PEOPLE

Engineering to Improve Human Health

The following faculty are affilliated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering as secondary and adjunct faculty members. They are listed below and grouped by their area of expertise and research interests.

 

Bioimaging

 

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

 

Vincent A. Magnotta , PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine
Development of novel MR image acquisition schemes and post processing software 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, College 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.

 

Jun Ni, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine
Computations for biomedical imaging, biomedical imaging informatics,
modeling and simulation of biotransport phenomena.

 

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

 

Biomaterials

 

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

 

Robert D. Tucker, M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of

Medicine

Thermal ablation of prostate cancer via heating ferromagnetic temperature self-regulating seeds by

an extracorporeal radiofrequency magnetic field; development and testing of various laparoscopic

electrosurgical electrodes

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

 

Biomechanics

 

Brian D. Adams, M.D. Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine

Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist,  Distal Radius Fractures, Wrist Instability, Bioabsorbable

Materials, Tendon Repair

 

Don Anderson, Ph.D. Adjunct 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

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

James de Vocht, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Palmer College

Mechanisms of Chiropractic care and to help bridge the gap with medical research

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

Annelise D. Heiner, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School

of Medicine. Development of new theories or methodologies.

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.

Joung-Hwan Mun, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bio-Mechantronic

Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Digital Human Modeling, Application of human performance

measurements to clinical trials to determine therapy effectiveness and safety. Principles of solid and

fluid mechanics to the evaluation of cardiovascular valves.

Douglas R. Pedersen, PhD., Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery,

College 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. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Palmer College Chiropractic Care

Robert 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.

 

Tissue Engineering and Cellular Analysis

 

Jose Assouline, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor (visiting)

Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Bioinformatic/Computational Genomics, Nanotechnology

Fiorenza Ianzini, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Radiation

Oncology, College 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.

Alan Moy, M.D. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cellular Engineering Technologies Inc.,

Coralville, IA 52241 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 disease

 

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

genedeliverysystems. Self-assembling systems.

 

Tadaarsu Satomi, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Department of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo

Denki University

Biofluid mechanics and tissue engineering

 

Diabetes Related Research

 

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

 

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.