Research @ UVA Engineering
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Research Area
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-
A Sponge that Could Give Wounded Soldiers a Fighting Chance
Read NowUVA professor George Christ teams with UC Berkeley professor Kevin Edward Healy to develop a hydrogel material that can be placed directly in wounds to make up for missing muscle mass.
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New Training Grant Matches Computation and Modeling to Experimental Design
Read NowWhen Remziye Erdogan learned about the new Systems and Biomolecular Data Science Training Program designed to immerse students in the techniques of systems biology, she jumped at the chance to apply.
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UVA's Exploration of New Frontier in Cancer Research Nets $12M Award
Read NowNew research center, funded by the NIH's National Cancer Institute, to leverage UVA's expertise in cancer systems biology and biomedical data sciences.
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Leading Tissue Regeneration Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering
Read NowHer research focuses on tiny blood vessels that are one-tenth the diameter of a human hair, needed to regenerate tissues damaged by injury or disease.
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UVA Biomedical Engineers Aim to Mass Produce Muscle Cells for Treating Traumatic Injuries
Read NowRachel Bour is part of a team that’s getting closer to helping the thousands of Americans who suffer from perm
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Engineering New Tools for New Hearts: Helping Children on the Transplant Waitlist
Read NowAlmost 20% of pediatric patients on the U.S. wait list for heart transplants die before they receive a heart. A UVA engineering-medicine research team is dedicated to changing that.
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Chair of Biomedical Engineering Named UVA Engineering’s Associate Dean for Research
Read NowFrederick H. Epstein’s appointment follows his highly successful decade leading growth and transformation in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He started his new role March 1.
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How Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Structure Influence Movement, Injury and Disease
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University of Virginia Researchers Are Mapping Lung Cell Communication and Behaviors to Save Lives
Read NowAn engineering-medicine-data science collaboration aims to end terminal disease diagnoses for more than 100K Americans.
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Electronic Sensor Can Classify Chronic and Infectious Disease Metrics
Read NowSwami's cover article for Lab on a Chip presents data analytics for high throughput phenotypic identification of cells, bacteria and viruses.
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UVA Medicine Teams with the Coulter to Launch a Clinical Fellow Program
Read NowUVA cardiothoracic surgery resident Dr. Evan Rotar will collaborate with UVA School of Medicine clinicians and UVA engineers to design a device that will help cardiac patients with severe heart failur
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A Research Hat Trick
Read NowWhen an athlete scores three times in a single game, it's called a hat trick. If scientific research had hat tricks, Janes would have fans screaming in the stands.