Leadership and Staff

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.

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.

David Chen is the founding Managing Director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at the University of Virginia and Professor of Practice in Biomedical Engineering.

Hannah Moore manages the administrative operations and finances of the Coulter Center. She collaborates closely with BME faculty to ensure compliance for research funding and project launch. In addition, she mentors trainees on career development in the biomedical industry.