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Engineering For Health

UVA 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. 

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Biomechanics Biotechnology & Biomolecular Engineering Biotechnology and Bioengineering Biomedical Imaging   Clinical and Translational Science  Systems Biology and Biomedical Data Science Biomaterials, Soft Materials and Tissue Engineering
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  • Unlocking Secrets of the Heart: Simple Scan Could Identify Patients at Risk

    UVA biomedical engineering researchers have developed an MRI technique to analyze the fat surrounding a patient’s heart, potentially enabling earlier cardiac disease interventions.

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  • Silvia Blemker Recognized by NAI for Advancing Muscle Health Through Innovation

    Blemker has been inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. 

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  • Two ChemE Professors Named American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellows

    University of Virginia professors of chemical engineering Bill Epling and Roseanne Ford were recently elected fellows of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

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  • Uncovering the Mechanism for Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

    University of Virginia researchers advance understanding of chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer, offering hope for new treatment strategies.

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  • UVA Faculty Uncover the Key to Preventing Fibrosis in Biomaterial Implants

    Researchers in the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering have discovered a type of fibroblast cells that appear to drive a deadly disease progression. 

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  • UVA Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives FDA Clearance for AI Muscle Health Analysis Tool

    Silvia Salinas Blemker’s spin out company, Springbok Analytics, can now commercialize its precision health technology.

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  • Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives $3.1M NIH Grant to Improve Heart Attack Outcomes

    Jeff Saucerman will collaborate with researchers at the School of Medicine to study the role of lipoprotein receptors in heart failure. 

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  • UVA Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives Eugene M. Landis Award from the Microcirculatory Society

    Shayn Peirce-Cottler received a national career award for her work in microvascular research. 

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  • Kimberly Kelly’s Newest Title: Editor-in-Chief

    Kim Kelly, a University of Virginia biomedical engineering professor and expert in bioinformatics, has been selected to serve as editor-in-chief of Molecular Imaging and Biology.

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  • Research Brief: $2 Million Award to Uncover Information Processing and Decision-Making Mechanisms of Human Cells

    The insights gained from this award could pave the way for improved precision medicine strategies.

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  • $3.9 Million Grant Accelerates UVA Professor’s Efforts to Detect Alzheimer’s Early

    University of Virginia professor Mathews Jacob is leading research to improve imaging techniques for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases.

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  • UVA Research Cracks the Autism Code, Making the Neurodivergent Brain Visible

    A UVA professor’s mathematical modeling approach for brain imaging analysis reveals links among genes, brain structure and autism.

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