Faculty Directory

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Cardiovascular biology including atherosclerosis, thrombosis and in-stent restenosis; vascular biomechanics and mechanotransduction; development of medical devices, drug delivery and tissue engineering systems for enhancing tissue repair; glycobiology

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Development of femtosecond laser nanosurgery techniques for manipulation of biological systems; two-photon fluorescence laser scanning microscopy; development of miniaturized endoscopes for in-vivo cancer detection and treatment; applications for nerve regeneration processes and early cancer detection and treatment

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Cancer systems biology; heterogeneity and cell state plasticity; gene regulatory networks; chemotherapy drug resistance; normal differentiation and differentiation therapy

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Novel MRI methods. Novel blood flow and oximetry methods in cardiovascular disease, anemic disorders and cancer.

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Theoretical development, implementation, and clinical deployment of numerical methods for medical image analysis

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Tissue repair and regeneration; polymer science; bioengineering

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Biomedical heat and mass transfer; hyperthermia treatment of tumors; therapeutic hypothermia for treating stroke, cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury; devices for intermittent and continuous cooling of body core temperature; prevention and treatment of burn injuries; cryotherapy of injured tissues; cryopreservation of cells and tissues

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Optical microscopy; functional brain imaging; molecular imaging; neuroscience

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Discovery, preclinical and clinical development of protein therapeutics; vaccine evaluation; analysis of human immune responses in health and disease

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Biomedical informatics; decision support; biomedical image analysis; biometrics

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Control of cellular immunity through manipulation of T-cell receptor interactions; reverse-engineer pathogenic strategies used by bacterial pathogens for biotechnological applications; apply protein engineering approaches to issues in structural biology

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Brain-computer interfaces (BCI); neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics; human-robot interaction; statistical machine learning; neuroscience; neurorehabilitation

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Development of label-free imaging and analytical tools with nonlinear chemical microscopy to predict type 2 diabetes and other diseases

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Biomaterials; controlled drug delivery; molecular modeling of protein structures in contact with biomaterials and tissues; modeling of biomedical devices; bionanotechnology; molecular recognition processes

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Image-guided drug delivery, ultrasound, acoustics

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Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics; Numerical Modeling; Material Characterization & Constitutive Modeling

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Molecular modeling of biological systems; computational drug discovery

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Solving healthcare related problems using mechanical engineering design and manufacturing techniques

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Multi-disciplinary elements of bioheat transfer; nanomedicine; biomedical optics; tissue regeneration; cancer engineering

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Vision research; biomedical sensors; laser applications; neuroprosthesis design

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Cardiovascular biomechanics; computational simulation of the behavior of the cardiovascular system; advanced constitutive models, biomechanical interactions of cell, tissue and organ in native and engineered heart valves and myocardium

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Neural engineering; brain-machine interfaces; neurotherapeutic devices; neuromodulation

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Developing clinical therapies for central nervous system injury and disorder, including spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and glioma formation.

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Biophysical mechanisms; cellular and biomolecular engineering; molecular, cellular and tissue biomechanics

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Cardiovascular tissue engineering; Adult progenitor cells and vasculogenesis; Biologically active materials

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Diagnostic and therapeutic optical technologies; molecular imaging; nanophotonics; cancer

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Development of new tools to modulate and record neural activity from targeted neuronal populations using minimally invasive methods

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Medical imaging; computational oncology

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Nanobiosensor development; cancer biomarker detection; single-molecule spectroscopy for biomolecule and nanomaterial characterization; 3D molecular tracking and super-resolution imaging

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Biomaterials & systems immunology to investigate mechanisms for potentiating/diversifying immune responses while modulating the immune system to create cancer immunotherapies or anti-viral vaccines.

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Developing advanced mathematical models, computational algorithms and data acquisition schemes to push the limits of magnetic resonance imaging systemsMedical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging and spin physics; Statistical inference, machine learning and optimization

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Molecular cell biology and tissue engineering