Research @ UVA Engineering
Engineering For HealthUVA Engineering is co-located with the top-ranked UVA School of Medicine and UVA Health System, and our culture values and rewards collaboration and initiative.
Kyle J. Lampe
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Kyle Lampe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and by courtesy, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience.
Kristen Naegle
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Kristen Naegle uses data- and computational-driven approaches to predict, and experimental approaches to test, the regulation and function of tyrosine phosphorylation in complex networks.
Blair Okita
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For the past 35+ years, Blair has been a pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, and development executive where he has had the opportunity to work globally and drive twelve new chemical/biological and biosimilar products through development and into sustained commercial production.
Shayn Peirce-Cottler
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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.
Rebecca Pompano
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Richard J. Price
Dr. Price's research program centers on the development and implementation of image-guided drug and gene delivery systems for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
Jeffrey Saucerman
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Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, combines computational models and high-throughput experiments to discover molecular networks that control cardiac remodeling and regeneration.
Jason Sheehan
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Dr. Jason Sheehan received his BS, MS, PhD and MD from the University of Virginia. His BS is in Chemical Engineering with the highest honors awarded from the School of Engineering. He performed fellowships at Auckland University and the University of Pittsburgh, and has written more than 250 peer reviewed papers.
Nathan Sheffield
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Natasha Diba Sheybani, Ph.D.
Dr. Sheybani leads a translational research program centered on innovating tools and paradigms for non-invasive precision cancer management.
Nathan Swami
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Nathan Swami is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Lakeshia J. Taite
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Lakeshia Taite designs biomaterials to create cell-instructive microenvironments that encourage tissue growth or regeneration.
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