Biomaterials, Biomechanics, and Biomanufacturing

Deploying a hydrogel to wounds in the trachea poses a distinct challenge

Biomaterials expert Don Griffin is taking his team's success using microporous annealed particle (MAP) gels for wound healing to a dynamic, difficult environment.

Pioneering New Insights into the Form, Function, Biology, and Diseases of Muscles

Blemker was elected for exemplary contributions to the understanding of the relationship between skeletal muscle structure and function, in health and disease.

Within five years, the team hopes that Springbok’s precision muscle analysis will be widely used in pro and college sports, and also in many areas of medicine.

The UVA Center for Engineering in Medicine pairs engineers with clinicians to transform health care research.

The UVA Center for Engineering in Medicine pairs engineers with clinicians to transform health care research.

Principal Investigators Earn National Funding to Support New Research

Biomedical engineering faculty originated 13 new research awards over the past 12 months from external sources.

Professors' big-picture ideas for tissue engineering backed by prestigious AFIRM III award

George Christ is drawn to tackle large challenges in his field and complete them as quickly as possible.

Advances in biomedical research through cross-grounds collaboration

It's hard to find a disease that Professor Shayn Peirce- Cottler's research hasn't impacted. And that's just one of the reasons that she earned the rank of...

Ph.D. Student Karina Torres-Castro Applies Fellowship to Advance Pancreatic Islet Transplant Therapy

Torres-Castro has built a micro-device to select the most transplant-worthy islets recovered from donors.

Prestigious NIH Award Frees Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Investigator to Follow the Science

The first proposal Steven Caliari submitted to a funding agency since becoming a father was a big one. He had reason to be hopeful.

We asked 14 biomedical engineering graduate students four questions. Where did you go to undergrad? What do you like about your research? What do you do outside the labs? What is...