Adamo, Joan

• Director, Regulatory Support Services, CTSI

• joan_adamo@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0742

Interests: Regulatory Science; guidance for researchers who are planning studies regulated by the FDA

Anand, Ajay

• Associate Professor of Data Science
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Deputy Director, Georgen Institute of Data Science

• ajay.anand@rochester.edu | (585) 276--314

Interests: Ultrasound signal processing; Model-based parameter estimation; Novel clinical ultrasound imaging techniques; Biomedical data analytics

Benoit, Danielle

• William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• benoit@bme.rochester.edu | (585) 273--269

Website

Interests: Therapeutic Biomaterials

Chess, Patricia

• Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• patricia_chess@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2972

Interests: Effects of strain on pulmonary epithelium

Dean, David

• Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
  Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• david_dean@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3933

Website

Interests: Gene Therapy

DeAngelis, Greg

• George Eastman Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
  Professor of Neuroscience
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Professor, Center for Visual Science

• gdeangelis@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8677

Interests: Visual neuroscience; Multi-sensory integration; Neural coding; Linking neurons to perception

Dickerson, Ian

• Associate Professor of Neuroscience
  Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

• Ian_Dickerson@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1040

Website

Interests: Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Gene Transfer; Neuropeptide Signal Transduction; Protein-Protein Interactions

Dogra, Vikram

• Professor of Imaging Sciences
  Professor of Urology
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• vikram_dogra@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4388

Interests: Photoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis ; Application of high resolution ultrasound for bladder tumor detection and follow-up; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for hemostasis

Dylag, Andrew

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• andrew_dylag@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6803

Dziorny, Adam

• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• adam_dziorny@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8138

Flax, Jonathan

• Research Assistant Professor of Urology
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• jonathan_flax@urmc.rochester.edu

Frisch, Benjamin J.

• Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• Benjamin_frisch2@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7148

Interests: The role of inflammation in bone marrow microenvironmental dysfunction; interactions of myelogenous leukemia with the bone marrow microenvironment; in vitro modeling of the bone marrow microenvironment

Gildner, Candace

• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• candace_gildner@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4113

Glading, Angela

• Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• angela_glading@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5750

Website

Interests: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state

Mehrmohammadi, Mohammad

• Associate Professor of Imaging Sciences
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• mohammad_mehr@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7148

Website

Interests: The primary focus of the PURE lab at the University of Rochester is to develop novel, hybrid, and ultrasound-based diagnostic methods, and define the clinical utility of the developed technologies as it applies to detection, diagnosis, and therapy of various pathologies.

Merigan, William

• Professor of Ophthalmology
  Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
  Professor, Center for Visual Science

• wmerigan@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275--487

Website

Interests: Imaging the function of retinal neurons using calcium indicators; Evaluating vision restoration by optogenetics, stem cells or gene therapy

Mesfin, Addisu

• Professor of Orthopaedics
  Professor of Public Health Sciences
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Professor of Neurosurgery

• addisu_mesfin@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5321

Meyer, Anne

• Associate Professor of Biology
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• anne.meyer@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9290

Website

Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; survival strategies of bacteria; organization of bacterial DNA

Mix, Doran

• Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• dmix@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 279-5100

Website

Interests: Elastographic-based imaging of AAA; Fenestrated endograft

Moore, Duncan T.

• Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering Science
  Professor of Optics
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Professor of Business Administration

• moore@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 524-8

Website

Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics

Nedergaard, Maiken

• Professor of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuromedicine
  Professor of Neurosurgery
• Co-Director, Center for Translational Neuromedicine

• nedergaard@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4595

Website

Interests: The basic biology of glial cells in the CNS and the role of astrocytes in several neurological diseases, including stroke, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, tremor, and ALS. Research is aimed at defining new strategies for the treatment of neurological diseases that target astrocytic dysfunction

Norman-Haignere, Samuel

• Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
  Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• samuel_norman-haignere@URMC.Rochester.edu | (646) 256--490

Website

Interests: Auditory neuroscience and perception; Neural encoding of speech and music; Statistical modeling of neural responses; Temporal integration; Human intracranial recordings; Functional MRI; Cross-species comparisons

Perucchio, Renato

• Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures

• rlp@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4071

Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics

Romanski, Lizabeth

• Associate Professor of Neuroscience
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• Liz_Romanski@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 273-1469

Website

Interests: Understanding how social communication information is processed, integrated and remembered in the brain

Rubens, Deborah

• Professor of Imaging Sciences
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Vice Chair, Faculty and Professional Development, Department of Imaging Sciences

• deborah_rubens@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8365

Interests: Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; Contrast agents

Schallek, Jesse B.

• Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
  Associate Professor of Neuroscience
  Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science

• jschall3@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4848

Website

Slane, Laura

• Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• laura.slane@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6872

Small, Eric M.

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

• eric_small@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7706

Website

Stone, Jonathan J.

• Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• jonathan_stone@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 225-5767

Uddin, Md Nasir

• Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• nasir_uddin@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Iron and Myelin Mapping; Microstructure Imaging; MR Angiography; Neuroinflammation

Wu, Chia-Lung

• Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

• chia-lung_wu@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1335

Website

Interests: Bioengineering, cellular biology, next-generation sequencing techniques and genome editing tools

Yao, Zhenqiang

• Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Associate Professor or Dentistry

• zhenqiang_yao@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4129

Website

Interests: Basic and translational studies of musculoskeletal diseases and breast cancer

Yeh, Shu-Chi

• Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
  Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

• ShuChi_Yeh@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 275-1632

Website

Interests: Intravital imaging-based approaches for direct visualization, quantification, and molecular profiling of the local regulatory machineries that harbor the skeletal, hematopoietic, and malignant stem cells