Christopher W. Reilly, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor / Discipline Chair for Physiology
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Email: creilly@vcom.vt.edu
Research Interests: The study of lupus erythematosus

M. Nichole Rylander, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Virginia Tech
Email: mnr@vt.edu
Research Interests: Thermal therapy design for cancer treatment; Controlled angiogenesis and Heat Shock Protein (HSP) expression in tumors and tissue engineered constructs

YongWoo Lee, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Virginia Tech
Email: ywlee@vt.edu
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of human disease; Shear stress-mediated molecular signaling pathways

Rafaella DeVita, Ph. D.
Visiting Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Virginia Tech
Email: devita@vt.edu
Research Interests: Continuum mechanics with emphasis on solid mechanics; Constitutive modeling of nonlinear elastic, viscoelastic, and liquid crystals biological systems; Mechanics of ligaments and tendons; Cellular mechanics