Computational Biomedicine

An engineering-medicine-data science collaboration aims to end terminal disease diagnoses for more than 100K Americans.

Zhang Appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Science

Aidong Zhang, who was one of the first computer scientists to apply the tools of her trade to analyzing biomedical data, has been named interim chair of the Department of Computer...

Yanjun Qi Builds Artificial Intelligence Tools That Have the Power to Turn Biomedical Data into Better Medicine

Yanjun Qi, an associate professor of computer science in the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, is using powerful deep-learning models to analyze...

UVA Engineering’s Kevin Janes Scores Three Articles in a Single Issue of Oncology Journal

When 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.

The Work is the Next Step Forward in Focused Ultrasound Therapy for Essential Tremor

Craig Meyer and his team are improving essential tremor treatment and applying MRI in ways that have not been attempted before.

Increasing the Effectiveness of Cancer Therapy

Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani moved his research lab to UVA, in part because this is a great place for a cancer systems biologist to take on a complex challenge.

Training Undergraduates to Solve Medical Problems Using Data Science, Quantitative Analysis and Systems Modeling

The University of Virginia will host a “virtual” version of our popular summer undergraduate research program.

Pioneering the Use of Focused Ultrasound

Price uses focused soundwaves to overcome the blood-brain barrier and to make tumors responsive to immunotherapy—without surgery.

Joining the top 2% of medical and biological engineering professionals

William H. Guilford and Aidong Zhang have joined the top 2% of medical and biological engineering professionals.

In addition to identifying gene variants that influence risk for coronary artery disease, researchers in Mete Civelek's group have found that one gene in particular appears to have a protective effect.