Faculty

Primary Faculty

Karim Abdel-Malek, Ph.D., Professor
Director, Center for Computer Aided Design
Director, US Army Virtual Soldier Research Program
Kinematics of humans and digital human modeling, CAD, virtual reality and visualization, robotics, machine design, and mechanisms for medical applications.

Terry A. Braun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Genetics, bioinformatics and computational genetics; Macular degeneration

Thomas L. Casavant, Ph.D., Professor
Computational Biology and Genomics

K.B. Chandran, D.Sc., Lowell G. Battershell Chair Professor
Cardiovascular biomechanics; Vascular mechanics and vessel reactivity with development of atherosclerosis; computational fluid dynamics and finite element modeling of blood vessels and heart valves

Edwin L. Dove, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Departmental Executive Officer
Quantitative medical imaging: derivation of indices of cardiovascular health from multidimensional ultrasound images; Quantitative modeling of physiological systems: heat regulation in infants, cardiovascular effects of anesthesia

Nicole M. Grosland, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Articular joint contact mechanics; total joint arthroplasty; voxel-based finite element models

Khalid Kader, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular tissue engineering. Surface modification design for enhanced cellular phenotype and function. Cardiovascular complications of diabetes.

Tae-Hong Lim, Ph.D., Professor
Spine biomechanics; Effect of mechanical loads on the cellular activities in the intervertebral discs; Discogenic low back pain; Biologic treatment of osteoporosis; Poroelastic analysis of bone; Mathematical modeling of spinal muscles

Michael A. Mackey, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Quantitative modeling of biological phenomena based on a thermodynamic theory of biological systems, including cell growth, motility, and responses to perturbation

Joon B. Park, Ph.D., Professor
Biomaterials; joint replacements; hyperthermia of prostate cancer; biomechanics of soft and hard tissues

M.L. Raghavan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Biomechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm, cerebral aneurysm and endovascular surgery; vascular grafts; thermal stresses during cryopreservation of biologic tissues.

Joseph M. Reinhardt, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Pulmonary image analysis; cardio-vascular imaging; 3-D medical imaging

David G. Wilder, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Spine mechanics of occupational injury

Yi Xing , Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Secondary Faculty Tenured track or tenured position with a primary appointment in another college in the university.

John J. Callaghan, M.D. Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Total Joint Replacements

Charles R. Clark, M.D. Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Adult reconstructive Surgery: cervical spine, hip reconstruction, and knee reconstruction

Patrick W. Hitchon, M.D., PhD., Professor and Chief, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine
Biomechanics of the spine. Effects of trauma, tumors, and infection. Testing of implants in the cervical and lumbar and research in artificial discs.

Eric A. Hoffman, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
Cardiac Mechanics; quantitative assessment of cardiopulmonary physiology via dynamic, volumetric CT; emerging therapies for lung disease; Airway Reactivity

Stephen K. Hunter, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of  Obstentrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
Diabetes in pregnancy; Bioartificial Pancreas (BAP); Fetal Therapy; Neovascularization around hollow Fiber Based Bioartificial Organs Using Biologically Active Substances

John C. Keller, M.D. Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine
Cellular and systemic tissue interactions with dental implant materials; synthetic apatites as bone substitute materials, surface characteristics of biomaterials and their effects on tissue reactions, and mechanisms of biomedical implant fixation

Satish C. Khera, D.D.S. Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, College of Dentistry
Stress analysis of cavity preparation design; tissue behavior under masticatory loading

Vincent A. Magnotta , PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
Development of novel MR image acquisition schemes and post processing softward for the analysis of neuroimages. Neuro-imaging areas of interest include functional, structural and diffusion tensor imaging.

Geoffrey McLennan, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Studies new applications for fiber optic bronchoscopy development. Working for the development of and utility of advanced image analysis techniques in the lung.

Aliasger K. Salem , Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy
Development of injectable scaffolds for tissue engineering. Rational design of non-viral gene delivery systems. Self-assembling systems.

Todd E. Scheetz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine
Bioinformatics and computational biology including gene discovery, regulation of gene processing, expression and functional genomics.

Clark Stanford, D.D.S., Ph.D. Professor, Office of Clinical Research, College of Dentistry,
Implants, implant biomaterials, and dental materials.

Ingo R. Titze, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biomechanics and physiology of the human vocal mechanism.

Edwin Van Beek, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
Functional lung, cardiac imaging; development of disease detection software.

Jinhu Xiong , Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
Functional MRI, image processing, and data analysis.

Adjunct Faculty Non-tenured positions with or without an appointment in the university system.

Don Anderson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Biomechanically Based Shoulder Rehabilitation Strategies, Deducing Original Anatomic Sites of Displaced Bone Fragments: 3-D Puzzle Solving, Improved Orthopaedic Management of Peri- and Intra-Articular Fractures from High Energy Trauma, Translational Basic Science and Bioengineering Research in Post-Traumatic OA

Jose Assouline, Ph.D. Associate Professor (vis)
Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Bioinformatic/Computational Genomics, Nanotechnology

Thomas Bair, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics, downstream data analysis

Thomas D. Brown, Ph.D. Richard and Janice Johnson Professor of Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Director of Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory

James de Vocht, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Palmer College
Mechanisms of Chiropractic care and to help bridge the gap with medical research

Ram Gudavalli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Palmer College
Chiropractic Care

Annelise D. Heiner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Development of new theories or methodologies.

Fiorenza Ianzini, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine
Alteration of cell-cycle progression induced by ionizing radiation and anti-cancer drug treatments. Early and late effects of ionizing radiation on cellular DNA.
Application of the Large Scale Digital Cell Analysis System (LSDCAS) to study various cellular and molecular phenomena.

Richard McLay, Ph.D. President, Stark rxp
Software Development, Restraint Desgin, Forensic Evaluation: accident reconstruction, animation, and restraints

Alan Moy, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Acute lung injury and pulmonary vascular disease; regulation of contraction, cell adhesion and cell volume of smooth muscle, and endothelial cells associated with acute lung injury and pulmonary vascular diseas

Douglas R. Pedersen, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Long-term clinical follow-up, osteonecrosis and development dysplasia of the hip, joint kinematics, articular contact pressures and cell mechanostimulus as they relate to joint degeneration. Quantitative medical imaging: MRI, CT, and microscopic 3-D finite element and computational fluid modeling.

Joel Pickar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Palmer College
Chiropractic Care

Lisa C. Scranton, M.S., R.D., LD. Adjunct Instructor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Diabetes and Obesity Prevention, Development of internet tools.

Merryn Tawhai, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Robert D. Tucker, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
Thermal ablation of prostate cancervia heating ferromagnetic temperature self-regulating seeds by an extracorporeal radiofrequency magnetic field; development and testing of various laparoscopic electrosurgical electrodes