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University of Kentucky - The Graduate School - Center for Biomedical Engineering

Primary Appointments

Name/Appointment Research Interest
Eugene N. Bruce, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Signal Processing
Control of Breathing
Peter A. Hardy, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Aging
Arthritis
Charles F. Knapp, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Biofluid Mechanics 
Cardiovascular Regulation
James F. Lafferty, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Stephen J. Lai-Fook, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Pulmonary Mechanics 
Biomechanics
Abhijit R. Patwardhan, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Division of Cardiology
Cardiovascular Control
Signal Processing
David Pienkowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Mechanical Properties of Osteoporotic Bone
David A. Puleo, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering

Bone-Biomaterial Interactions
Bone Tissue Engineering

Marnie M. Saunders, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering

Bone Mechanotransduction
Bone Remodeling

Hainsworth Y. Shin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Cellular Mechanotransduction
Betty F. Sisken, Ph.D.
Research Professor Emeritus, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Tissue Regeneration 
Wound Healing 
Alzheimer Disease Studies
Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Near-Infrared Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy/Tomography