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UVA Reveals How Genetic Differences in Fat Shape Men and Women’s Health Risks
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New findings about our body fat help explain the differing health risks men and women face – and set the stage for better, more targeted treatments.
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The Microbiome: Tiny Bacteria, Lifelong Impact
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UVA researchers, including BME Professor Jason Papin, have made critically important discoveries linking gut bacteria to everything from babies’ brain development to risks of metastatic breast cancer or depression.
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UVA Engineering Students Refurbish N95 Masks for UVA Health
Read MoreStudent volunteers repair masks with new elastic bands.
Biomedical Engineering effort will repair 35,000 masks from the National Strategic Stockpile.
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Meet our Graduate Students
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We asked 14 biomedical engineering graduate students four questions. Where did you go to undergrad? What do you like about your research? What do you do outside the labs? What is...
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Here's what it's like to be a graduate student in biomedical engineering at UVA
Read MoreWelcome to an overview of grad student life in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia
Here's the scoop on Charlottesville, life outside the lab, and our tight knit graduate student community.
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The BME Virtual Office
Read MoreThe staff who support biomedical engineering students and department operations are working remotely. Here's how to reach us:
Student Virtual Office BME Undergraduate Student Support Collab (Piazza Discussion Board, Zoom Office Hours, Student Forum Google Doc) and BME Major on MS Teams (klb4f) BME Grad...
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UVA-Designed COVID-19 Swab to Support High-Priority Testing Across Virginia
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A total of 75,000 swabs are slated for production each week, with 15,000 swabs remaining at UVA Health to support testing at the health system.
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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.