Prof Hazel Screen
BEng MRes PhD(Lond) CEng, FIMechE, MIPEM
Head of School
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Engineering 340, Mile End
| Expertise: | My research aims to understand how our tissues are built to be able to withstand the loads they experience in the body. I am particularly interested in understanding tendon and heart valve; how and why they get injured, and ways to prevent this happening. By looking at the ways a tissue is supposed to work when it is healthy, we can identify how small changes in the structure, such as those which occur with age, can make injury more likely and look to prevent or treat these specifically. |
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| 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.