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
- 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
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Benoit, Danielle
- William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- benoit@bme.rochester.edu | (585) 273--269
Interests: Therapeutic Biomaterials
C
Chess, Patricia
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- patricia_chess@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2972
Interests: Pulmonary biomechanics
D
Dean, David
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- david_dean@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3933
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
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
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Flax, Jonathan
- Research Assistant Professor of Urology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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
G
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
Interests: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state
H
Haddas, Ram
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Director, UR Medicine Motion Analysis Laboratories
Interests: My research is dedicated to improving the care of patients with musculoskeletal and neurological pathologies as well as their sequelae using Disability and Functional Outcomes Measurement (DFOMs).
M
Mehrmohammadi, Mohammad
- Associate Professor of Imaging Sciences
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- mohammad_mehr@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7148
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
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
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
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
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
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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
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
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
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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
R
Romanski, Lizabeth
- Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Liz_Romanski@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 273-1469
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
S
Schallek, Jesse B.
- Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
- jschall3@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4848
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
Stone, Jonathan J.
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- jonathan_stone@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 225-5767
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Uddin, Md Nasir
- Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Iron and Myelin Mapping; Microstructure Imaging; MR Angiography; Neuroinflammation
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Wu, Chia-Lung
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- chia-lung_wu@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1335
Interests: Bioengineering, cellular biology, next-generation sequencing techniques and genome editing tools
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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
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
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