Secondary Faculty
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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
- Deputy Director, Georgen Institute of Data Science
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- ajay.anand@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3149
- 1203 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Ultrasound signal processing; Model-based parameter estimation; Novel clinical ultrasound imaging techniques; Biomedical data analytics
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Chess, Patricia
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Effects of strain on pulmonary epithelium
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Dean, David
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Gene Therapy

DeAngelis, Greg
- Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Center for Navigation & Communication Sciences, and Center for Visual Science
Interests: Visual neuroscience; Multi-sensory integration; Neural coding; Linking neurons to perception

Dickerson, Ian
- Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Interests: Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Gene Transfer; Neuropeptide Signal Transduction; Protein-Protein Interactions

Dogra, Vikram
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Imaging; Professor of Urology
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
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- andrew_dylag@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6803

Dziorny, Adam
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- adam_dziorny@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8138
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Flax, Jonathan
- Assistant Professor, Department of Urology (SMD)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Foster, Thomas
- Professor of Imaging Sciences, Emeritus
Interests: Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer and Microbial Infections

Frisch, Benjamin J.
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Wilmot Cancer Institute
- Benjamin_frisch2@urmc.rochester.edu
- 601 Elmwood Ave Rm 1-7564
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
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Gildner, Candace
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Glading, Angela
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state
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Merigan, William
- Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor, Center for Visual Science
Interests: Imaging the function of retinal neurons using calcium indicators; Evaluating vision restoration by optogenetics, stem cells or gene therapy

Mesfin, Addisu
- Associate Professor - Department of Orthopaedics
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering
- 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
- 472 Hutchison Hall
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, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- dmix@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 279-5100
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 in the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
- moore@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5248
- 409A Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
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Nedergaard, Maiken
- Professor of Neurosurgery, Center for Translational Neuromedicine; Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology
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
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Paige, Gary
- Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Neurology, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology; Professor of Ophthalmology
Interests: Visual, vestibular, and adaptive control of spatial orientation and balance

Perucchio, Renato
- Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- rlp@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4071
- 236 and 415 Hopeman
Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity
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Rubens, Deborah
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; Contrast agents
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Slane, Laura
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- laura.slane@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6872
- 217 Hopeman

Small, Eric M.
- Associate Professor, Department of Medicine , Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute (SMD)
- eric_small@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7706

Stone, Jonathan J.
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- jonathan_stone@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 225-5767
- 2180 Clinton Avenue
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Wilson, Nicole
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- nicole_wilson@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4435

Wu, Chia-Lung
- Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- chia-lung_wu@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1335
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Zhang, Xinping
- Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- xinping_zhang@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7928
Interests: Understanding bone tissue repair using molecular, genetic, imaging and engineering approaches