Research @ UVA Engineering
Engineering For HealthUVA Engineering is co-located with the top-ranked UVA School of Medicine and UVA Health System, and our culture values and rewards collaboration and initiative.
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UVA Researcher Is Using AI To Help Caregivers
NBC29 covers BP America Professor Emeritus Jack Stankovic’s monitoring system that helps Alzheimer’s caregivers know when to take care of themselves.
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Hear How These Health Innovators Avoid Getting ‘Lost in Translation’
In its debut podcast, the Coulter Center for Translational Research highlights health-care innovators at UVA and beyond who are translating scientific discoveries into tangible healthcare solutions.
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UVA Engineering Assistant Professors Named ‘Rising Stars’ in Polymers Research
Rachel Letteri and Liheng Cai design polymer materials for applications such as treating disease or repairing tissue loss, soft robotics and wearable electronics.
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How Artificial Intelligence May Benefit Heart Patients
With machine learning and human learning, scientists uncover the biological cause and effect of fibroblast behaviors after heart attack and advanced the development of new treatments.
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Blood Cancer Discovery Identifies High-Risk Patients, Could Improve Outcomes
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UVA Identifies Trigger for World’s Most Common Liver Disease
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition causing fat to build up in the liver for no clear reason.
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Hampton University Chemical Engineering Undergrads Gain Research Experience at UVA Engineering
An exploratory undergraduate research program establishes a bond between UVA’s and Hampton University’s chemical engineering departments.
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Using Machine Learning for Better Human Understanding of Disease Risk Factors and Treatments
Machine learning changed health care by making sense of biological data, but for UVA Engineering’s Aidong Zhang, that’s only part of understanding disease risk and treatments.
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Unveiling the Dynamics of Maternal Immune Responses
Dolatshahi's research aims at personalized vaccines during pregnancy and enhancing early childhood immunity via understanding maternal antibody transfer.
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Kelsey Kubelick Joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UVA
Kubelick develops imaging tools to track the movement and efficacy of T cells deployed in cancer therapies, aiming ultimately to enhance the cells’ defensive abilities.