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Biomechanics Biotechnology & Biomolecular Engineering Biotechnology and Bioengineering Biomedical Imaging   Clinical and Translational Science  Systems Biology and Biomedical Data Science Biomaterials, Soft Materials and Tissue Engineering
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  • UVA BME’s Silvia Blemker Elected To Lead the American Society of Biomechanics

    UVA biomechanics expert aims to build on the organization’s culture of collaboration to expand knowledge of the field and its impact.

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  • Bioelectronics Pioneer Discusses Wireless NICUs, Rewired Amputees

    The path to better health is sometimes skin deep. John A. Rogers delivers the inaugural Jefferson Engineering Lecture.

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  • UVA Engineering Researchers Develop AI Tool To Fast-Track New Health Treatments

    Using a new AI tool, biomedical engineering professor Jeff Saucerman’s team discovered a drug used by millions for anxiety and depression also has surprising heart-healing potential.

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  • UVA Researchers Fast-Track Cancer Care with Patient-Specific Tumor Models

    Engineering and medical research team’s new method could help oncologists predict which therapies will work best for individual patients with a common form of breast cancer.

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  • UVA Research Opens Door to Far More Targeted Antibiotics

    UVA Engineering researchers may have found a way to reduce the need for broad-spectrum antibiotics, which could slow the growth of antibiotic resistance.

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  • It’s in the Genes: Weight and Metabolism Determined by Genetics More Than Diet

    New research by a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student and her UVA team could lead to tailored nutritional programs designed for a person’s genetics.

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  • UVA Study Uncovers Key Heart Responses to Viral Infection

    New insights could change the game for treating viral heart infections and preventing heart failure.

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  • UVA Researchers Simplify Signal Classification with Smarter, Faster Tech

    UVA develops Python-based tool using CDT for faster, accurate signal classification, enabling robust AI applications in healthcare and engineering.

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  • Uncovering the Mechanism for Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

    University of Virginia researchers advance understanding of chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer, offering hope for new treatment strategies.

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  • Kimberly Kelly’s Newest Title: Editor-in-Chief

    Kim Kelly, a University of Virginia biomedical engineering professor and expert in bioinformatics, has been selected to serve as editor-in-chief of Molecular Imaging and Biology.

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  • Research Brief: $2 Million Award to Uncover Information Processing and Decision-Making Mechanisms of Human Cells

    The insights gained from this award could pave the way for improved precision medicine strategies.

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  • UVA Research Cracks the Autism Code, Making the Neurodivergent Brain Visible

    A UVA professor’s mathematical modeling approach for brain imaging analysis reveals links among genes, brain structure and autism.

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