Virginia Via Research Day Book 2026

Speaker

Vincent Wang, PhD Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Director of Industry Partners Program

Dr. Vincent Wang is an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he has been a faculty member since 2015. He received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering (with a concentration in biomechanics) from Columbia University. He completed post doctoral research training in the Department of Orthopedics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, he directed the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. Today, Dr. Wang directs the Orthopedic Mechanobiology Lab, whose highly collaborative research projects span the disciplines of soft tissue biomechanics and healing, mechanobiology, diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound, clinical imaging, and radiomics. He has received more than $7 million in extramural research funding—with a personal share of nearly $3 million—to support a variety of projects related to skeletal tissue biomechanics, clinical imaging and healing. His lab’s research on focused ultrasound treatment of tendon injuries is currently supported by NIH, while his collaborative team’s clinical trial for treatment

of thoracolumbar fascia pain is supported by the Department of Defense and American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. Wang has published 62 peer-reviewed journal articles and co-authored six book chapters, nine review articles and over 200 conference presentations. He has extensive experience in research mentorship, having directly supervised seven completed doctoral degrees and 18 master’s thesis projects, in addition to mentoring nearly 100 trainees across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including visiting scholars, orthopedic residents, and research fellows. Dr. Wang was the Kevin P. Granata Faculty Fellow at Virginia Tech from 2016-2021. He was named a Fellow of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) in 2024 and served on its Board of Directors from 2020-2022. Dr. Wang is a steering committee member of the Virginia Tech Regenerative Medicine Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (RM-IGEP). He teaches courses on a variety of subjects including quantitative organ systems physiology, biomedical engineering ethics, and biomaterials.

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2026 Research Recognition Day