Gevick Safarians is building tiny worlds to fight a deadly cancer
The M.D.-Ph.D. student is using microfluidic chips to simulate the environments metastatic prostate cancer travels through — and to find the chinks in its armor.
VCU researchers join national call for NIH funding
Four Virginia Commonwealth University researchers traveled to Washington on Sept. 17 to join patients, families and advocates from across the nation at the 14th annual Rally for Medical Research, urging Congress to prioritize and increase funding for the National Institutes of Health.
Summer research gives students valuable hands-on experience through REU sites at the VCU College of Engineering
The VCU College of Engineering’s REU programs provide undergraduates with hands-on research, professional mentorship, and skill-building workshops across cutting-edge fields like pharmaceutical engineering and digital forensics.
Members of College of Engineering faculty receive promotions
Congratulations to all of our promoted faculty! Join us as we celebrate their accomplishments.
Interrupting cancer’s cascade: Priscilla Hwang is unwinding how breast cancer spreads — and trying to shut it down
Bolstered by a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation, Hwang is trying to pinpoint the chemical and mechanical cues that trigger and drive a migration of breast cancer cells.
Biomedical Engineering Society names Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D. as a rising star
Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named a Rising Star by the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group (CMBE SIG) within the Biomedical Engineering Society.
National Institutes of Health award $1.827 million for research on collective cell migration
Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, has received a National Institutes of Health grant for $1.827 million over five years.
Students gain valuable experience working with faculty and researchers with the College of Engineering’s summer REU program.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program gives students the opportunity to do industry standard research in their field of interest.
Fueled by new National Cancer Institute grant, Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D., furthers study of cancer cell migration
Complimentary work that earned her a Faculty Early Development Award from the National Science Foundation, Hwang and her fellow researchers are examining cancer cell reactions that lead to metastasis.
Class of 2023: Santiago Lopez immigrated to the U.S. at a young age. At VCU, he excelled in STEM and won a prestigious NSF fellowship
Lopez, who is graduating from the College of Engineering with a degree in biomedical engineering, will next pursue his Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University.
