Blair Okita

    Professor of Practice Fall 2024 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor Fall 2023 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
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    For the past 35+ years, Blair has been a pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, and development executive where he has had the opportunity to work globally and drive twelve new chemical/biological and biosimilar products through development and into sustained commercial production. 

    Daniel Otero-León

    Assistant Professor
    Currently Recruiting
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    His research develops data-driven decision models for disease prevention, cancer management, and healthcare logistics to improve patient outcomes and health system efficiency.

    Matthew B. Panzer

    Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy) Deputy Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics
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    Dr. Panzer is the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and the Deputy Director at the Center for Applied Biomechanics.

    Jason Papin, Ph.D.

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Currently Recruiting
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    Jason Papin, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, develops computational models of cellular networks and performs experiments to characterize biological systems relevant to human disease. After his training in Bioengineering at University of California, San Diego, Jason Papin joined the faculty at University of Virginia in 2005.

    Joseph Park

    Professor, School of Medicine Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Courtesy)
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    Dr. Park is the associate director of the Foot and Ankle Fellowship at UVA and is the team foot and ankle surgeon for UVA Athletics. His research interests include injury biomechanics, sports-related injuries to the foot and ankle, tendon reconstruction, ankle replacement, bone grafting and biomechanical properties of orthopedic implants.

    Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.

    Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Currently Recruiting
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    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.

    Ammasi Periasamy

    Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
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    Dr. Periasamy is a global authority in advanced microscopy, specializing in molecular imaging in living cells and tissues. He designs optical methods to study protein interactions, monitor cancer cell/tissue parameters, and pioneered fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) development.

    Noah Perry

    Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering
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    Noah Perry focuses on leading clinically driven engineering projects that prepare graduate students to address complex healthcare challenges through innovative design and interdisciplinary collaboration. 

  • Rebecca Pompano

    Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
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    Dr. Pompano's research interests center on developing microfluidic and chemical assays to unravel the complexity of the immune response and inform new immunotherapies. Her lab combines unique expertise in bioanalytical chemistry, microfluidics, bioengineering, and immunology to create…
  • 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
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    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.

    Róża Przanowska, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biomedical Engineering
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    Dr. Róża Kamila Przanowska is a Polish molecular biologist specializing in non-coding RNAs in cancer and development. As a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Kevin Janes’s laboratory at UVA, she investigates the heterogeneity of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

    Yanjun Qi

    Associate Professor, Computer Science Adjunct Faculty, Data Science Institute Adjunct Faculty, School of Medicine Center of Public Genomics
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    Yanjun Qi is an Associate professor (tenured) of the University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science since 2013. She was a senior researcher in the Machine Learning Department at NEC Labs American, Princeton, NJ from July 2008 to August 2013. Her research interests are within…

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