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Noah Perry

Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering
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Noah Perry, Ph.D., focuses on leading clinically driven engineering projects that prepare graduate students to address complex healthcare challenges through innovative design and interdisciplinary collaboration. His work centers on equipping students with the technical skills, professional development, and real-world experience needed to become impactful leaders in biomedical engineering. He is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Engineering (M.E.) program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2025, where his doctoral research focused on the genetic regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic switching in atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.

In this role, Dr. Perry directs a nine-month clinical design program in which students partner with diverse clinical departments — including radiology, cardiology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, otolaryngology, kinesiology, and plastic surgery — to develop solutions such as medical devices, computational predictive models, and applications that enhance patient–provider interactions. Students engage directly with clinical environments to identify unmet needs, design and refine solutions, and incorporate feedback from both patients and healthcare providers. He has previously served as an instructor for BME Capstone and Clinical Technology & Continuum of Care. His commitment to teaching has been recognized with multiple honors, including the Class of 1985 Fellowship for Creative Teaching, awarded to the top graduate student instructor at UVA, and Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) student chapter.

Education

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2025

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019

Research Interests

Cardiovascular Genetics
Computational Systems Biology
Biomedical Data Sciences
Biotechnology Engineering

Selected Publications

Female-biased vascular smooth muscle cell gene regulatory networks predict MYH9 as a key regulator of fibrous plaque phenotype. BioRxiv. 2025. Perry RN, Lenert G, Benavente ED, Ma A, Barbera N, Mokry M, de Kleijn DPV, de Winther PMJ, Mayr M, Bjorkegren JLM, den Ruijter HM, Civelek M.
Comprehensive identification of coronary artery disease-associated variants regulating vascular smooth muscle cell gene expression. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 2025. Barbera N, Wallace L, Perry N, Lei L, den Ruijter HM, Civelek M.
Network preservation analysis reveals dysregulated metabolic pathways in human vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic switching. Circulation Genomic & Precision Medicine. 2023. Perry RN, Albarracin D, Aherrahrou R, Civelek M.