Research Areas

From labs investigating the molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanotransduction, to labs developing novel tools to image cardiac hemodynamics, to labs exploring novel methods of improving rehabilitation, VCU Biomedical Engineering is on the cutting edge of research at the interface of biology, medicine and engineering. See the table below to find out which faculty members are working in different areas.

	Experimental (Cell/Molecular)	Experimental (Systems/Animal/Clinical)	Computational
Cardio		Jordan, Wilson	Wilson
Lung	Heise	Heise	Heise
Immune	Olivares-Navarrete, Heise	Olivares-Navarrete, Heise
Rehabilitation/ Neuro	Zhang	Krusienski, Fei, Peterson, Pawluk, Wetzel	Krusienski, Pawluk, Peterson
Musculoskeletal	Boyan, Donahue, Schwartz, McClure, Puetzer, Hwang, Wilson	Boyan, Donahue, McClure, Schwartz, Peterson, Puetzer	Peterson
Cancer	Boyan, Schwartz, Heise, Lemmon, Hwang	Jordan, Heise, Hwang, Wilson	Lemmon, Heise
Mechanobiology of Disease	Donahue, Puetzer, Hwang, Lemmon, Heise	Puetzer, Heise	Lemmon, Heise
Novel Imaging		Wilson, Jordan	Krusienski
Regenerative Medicine	Boyan, Donahue, Schwartz, McClure, Olivares-Navarrete, Puetzer, Hwang	Boyan, Schwartz, McClure, Olivares-Navarrete, Puetzer