Lab News
Here's what we've been up to over the years.
Present
Pouria's First Author Manuscript is Published: Three-dimensional organ-resolved modeling of ultrasound-induced acoustic and thermal effects in the mouse abdomen
June 2026
Dr. Sheybani is Honored with the SURA Early Career Scientist Award
June 2026
Zehra is Awarded P.E.O Scholarship
June 2026
Dr. Sheybani is Honored with the Frederic Lizzi Early Career Award
June 2026
Tom is Honored with the Nadine Barrie Smith Award
June 2026
Alec, Sarah, Zehra, Tom, Stef, Drew, Khondamir, Owen, and Josefa Present at ISTU 2026 in Trondheim, Norway
June 2026
Drew is Awarded the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Teaching Fellowship
June 2026
Dr. Sheybani Co-Chairs the Inaugural Uva Focused Ultrasound Innovation Summit
June 2026
Drew and Sarah are Selected for Awards at the Inaugural UVa Focused Ultrasound Innovation Summit
June 2026
The Sheybani Lab Presents at the Inaugural UVa Focused Ultrasound Innovation Summit
June 2026
Tom and Drew's First Author Review is Published and Selected For a Special Issue Cover: Focused ultrasound for enhancing cell-based immunotherapies in neuro-oncology
June 2026
Drew is Awarded the Cancer Center Trainee Fellowship
June 2026
Mary Harp is Honored with the 2026 UVA Service Award
May 2026
Alec and Khondamir Contribute to Review From Price Lab: Focused ultrasound is poised to take non-viral gene therapies to the blood-brain barrier—And beyond
May 2026
Ally Joins Lab
May 2026
Micaiah is Awarded Astronaut Scholarship
May 2026
Khondamir Passes Qualifying Exam
May 2026
Mary Eleanor is Named FUS Foundation Global Intern
May 2026
Sarah receives Honorable Mention for her poster presentation at the UVA Postdoc Symposium on April 17th
April 2026
Drew Presents His Work at the American Association of Cancer Research's 2026 Annual Meeting
April 2026
Owen Presents His Work at the UVA Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 2026
Micaiah is Awarded Harrison Undergraduate Fellowship Copy
March 2026
Dylan is Awarded Harrison Undergraduate Fellowship
March 2026
Tom, Stef, Drew, and Owen Receive Student Registration Awards for ISTU
March 2026
Sheybani Lab Website Goes Live
March 2026
Owen Represents UVA at NURVa 2026
January 2026
Owen Joins Lab as a Graduate Student
January 2026
Matteo Joins Lab as Visiting Scholar and Clinician
January 2026
Sarah receives Brain Institute Postdoctoral Professional Development Award
December 2025
Drew is Awarded John Bell McGaughty Graduate Fellowship
December 2025
Tom Successfully Proposes Thesis
November 2025
Tom, Drew, and Zehra Present Posters at SITC 2025
November 2025
Sheybani Lab Presents Oral and Poster Presentations at CVCRC 2025
November 2025
Sheybani Lab Presents Poster Presentations at the France Science Summit 2025
October 2025
Dylan Joins Lab
Septemer 2025
Alec Joins Lab
July 2025
Pouria Joins Lab as Visiting Scholar
June 2025
Sarah Joins Lab
June 2025
Sarah is Awarded NIH T32 Cardiovascular Training Grant
June 2025
Zehra is Awarded Cancer Center Trainee Fellowship
June 2025
Mary Eleanor Joins Lab
May 2025
Drew Passes Qualifying Exam
May 2025
Zehra's First First-Author Review Paper is Published: Therapeutic Ultrasound for Multimodal Cancer Treatment: A Spotlight on Breast Cancer
May 2025
Micaiah Presents His Work at the BMES Mid-Atlantic Research Symposium
April 2025
Khondamir is Awarded Biomedical Sciences Hungerford Fellowship
April 2025
Owen is Awarded Provost Fellowship
March 2025
Owen is Awarded Harrison Undergraduate Fellowship
March 2025
Micaiah Presents His Work at the Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium
March 2025
Khondamir Joins Lab
February 2025
Zehra Successfully Proposes Thesis
February 2025
Sheybani Lab is Awarded US DOD Era of Hope Scholar Award
January 2025
Gokce Graduates with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
December 2024
Micaiah is Nominated by UVA for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship
December 2024
Gokce Presents Poster at BMES
October 2024
Stef and Zehra Present Oral Presentations at BMES
October 2024
Micaiah Presents His First Poster at Dean's Undergraduate Research Symposium
October 2024
Zehra Presents Oral presention at ISTU 2024
September 2024
Zehra is Victor Orphan Graduate Endowed Fellowship
September 2024
Zehra is Appointed President of the ISTU Student Board
September 2024
Stef is Awarded NIH T32 BIG Grant
July 2024
Tom is Awarded NIH T32 Training Grant
July 2024
Zehra is Awarded the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Trainee Travel Award
July 2024
Zehra is Awarded Sharon Davie Fellowship
July 2024
Zehra Joins ISTU Student Board
July 2024
Tom Passes Qualifying Exam
May 2024
Stef Passes Qualifying Exam
May 2024
Sheybani Lab Collaborative Review Paper is Published: MR Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Breast Tumors
May 2024
Zehra is UVA Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs Professional Development Award
April 2024
Zehra is Awarded John T. Casteen II DEI Leadership Award
March 2024
Jessie Joins Lab
March 2024
Micaiah is Awarded Dean's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
March 2024
Micaiah Joins Lab
January 2024
Zehra is Nominated and Awarded for the AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science
January 2024
Owen Joins Lab
December 2023
Zehra is Awarded Best Talk in the Cancer Immunology I Session at the Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference Trainee Award
December 2023
Zehra & Tom Present Oral Presentations at the Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference
December 2023
Zehra is Awarded the travel funding for Merck Rising Stars in Measurement Science Symposium
September 2023
Drew Joins Lab as Jefferson Fellow
August 2023
Zehra Passes Qualifying Exam
June 2023
Zehra is Reappointed to the NIH T32 Training Grant
May 2023
Zehra Presents First Oral Presentation at ISTU 2023
April 2023
Zehra is Awarded the Remi Berriet Award for the Best Student Presentation at the 8 th Winter School for Therapeutic Ultrasound
March 2023
Stef Joins Lab
December 2022
Sheybani Lab First Collaborative Review with Price Lab is Published: Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening
December 2022
Tom Joins Lab
August 2022
Zehra is Awarded NIH T32 Cancer Training Grant
June 2022
Zehra Joins Lab
December 2021
Dr. Sheybani is Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2022
December 2021
Dr. Sheybani is Awarded NIH Director's Early Independence Award
October 2021
Sheybani Lab Launches at UVA!
October 2021
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