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Ivy Foundation Backs 14 Covid Translational Research Projects
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Projects range from development of biosensors, artificial intelligence for testing, vaccine development, novel treatment options, and better data analytics to predict the spread of the virus.
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UVA Engineering Leads Multi-institution Study of Mucus Interactions
Read MoreUVA Engineering faculty lead $3.2 million, multi-university study to model microbe and mucus interactions.
UVA Engineering's Jason Papin, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Roseanne Ford, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, lead a new...
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Mapping Nerve Cell Development
Read MoreEli Zunder’s New National Institutes of Health RO1 Award
The findings could ultimately help researchers find better ways to regenerate damaged nerve tissue and produce more effective non-opioid painkillers.
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Cine DENSE MRI: A Tool for the Early Detection of Heart Dysfunction Moves Closer to Commercialization
Read MoreThe Story of How a Broadly Useful Cardiac Imaging Technique Comes to an MRI Scanner Near You
For the last 15 years, Epstein and the researchers in his group have been the world leaders in developing a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technology that can directly measure...
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Engineers Develop Device to Automate Tissue Manufacturing for Muscle Repair
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Imagine if muscle stem cells could be harvested from the patient, cultured, and then 3-D printed onto a biocompatible substrate, where they would be stretched and exercised to grow and mature to produce a foldable tissue patch that would then be implanted at the muscle wound site.
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There’s Something That Makes These Graduate Instructors Special
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Three of the graduate teachers who emerged as the University's best are UVA Engineers: Kristen Fread and Laura Dunphy in Biomedical Engineering and Sarah Gustitus-Graham in Engineering Systems and Environment.
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Virtual REU in Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Science
Read MoreAre you self-driven, independent and interested in computational modeling and data science?
This unusual summer, the University of Virginia is hosting a “virtual” version of our NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).
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Focused Ultrasound Opening Brain to Previously Impossible Treatments
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Richard J. Price, who holds joint faculty appointments in UVA’s schools of Medicine and Engineering, is using focused soundwaves to overcome the natural “blood-brain barrier,” which protects the brain from harmful pathogens. His approach aims to breach the barrier only where needed, and only when...
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The Professor Who Helped Bring BME Instruction Online is Recognized for Teaching and Service
Read MoreBrian Helmke's Nomination Cited Effectiveness, Forward-Thinking and Enduring Impact
The same qualities that earned him the Morton Prize also earned him his colleagues' gratitude as instruction went online this spring.
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Chair's Letter: We were a community before the pandemic emerged, and that has made all the difference
Read MoreHigh points amid the challenges
What I’ve learned is that the qualities and culture a department fosters during its normal course of business will determine its ability to weather a crisis successfully and to...