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A Perfect Internship
Graduate Student Finds a Fit in Cancer Therapy Research
During her three-month internship with Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Millie Shah reconciled molecular and cellular models of a DNA damage repair...
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Developing Leaders
Creating a Pipeline for Diversity in Biomedical Big Data Research
Faculty members at the University of Virginia aim to train a diverse new generation of scientists and engineers to address the monumental challenge of biomedical big data...
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Crossing Domains
Two Senior Hires and a New Assistant Professor Add Depth that Spans Barriers
The field of biomedical engineering—which itself is a hybrid of disciplines—calls for a unique blend of skills. The BME department at UVA is undergoing a 10-plus-year program to...
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Going for Gold
UVA Biomedical Engineering Professor’s Research Examines Elite Sprinters’ Muscles for Insight
As fans around the world marvel at the athletic feats performed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Silvia Blemker is investigating how...
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Research Funding Announced
Biomedical Engineering Professor Earns NASA Funding
Associate Professor Silvia Blemker’s research proposal, “Development of a Muscle Adaptation in Space-Flight Simulator,” was recently selected for funding by NASA’s Human Research...
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Faculty Accolades
UVA Engineering Professors Earn Junior Faculty Awards
Two UVA Engineering faculty members have earned the prestigious Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
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Entrepreneurship Recognition
UVA Engineering Team Reaches National Finals for Male Contraceptive Invention
A UVA Engineering alumnus, Kevin Eisenfrats, has advanced to the national finals in a “Shark Tank”-style competition for his team’s invention of a non-surgical contraceptive for...
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Professor Gains National Recognition
Shayn Peirce-Cottler is a Pioneer of Agent-based Modeling
Professor Shayn Peirce-Cottler uses agent-based modeling to to shed light on how complex webs of gene expression, chemical signaling, and cell behavior contribute to human...
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NIH Training Grant in Biomedical Data Science
Jason Papin (Principal Investigator)
A pre-doctoral training program focused on teaching scientists to work at the interface of computer science, statistics, “big data” and biomedicine.
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Design for Good
Improved Bottle for Babies with Cleft Palate “Wows” Clinicians
Each year, about one in 700 babies worldwide is born with a cleft palate. Thanh “Vi” Tran has been working with three former BME undergraduates to design a better bottle to help...