Computational Biomedicine

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.

The Department's Co-chair for Diversity Equity Inclusion has Won a National Award with a Special Focus on Student Training

This award recognizes those who have made an impactful contribution in promoting diversity and inclusion, especially in the areas of student and postdoc training.

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...

Dr. Epstein Recognized for Cutting Edge Imaging Research

The Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research has honored Fred Epstein, PhD, for contributions to biomedical imaging research.

A Systems Approach to Understand the Interconnecting Pathways of the Immune System

In this video, Sepideh Dolatshahi, a new assistant professor of biomedical engineering, explains how, early in her Ph.D. training in electrical engineering, she became interested...

New findings about our body fat help explain the differing health risks men and women face – and set the stage for better, more targeted treatments.

UVA researchers, including BME Professor Jason Papin, have made critically important discoveries linking gut bacteria to everything from babies’ brain development to risks of metastatic breast cancer or depression.

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...

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.