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\"Steven<\/div>

Steve Abel <\/a><\/div>

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/div>
Computational cell biology and immunology, theory and simulation of soft biological materials, antigen recognition, intracellular transport, membrane and polymer biophysics, biochemical reaction networks, synthetic and systems biology<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Rigoberto<\/div>

Rigoberto Advincula <\/a><\/div>

UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Advanced & Nanostructured Materials<\/div>
Synthesis of biomaterials, biomedical devices, drug delivery, biomedical engineering, biosensors for health monitoring, applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in various science and engineering domains in: biopolymers, nanoscience, drug development, theranostic agents, developing new biomedically relevant instrumentations and sensor\/monitoring environments for in vivo and in vitro methods<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Akrout<\/div>

Mohamed Akrout <\/a><\/div>

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/div>
Signal processing, artificial intelligence, digital health, machine learning for dermatology, telecommunication, circuit modeling, antenna theory and electromagnetics<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"David<\/div>

David E. Anderson <\/a><\/div>

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/div>
Biomedical materials, medical devices, tissue regeneration, stem cells, biotherapies, bioactive particles, tissue scaffolds, animal models, tissue engineering, additive manufacturing, biometrics, biomechanics<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Joel<\/div>

Joel Anderson <\/a><\/div>

Associate Professor, Nursing<\/div>
Caregiving, gerontology, health equity, digital health resources<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Avery<\/div>

Avery Bechthold <\/a><\/div>

Assistant Professor, Nursing<\/div>
Cardiovascular disease, health decision making, family caregiving, heart failure, health interventions, mobility, palliative care, person-centered care, underresourced populations, values clarification<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Tom<\/div>

Tom Berg <\/a><\/div>

Director of the Applied Systems Lab; Assistant Professor, Nursing; Assistant Professor, Engineering<\/div>
Machine learning, hybrid models-based systems engineering, digital twin design for high consequence environments, decision support systems<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bogdan<\/div>

Bogdan Bichescu <\/a><\/div>

Professor, Business Analytics and Statistics<\/div>
Hospital operations, process improvement, health IT, analytics, artificial intelligence<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Monica<\/div>

Monica Black <\/a><\/div>

Distinguished Professor, Humanities and History<\/div>
Death, dying, ICD, hospice, brain death, mortality<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Alison<\/div>

Alison Buchan <\/a><\/div>

Professor, Microbiology<\/div>
Host-virus interactions, environmental microbiology, microbial competition, phage-host interactions, PAH degradation, microbiome<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Zack<\/div>

Zack Buck <\/a><\/div>

Associate Professor, Law<\/div>
The Affordable Care Act, healthcare regulation, medical decision making, health care finance, pharmaceutical drug pricing, health care law, health care fraud and abuse, white collar crime, medical necessity, insurance<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lindsey<\/div>

Lindsey Burcham <\/a><\/div>

Assistant Professor, Microbiology<\/div>
Host-microbe interactions, bacterial colonization and pathogenesis, maternal-fetal and pediatric health, vaginal health, vaginal microbiome, invasive disease, streptococcus, metal homeostasis, mucosal colonization, meningitis<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n