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Maria Altbach
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
Director of MRI Innovation
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Craig A. Aspinwall
Deparment Head of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Bhaskar Banerjee
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Optical Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Jennifer Barton
Director, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biosystems Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor of Optical Sciences
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Ali Bilgin
Associate Department Head for Biomedical Engineering Graduate Affairs
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor of Medical Imaging
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Roberta Diaz Brinton
Director, Center for Innovation in Brain Science
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Neurology
Professor of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Professor of Neuroscience - GIDP
Professor of the BIO5 Institute
Professor of Clinical Translational Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Kellen Chen
Assistant Research Professor of Surgery
Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Nan-kuei Chen
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Jared Churko
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, iPS Cell Core
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Assistant Professor, Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Brett Colson
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Translational Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Stephen Cowen
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Associate Professor of Cognition and Neural Systems
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Applied BioSciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Erika D. Eggers
Professor of Physiology
Associate Department Head of Research, Physiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, Neuroscience Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
John C. Elfar
Professor of Orthopedics – Shoulder, Hand, Wrist & Elbow
Department Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Wolfgang Fink
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Julia Fisher
Assistant Research Professor, BIO5 Institute, Arizona Statistics Consulting Laboratory Statistician
Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Andrew J. Fuglevand
Professor of Physiology
Associate Professor, Evelyn F Mcknight Brain Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor, Neuroscience Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Lars Furenlid
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Optical Sciences
Harry H. and Catherine C. Barrett Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences for Cancer Imaging
Vice Chair, Research
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Swarna Ganesh
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Arthur F. Gmitro
Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Emeritus Professor of Medical Imaging
Emeritus Professor of Optical Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Henk L. Granzier
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor of Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Geoffrey Gurtner
Chair, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Philipp Gutruf
Associate Department Head of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Roberto Guzmán
Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Investigator, Center for Toxicology
Samantha Harris
Professor of Physiology
Professor of Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor for the BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Kavan Hazeli
Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dongkyun Kang
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Optical Sciences
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Kasi M. Kiehlbaugh
Director of Health Sciences Design
Assistant Professor of Practice for Biomedical Engineering
Executive Committee Chair of Vertically Integrated Projects
Minkyu Kim
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
John Konhilas
Acting Program Director of Physiology
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor of Physiology
Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Daniel L. Latt
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Julie Ledford
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Co-Director of the Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program
Associate Director of Translational Research, Asthma & Airways Disease Research Center
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
Associate Professor of the BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor of Applied Biosciences GIDP
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Zong-Ming Li
William and Sylvia Rubin Chair of Orthopaedic Research
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Director, UA Arthritis Center
Director, Robert G. Volz, MD, Orthopaedic Research Laboratories
Director, Hand Research Laboratory
Ronald M. Lynch
Professor of Physiology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Director, ARIBI Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Associate Director, UA Cancer Center Shared Resources, , University of Arizona Cancer Center
David Margolis
Faculty Director, Vertically Integrated Projects
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Terry O. Matsunaga
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Medical Imaging
Alexander McGhee
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Laura Ann Miller
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Leilei Peng
Associate Professor of Optical Sciences
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Julie Pilitsis
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Jeffrey J. Rodriguez
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director of ECE Online Programs
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Mario Romero-Ortega
Department Head of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Courses
Member of the Graduate Faculty Contact
Janet Meiling Roveda
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Center to Stream Healthcare In Place
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Nursing
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Travis Sawyer
Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Faculty Affiliate, Applied Mathematics
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Timothy W. Secomb
Professor of Physiology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Mathematics
Professor, Applied Mathematics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Marvin Slepian
Regents Professor and Associate Department Head, Clinical & Industrial Affairs, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation
Regents Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Regents Professor of Medical Imaging, Department of Medical Imaging
Regents Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Shang Song
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Brad Story
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing
Professor, Cognitive Science Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Tsu-Te Judith Su
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Optical Sciences
Assistant Research Scientist, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Vignesh Subbian
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
Associate Director of Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics (CB2)
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor of Statistics - Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics - Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Member of the Graduate Faculty
George L. Sutphin
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Assistant Professor of Genetics - GIDP
Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology - GIDP
Member of the Graduate Faculty
John A. Szivek
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Adjunct Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Jil Tardiff
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Ilknur Telkes
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Ted Trouard
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Evan Unger
Co-Leader, Cancer Imaging Program
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Urs Utzinger
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor of Optical Sciences
Associate Department Head for Assessment and Accreditation
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Mark Van Dyke
Associate Dean, Research
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Srinivasan Vedantham
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Office for Project Statistical and Design Support in the Department of Medical Imaging
Associate Director, Biomedical Imaging Innovation and Clinical Translation in Next-Gen CT
Jason A. Wertheim
Vice Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Russell Witte
Professor of Medical Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Applied Mathematics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, Neuroscience Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Professor, BIO5 Inst
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Optical Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Professor of Surgery
Jeong-Yeol Yoon
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Agricultural-Biosystems Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Frederic Zenhausern
Director, Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine
Interim Co-Chair of Basic Medical Sciences
Professor of Basic Medical Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Clinical Translational Sciences
Director of Program Development and Implementation
Professor of Translational Neuroscience
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Carlos Zgheib
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Yitshak Zohar
Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty