Primary Faculty
Novel strategies to diagnose and treat degenerative joint disease
Dosimetry, computational medical physics and dose assessment
Biomechanics of bone, 3D imaging, inclusive design and engineering education research
Cognitive neuroscience, signal processing and neural imaging
Computational approaches to study genetic architecture of rare diseases and interpretation of genetic variants
Big data analytics, brain informatics, medical image analysis
Quantitative systems biology, mathematical modeling, cancer heterogeneity and evolutionary dynamics
Biomechanics, neural control, locomotion, and robotics
Cell and Tissue Engineering, Engineering Education Research
Dr. Roza Vaez Ghaemi joined the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida as instructional faculty in Fall 2025. She teaches and manages biomechanics and cell & tissue courses, mentors the next generation of biomedical engineers, and contributes to the department’s evolving teaching infrastructure, including hands-on makerspaces and lab innovation.…
Human brain mapping, neuromodulation and neural interfacing
Biomaterials, controlled release and immunotherapies
Neural engineering, bioelectrical signals & systems, engineering leadership & ethics
Cell dynamics, microcirculation, angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and neurogenesis
Biomechanics, musculoskeletal modeling, predictive simulation, medical imaging
Trained immunity, HIV prevention, proteomics and systems biology
Biomaterials, islet biology, diabetes, and immune engineering
Biomaterials & tissue engineering to study host-microbe interactions and inclusive science communication
Machine learning, data mining, big data and biomedical informatics
Biomaterials for neural tissue regeneration and neural interfacing
Nanomedicine, stem cells, biomaterials, tissue engineering, and targeted drug/gene delivery
Biomaterials, controlled release, regenerative medicine & diabetes
Nanomedicine, regenerative rehabilitation, biomaterials, and tendon injury and disease
Traumatic brain injury, soft tissue mechanics, bio-inspired design & materials characterization