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Breaking the Ultrasound Barrier to Fight Disease
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When WebMD wanted to know more about the promise of Focused Ultrasound, they called BME Professor Rich Price, research director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Center.
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Riding the Wave of Sound
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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.
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What Is Multi-Scale Modeling? How Can It Help Your Health?
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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.
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Mete Civelek's latest grant uncovers the biologic networks that underlie coronary artery disease
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This project will lead to the identification of how genetic factors perturb the function of vascular smooth muscle cells.
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Class of 2019: As a ‘CODA,’ Kim Built Bridges for UVA’s Deaf Community
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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.
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Speechless: You Don't Need to Be a Singer to Lose Your Voice
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Dr. James Daniero, Center for Engineering in Medicine researcher, talks about his research on voice disorders, including the multidisciplinary nature of the "Voice Team."
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MIST Wins Top Awards at 2019 ACC InVenture Prize
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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...
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Mete Civelek is Named Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor
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Undergraduate researchers across the University nomianted faculty mentors who regularly go above and beyond to create and engage students in research opportunities. Three students...
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Pike Fellows Well Represented at American Evolution Innovators Cup
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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...
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It's a Pattern, Not a Trend: BME Grad Students Win Top Awards for Research and Teaching
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Katie Knaus just won an All-University Graduate Teaching Award, and Greg Medlock won the School of Medicine's Hungerford Prize. BME students have won these awards more often...