and genetically engineered mouse...

Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering, Undergraduate Program Director

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Shannon Barker, Ph.D., focuses on ensuring that the BME undergraduate program's educational objectives and learning outcomes, as well as its curriculum, reflect an innovative and highly effective learning environment that meets the needs of all of its students, as well as employers, graduate...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Thomas Barker explores and therapeutically exploits the fundamental links between fibroblast adaptation to their physical and biochemical microenvironment and their myofibroblastic differentiation during tissue repair, fibrosis and cancer. Dr. Barker is a Professor in Biomedical Engineering in...

Associate Professor

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Bryan received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biochemistry & biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Founding Dean, School of Data Science, Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Philip E. Bourne leads a range of initiatives to encourage and facilitate the use of big data in large-scale research across the scientific and technological disciplines, with special emphasis on structural bioinformatics and systems pharmacology. He is the Founding Dean of the School of Data...

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Steven joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in August 2016 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022 and named a SEAS Copenhaver Fellow...

Coulter Program Director, Instructor in Design, Biomedical Engineering

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The founding program director of the UVA- Coulter Translational Partnership, David Chen began his career at ImClone Systems, where he worked closely with both European regulatory agencies as well as the FDA. He holds a Master of Science in Cell and Developmental Biology from Rutgers University/...

Commonwealth Professor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery

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Dr. Christ develops basic and translational tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches to organ and tissue repair, reconstruction and replacement, with a focus on the musculoskeletal system, vasculature and lower urinary tract. Dr. Christ is an internationally recognized expert in...

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Resident Faculty, Center for Public Health Genomics

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Mete Civelek uses big data analytics to understand the molecular pathways of disease and develops personalized medicine approaches to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. He is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and a resident faculty at the Center for Public Health Genomics at...

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Research in the Dolatshahi lab combines multiplex experimental measurements with computational methods (including statistical machine learning, network inference, information theory, signal processing and kinetic-dynamic modeling) to solve problems in the context of cancer, infectious disease...

Mac Wade Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Dr. Epstein is recognized for his contributions to the field of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. He has been a world leader in advancing MRI myocardial strain imaging by developing and applying the cine DENSE (displacement encoding using stimulated echoes) MRI method. He has also made...

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Fallahi-Sichani lab's research in the field of Systems Biology is focused on understanding the fundamental mechanisms of human cell responses to environmental and therapeutic perturbations. These responses vary among distinct cell types, or even among populations of genetically identical cells...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Brent A. French combines advanced methods of targeted drug and gene delivery with biomedical imaging in vivo to explore novel targets and treatment strategies in cardiovascular disease. Research interests of the Molecular Bioengineering Lab focus on developing new, more effective strategies for...

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Graduate Program Director

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Donald Griffin improves clinical translation of acellular and cellular therapies through enhanced hydrogel-tissue integration, specifically focusing on the development of passive and active instructional microenvironments using microscale building blocks. He is an Associate Professor in the...

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Will Guilford uses molecular biomechanics and engineering design to better understand and better prevent the movement of single cells and the spread of drug-resistant pathogens. He attended Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne Indiana where he double-majored in Biology and Chemistry. He...

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Brian Helmke researches the relationship between cell mechanics and cell function using new tools in materials science and molecular biology, with a focus on cardiovascular disease.

Living cells and tissues adapt to their environment by altering structure, gene and protein expression,...

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering

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Christopher Highley develops materials and fabrication technologies to enable the design and construction of complex cellular and material systems, with the goal of addressing fundamental and translational problems in biomedicine. Through the Highley Lab's work in designing, applying, and...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (By Courtesy)

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John A. Hossack develops ultrasound imaging approaches for cardiovascular disease, including mouse heart imaging, catheter-based imaging and drug delivery, and molecular imaging for diagnosing stroke risk. He obtained B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University...

John Marshall Money Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Kevin Janes designs and uses new experimental and computational approaches for analyzing cell signaling and transcriptional networks in cancer and infectious disease. He received his B.S. and B.A. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Spanish at Johns Hopkins University in 1999. He was a...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Kimberly Kelly uses computational methods and bioinformatics to develop more effective and less toxic cancer drugs through the identification of disease-relevant druggable targets, with a special emphasis on translation to the clinic and commercialization. Dr. Kelly received her Bachelor’s...

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Kelsey Kubelick leads an interdisciplinary, applications-driven, biomedical imaging research program. Her lab team leverages light, sound, nanoconstruct design, and cellular engineering strategies to develop advanced theranostic imaging techniques, with a particular interest in ultrasound and...

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Member, UVA Cancer Center

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Work in the Lazzara Lab employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to study problems in cell signaling, the complex biochemical process cells use to make decisions. Current projects focus on the rational (model-driven) identification of combination therapies for brain and...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, Radiology and Medical Imaging

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Craig Meyer develops magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for rapid acquisition and processing of image data in the setting of cardiovascular disease, neural diseases, and pediatrics, using tools in physics, signal processing, image reconstruction, and machine learning.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics

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Kristen Naegle uses data- and computational-driven approaches to predict, and experimental approaches to test, the regulation and function of tyrosine phosphorylation in complex networks. Tyrosine phosphorylation is a protein modification that can occur during or after translation of a protein....

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor

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Jason Papin develops computational models of cellular networks and performs high-throughput experiments to characterize biological systems relevant to human disease. After his training in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, Jason Papin joined the faculty at the University...

Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor

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Shayn Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments and machine learning to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop new therapies for inducing tissue regeneration. Her lab is particularly focused on engineering the body's smallest blood...

Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Co-Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center

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Dr. Price's research program centers on the development and implementation of image-guided drug and gene delivery systems for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Several lines of investigation in the lab are derived from seminal studies demonstrating that microbubble activation with...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Dr. Rohde develops computational predictive models using machine learning and signal and image processing with applications in pathology, radiology, systems biology, and mobile sensing. He earned B.S. degrees in physics and mathematics in 1999, and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in...

Director of Professional Studies, Professor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering, Director, BME Master of Engineering

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Dr. Jonathan Rosen teaches and guides graduate Biomedical Engineers as they design their future and advance our standard of healthcare with breakthrough medical technologies. He is the Director of Professional Studies and Professor of Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the...

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Our lab combines computational modeling and high-throughput experiments to discover molecular networks and drugs that control cardiac remodeling and regeneration. Our experimental approaches include high-throughput microscopy and -omic profiling of primary and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC...

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (by courtesy), Assistant Professor of Radiology & Medical Imaging (by courtesy), Research Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center

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Dr. Sheybani leads a translational research program centered on innovating tools and paradigms for non-invasive precision cancer management. Specifically, her group seeks to advance the role of focused ultrasound (FUS) - a disruptive, emerging strategy for non-invasive, non-ionizing, and...

Dean, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Dean West’s formidable record of accomplishments spans 25 years as a transformational researcher, award-winning teacher and mentor, inventor and entrepreneur. Her research focuses on the use of biomaterials, nanotechnology and tissue engineering, applying engineering approaches to studying...

Thomas M. Linville Professor, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Data Science

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Aidong Zhang develops machine learning and data science approaches to modeling and analysis of structured and unstructured data with a variety of applications, especially biological and biomedical applications. Dr. Zhang is Thomas M. Linville Professor of Computer Science, with a joint...

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Eli Zunder analyzes stem cell fate using single cell mass cytometry and high-dimensional modeling of cell lineage trajectories. He received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from UCSF in 2009. There, he worked in...