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Brent A. French combines advanced methods of targeted drug and gene delivery with biomedical imaging in vivo to explore novel targets and treatment strategies in cardiovascular disease. Research interests of the Molecular Bioengineering Lab focus on developing new, more effective strategies for treating and preventing human disease.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical EngineeringGraduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering
Currently Recruiting
Donald Griffin improves clinical translation of acellular and cellular therapies through enhanced hydrogel-tissue integration, specifically focusing on the development of passive and active instructional microenvironments using microscale building blocks.
Brian Helmke researches the relationship between cell mechanics and cell function using new tools in materials science and molecular biology, with a focus on cardiovascular disease. His laboratory employs a multidisciplinary biomedical engineering approach to understand the relationship between intracellular mechanics and cell function.
Kimberly Kelly uses computational methods and bioinformatics to develop more effective and less toxic cancer drugs through the identification of disease-relevant druggable targets, with a special emphasis on translation to the clinic and commercialization.
James Carroll Flippin Professor of Medical Science, Dean of the School of Medicine and Chief Health Affairs Officer, UVA HealthProfessor of Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Nationally known in the field of vascular surgery, Melina R. Kibbe, MD, began her five-year appointment as UVA School of Medicine’s Dean and Chief Health Affairs Officer in September 2021. Her lab develops novel therapies for patients with vascular disease while simultaneously studying the mechanism of how these therapies impact the vascular wall.
Kelsey Kubelick leverages light, sound, nanoconstruct design and cellular engineering strategies to develop advanced theranostic imaging platforms. With a special interest in ultrasound and photoacoustics, her lab creates imaging tools that play a critical role in informing, guiding and enhancing therapies across a range of biomedical applications.
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical ImagingAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Bijoy K. Kundu, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the tenure track in the department of Radiology and Medical Imaging at UVA. The goals of his lab are to develop and optimize quantitative cardiac PET imaging techniques to address the hypothesis of metabolic remodeling in small animal modelsof myocardial injury and type 2 diabetes.
Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Member, UVA Cancer Center
Currently Recruiting
Work in the Lazzara Lab employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to study problems in cell signaling, the complex biochemical process cells use to make decisions.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biomedical Engineering
As a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Silvia Blemker's M3 laboratory at UVA, Emily McCain is working toward the development of sex-specific musculoskeletal models to investigate how sex differences affect muscle function during movement.
Professor, Biomedical EngineeringProfessor, Radiology and Medical Imaging
Currently Recruiting
Craig Meyer develops magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for rapid acquisition and processing of image data in the setting of cardiovascular disease, neural diseases, and pediatrics, using tools in physics, signal processing, image reconstruction, and machine learning.
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Dr. J. Randall Moorman is a cardiologist in Charlottesville, Virginia and is affiliated with University of Virginia Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Mississippi School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is one of 41 doctors…
