Prof Hazel Screen
BEng MRes PhD(Lond) CEng, FIMechE, MIPEM
Head of School
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Engineering 340, Mile End
| Expertise: | My research is focused on the design and development on complex predictive in vitro models. I have a particular interest in understanding and recapitulating the physical environment in models, so deconstructing tissues to understand local mechanics, material stiffness and the local cell niche, and exploring approaches to capture these in the design of models. I am also strongly focused on how we bring the community together to ensure broad translation and adoption of models to facilitate medical research. This requires us to define approaches to the design, build and validation of models, to ensure they are robust, reproducible and human relevant. |
| Research Centre: | Bioengineering |
| Affiliations: |
Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine Director of the Organ on a Chip Network Co-Director of the Centre for Predictive in vitro Models Co-Director of the QMUL-Emulate Organs-on-Chips Centre Treasurer of the Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers and Bioengineers |
Brief Biography
Hazel Screen is Head of the School of Engineering & Materials Science, a Chartered Engineer, and a Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
She is Co-Director of the QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk) and leads the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Organ-Chip Technologies (COaCT).
She is also a Trustee of the Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers and Bioengineers (BioMedEng Association - biomedeng.org)
Alongside her research interest in tissue structure-function, mechanobiology and the development of predictive in vitro models, she is very interested in supporting student learning, having previously held roles in student experience and been a Drapers Teaching Fellow.
She is Co-Director of the QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk) and leads the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Organ-Chip Technologies (COaCT).
She is also a Trustee of the Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers and Bioengineers (BioMedEng Association - biomedeng.org)
Alongside her research interest in tissue structure-function, mechanobiology and the development of predictive in vitro models, she is very interested in supporting student learning, having previously held roles in student experience and been a Drapers Teaching Fellow.