Dr. Peirce-Cottler is Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia (UVA) with joint appointments in UVA School of Medicine's Dept. of Ophthalmology and Dept. of Plastic Surgery. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). She is also Past-President of The Microcirculatory Society.

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She has always been fascinated by the microcirculation and how it grows and adapts in response to normal physiological processes and to disease. Her lab studies these processes using a combination of experimental and computational approaches in order to determine basic mechanisms and to identify new treatment strategies.

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In addition to performing research, she also teach courses about how biomedical engineers use computer modeling to understand complex biological processes and engineer new therapies. Dr. Peirce-Cottler is passionate about K-12 STEM education outreach, and  regularly visits middle school and high school classrooms to share her love of biomedical engineering with the next generation of biomedical engineers. 

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Most of her publications are listed with the name "Shayn M. Peirce" (my maiden name), but some are listed with the name "Shayn Peirce-Cottler" or "Shayn M. Peirce-Cottler".

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University of Virginia

 

Doctorate of Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering, 2002

 

Johns Hopkins University 

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering and

Engineering Mechanics (double major), 1997

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