Research Areas

Women's Health Technologies

This program advances innovative technology, modeling and experiments to advance our understanding of women’s reproductive health from fertilization to post-delivery outcomes. Faculty also employ imaging, modeling, and experiments to advance basic science and our clinical understanding of gynecologic oncology including cancers of the cervix, uterus and ovaries. Our goal is to develop new technologies to complement the already strong research and clinical activities in our community.

Primary Faculty

Christine O'Brien

Assistant Professor
Developing optical spectroscopy and imaging tools to solve global problems in maternal-fetal health and reproductive diseases

Michelle L. Oyen

Associate Professor
Develops biomechanics-based tools and techniques to study preterm birth mechanisms and intervention

Alexandra Rutz

Assistant Professor
Advances bioelectronics using materials and fabrication-based approaches

Chao Zhou

Professor
Develops novel optical imaging technologies for biomedical applications including cancer research and tissue engineering

Quing Zhu

Professor
Advances cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment prediction and monitoring

Affiliate Faculty

Philip Bayly - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

biomechanics, mechanobiology, cell motility, flagella, cilia, imaging

Sarah England - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ion channels, uterine smooth muscle, excitability, oxytocin receptors

Aimilia Gastounioti - Radiology

Artificial intelligence; breast cancer; racial disparities; machine learning; deep learning; imaging biomarker; image processing; image analysis; data science; data fusion; mammography; breast tomosynthesis; risk prediction; early detection

Yong Wang- Obstetrics & Gynecology

Diffusion MRI and PET imaging; Noninvasive Electrophysiology Imaging; Cancer and Immunotherapy Imaging; Preterm Birth; Alzheimer's disease