Computational Biomedicine

Projects range from development of biosensors, artificial intelligence for testing, vaccine development, novel treatment options, and better data analytics to predict the spread of the virus.

Eli Zunder’s New National Institutes of Health RO1 Award

The findings could ultimately help researchers find better ways to regenerate damaged nerve tissue and produce more effective non-opioid painkillers.

The Story of How a Broadly Useful Cardiac Imaging Technique Comes to an MRI Scanner Near You

For the last 15 years, Epstein and the researchers in his group have been the world leaders in developing a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technology that can directly measure...

Are you self-driven, independent and interested in computational modeling and data science?

This unusual summer, the University of Virginia is hosting a “virtual” version of our NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in multi-scale systems bioengineering...

Richard J. Price, who holds joint faculty appointments in UVA’s schools of Medicine and Engineering, is using focused soundwaves to overcome the natural “blood-brain barrier,” which protects the brain from harmful pathogens. His approach aims to breach the barrier only where needed, and only when...

High points amid the challenges

What I’ve learned is that the qualities and culture a department fosters during its normal course of business will determine its ability to weather a crisis successfully and to...

Biomedical engineering second year Nikita Sivakumar has earned a Beckman Scholars Award, UVA's largest scholarship for undergraduate research.

A University of Virginia biomedical engineering student is trying to tackle the world’s No. 1 cause of death on a genetic level.

It's been a good year for postdoc Adam Dixon

A Hossack Lab publication was one of the top-10 cited articles published by Annals of Biomedical Engineering in 2018. Adam Dixon (Ph.D. '16) was the article's first...

Papin emphasizes data science in every class he teaches. In the lab, Papin and his team use both laboratory experiments and computer models to predict how cells will change and react in various conditions.