P. Gunnar Brolinson
Associate Dean for Clinical Research
Associate Professor
Discipline Chair of Sports Medicine
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Research Interests: Sports medicine; Concussions in sports
Raffaella De Vita, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Virginia Tech
Research Interests: Continuum mechanics with emphasis on solid mechanics; Constitutive modeling of nonlinear elastic, viscoelastic, and liquid crystals biological systems; Mechanics of ligaments and tendons; Cellular mechanics
Lakshmi S. Nair, Ph.D., SCTIMST
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering
UCONN
Research Interests: Cell-Biomaterial interactions; Development of regenerative biomaterials
M. Nichole Rylander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Research Interests: Thermal therapy design for cancer treatment; Controlled angiogenesis and Heat Shock Protein (HSP) expression in tumors and tissue engineered constructs