• Natasha Diba Sheybani, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (by courtesy) and Radiology & Medical Imaging (by courtesy) Research Director, UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center
    Currently Recruiting
    Natasha Diba Sheybani

    Dr. Sheybani leads a translational research program centered on innovating tools and paradigms for non-invasive precision cancer management.

  • Richard J. Price, Ph.D.

    Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied Science Professor, Biomedical Engineering Co-Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center
    Currently Recruiting
    Richard J. Price Headshot

    Dr. Price's research program centers on the development and implementation of image-guided drug and gene delivery systems for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

  • Kristen Naegle, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics
    Currently Recruiting
    Kristen Naegle

    Kristen Naegle uses data- and computational-driven approaches to predict, and experimental approaches to test, the regulation and function of tyrosine phosphorylation in complex networks.

    Timothy E. Allen, Ph.D.

    Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering Director, NSF REU in Multiscale Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Sciences
    Timothy Allen, Professor of Bioemedical Engineering

    Timothy E. Allen teaches and mentors students in the areas of computational modeling of complex biological systems, molecular and cell biology assays, and medical device design.

    Thomas H. Barker, Ph.D.

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
    Thomas H Barker, Professor of Bioemedical Engineering

    Thomas Barker explores and therapeutically exploits the fundamental links between fibroblast adaptation to their physical and biochemical microenvironment and their myofibroblastic differentiation during tissue repair, fibrosis and cancer.

    Steven R. Caliari

    Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering ChE Graduate Program Director
    Steven R. Caliari

    The Caliari Lab designs, synthesizes, and characterizes new biomaterials to explore the dynamic interplay between cells and their microenvironment, applying these platforms to address fundamental human health challenges in understanding disease and engineering tissues.

    Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.

    Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Currently Recruiting
    Shayn Peirce-Cottler headshot

    Shayn Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments and machine learning to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop new therapies for inducing tissue regeneration.

    Matthew J. Lazzara

    Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Member, UVA Cancer Center
    Currently Recruiting
    Matthew J. Lazzara Headshot

    Work in the Lazzara Lab employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to study problems in cell signaling, the complex biochemical process cells use to make decisions.

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