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Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Biotechnology and Bioengineering Biomedical and Molecular Imaging   Clinical and Translational Science  Systems Biology and Biomedical Data Sciences Biomaterials, Soft Materials and Tissue Engineering
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    Improving Lives: Toddlers With Type 1 Diabetes Can Now Benefit From UVA Invention

    A life-changing technology is now available to toddlers. Systems engineering faculty member Marc Breton co-invented the artificial pancreas system that manages insulin levels in diabetic patients.

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    What Does Black Excellence Look Like?

    The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science welcomed a distinguished group of Black engineers back to Grounds for a panel discussion on excellence.

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  • Mete Civelek Receives Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association

    Mete Civelek uses big data analytics to understand the molecular pathways of disease and develops personalized medicine approaches to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.


     

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    • Graduating Engineer Took These Steps to a Career in Greener Energy

    Want to land a job at an employer like Equinor? Engineer Reese Hertel first had to assess his interests and core beliefs. He then relied on UVA advisers to help him refine his focus.

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  • New Artificial Intelligence Risk-Assessment Tool To Improve Heart-Failure Care

    UVA Health and UVA Engineering researchers have developed a powerful new risk assessment tool for predicting outcomes in heart failure patients. The researchers have made the tool publicly available.

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  • UVA Bioengineer Finds in Cellular Glue New Answers About Heart Attacks, Strokes

    Researchers have found answers about cardiovascular diseases in the cellular “glue” our bodies make to protect us from heart attacks and stroke.

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  • She Aided the Team Taking the Bite Out of Tick-Borne Lyme Disease

    Imagine a “Band-Aid” that wards off Lyme disease. With the big idea, chemical engineering grad student Tori Vigil led a team of cadets to win an international genetic engineering competition.

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    • Winners Circle: Oranges Offer Appealing Solution to a Toxic Problem

    Kenneth Brown, this year’s 2024 UVERS winner, investigated the potential for a non-toxic solvent made from orange peels to be used in the production of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

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  • Biomedical Engineering Alumni and AgroSpheres Co-Founders Share Lessons in Ag Biotech

    Classmates Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel tell AgroSpheres’ story, from class project to agricultural technology no one else was doing — and what they learned along the way.

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  • Grant Is Helping UVA Researchers Fight Deadly Lung Disease

    Biomedical engineering professor Thomas Barker and his team have developed a novel antibody treatment to precisely target and halt progression of lung fibrosis.

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  • UVA Researcher Is Using AI To Help Caregivers

    NBC29 covers BP America Professor Emeritus Jack Stankovic’s monitoring system that helps Alzheimer’s caregivers know when to take care of themselves. 

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  • High-Tech ‘Ear’ Lets Alzheimer’s Caregivers Keep Eye on Emotions

    UVA Engineering researchers created AI that listens for mood changes and protects Alzheimer’s caregivers’ mental health.

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