Working Together to Build the Future of Medicine
Our co-location within UVA Engineering, the UVA School of Medicine and the UVA Health System uniquely positions us to make a difference. Our culture values and rewards collaboration, initiative and the translation of basic advances to achieve clinical and real world impact. In all that we do, we value and strive for diversity and inclusion.
BME Weekly Seminars: Fridays at 2:00 pm
Join the BME Department for our regular seminars on Fridays from 2-3 pm in the BME Classroom (MR5 Rm. 1041). We have invited world-renowned biomedical engineering leaders from across the country to share their exciting research and technologies. Anyone from the UVA community is invited to attend!
UVA BME is hiring multiple tenure-track and tenured faculty at all ranks and in any BME research area
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is inviting applicants for multiple tenure-track or tenured faculty appointments at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Candidates will join our exciting environment, build and sustain impactful research programs in any area of Biomedical Engineering, engage in teaching and mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and perform service to the community, institution, and BME profession. Candidates should be committed to engaging in collaborative teaching and research and helping all of society through biomedical research and technology innovations. Please direct questions about the open-area search to Shayn Peirce-Cottler, BME Department Chair (shayn@virginia.edu). Additionally, applicants whose research involves nanomaterials, drug delivery, and/or theranostics are also encouraged to apply to this position, which may include membership in UVA's NanoSTAR Center. Please direct questions to Dr. Evan Scott, NanoSTAR Director (der4yt@virginia.edu).
Meet Our Faculty
Faculty members in Biomedical Engineering (BME) benefit from a collaborative and collegial environment, working in close partnership with physicians and scientists to address unmet clinical needs and drive scientific discovery.
Location Matters
The BME Department is part of the UVA Medical Center and is physically connected to the UVA Hospital. This proximity provides a unique and authentic training experience for biomedical engineering students, who have daily interactions with patients, doctors, and other care providers as they develop and deploy their skills to solve problems in healthcare and medicine in the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and one of the top-40 ranked hospitals nationally.
