Jason Papin, PhD, and his collaborators in UVA's Department of Biomedical Engineering are using advanced computer models to identify weaknesses in the dangerous C. difficile infection.
A collaboration between folks at the School of Medicine and UVA’s School of Engineering is using a form of artificial intelligence to better diagnose and treat gut diseases that can cause lifelong problems for impoverished children.
Skulls may be a symbol of death, but we're using them to make a better life for some of our youngest patients. Dr. Jonathan Black, one of our plastic surgeons, is using life-sized, 3D-printed skulls to prepare for surgery on tiny babies born with skull deformities. His youngest patient was…
The physical proximity of the School of Medicine to UVA's School of Engineering is a tremendous asset for us, especially as the overlap between medicine and engineering grows by the year. (For example, I've already told you about our Duchenne muscular dystrophy project.) To capitalize on that proximity -- and…
