Mentors
SBDS Leadership and Mentors
Co-principal Investigators
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Jason Papin
Jason Papin, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, develops computational models of cellular networks and performs experiments to characterize biological systems relevant to human disease. After his training in Bioengineering at University of California, San Diego, Jason Papin joined the faculty at University of Virginia in 2005.
Executive Committee
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Jason Papin
Jason Papin, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, develops computational models of cellular networks and performs experiments to characterize biological systems relevant to human disease. After his training in Bioengineering at University of California, San Diego, Jason Papin joined the faculty at University of Virginia in 2005.
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Nathan Sheffield
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Madhav Marathe
SBDS Primary and Secondary Mentors
- STEFAN BEKIRANOV Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- MIKE BROWN Nephrology
- GRAHAM CASEY Public Health Sciences
- ALLISON CRISS Microbiology
- DOUGLAS DESIMONE Cell Biology
- DONALD DUDLEY Obstetrics and Gynecology
- CHARLES FARBER Public Health Sciences
- FRANCINE GARRETT-BAKELMAN Medicine, Hematolgy & Oncology
- JENNIFER GULER Biology
- DAVID KASHATUS Microbiology
- PETER KASSON Molecular Physics and Biophysics
- MADHAV MARATHE Biocomplexity Initiative
- CLINT MILLER Public Health Sciences
- SEAN MOORE Pediatric Gastroenterology
- EYLEEN O'ROURKE Biology Department
- BILL PETRI Medicine, Infectious Disease
- AAKROSH RATAN Public Health Sciences
- CHRISTIAN REIDYS Mathematics
- STEPHEN RICH Public Health Sciences
- GLORIA SHEYNKMAN Molecular Physics and Biophysics
- TODD STUKENBERG Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- CHONGZHI ZANG Public Health Sciences
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Silvia Salinas Blemker
Silvia Blemker uses experimental and computational models to characterize the relationships between muscle structure, biomechanical properties, biology, and function in order to develop new treatments for musculoskeletal disease
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Mete Civelek
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Sepideh Dolatshahi
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Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani
Fallahi-Sichani lab's research in the field of Systems Biology is focused on understanding the fundamental mechanisms of human cell responses to environmental and therapeutic perturbations.
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Yanjun Qi
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Gustavo Kunde Rohde
Dr. Rohde, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, develops computational predictive models with applications in pathology, radiology, systems biology, and mobile sensing. He earned a B.S. degree 1999, M.S. degree in in 2001 from Vanderbilt University, and a doctorate in 2005 from the University of Maryland.
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Jeffrey Saucerman
Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, combines computational models and high-throughput experiments to discover molecular networks that control cardiac remodeling and regeneration.
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Aidong Zhang
Aidong Zhang's research focuses on developing machine learning approaches to interpretable and fair learning, concept-based learning, federated learning, and generative AI. She also works on large language models for hypothesis generations for scientific discovery.
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Eli Zunder
Eli Zunder analyzes stem cell fate using single cell mass cytometry and high-dimensional modeling of cell lineage trajectories. He received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from UCSF in 2009.