Vorp Lab

We are #hiring #biomechanics We are looking for a research engineer in experimental biomechanics. Full details here: linkedin.com/jobs/view/4302…

Congrats to Dr. @PeteGueldner for a successful thesis defense and celebration! All the best for your future career and upcoming postdoc at Yale with Dr. Jay Humphrey!

@vblpitt representing at #Vasculata 2025! @DavidVorp giving a presentation on our tissue engineered vascular grafts and aneurysms, and posters from lab members @KJ_Mcloughlin @i_chickanosky Amanda Pellegrino and Priyasha Itani showcasing the range of work performed in our lab!

Congrats to VBL Postdoc, Dr. Kiran McLoughlin on winning Best Poster at the University of Pittsburgh 2025 Postdoctoral Research Symposium! His presentation was titled “EV’s and silk fibroin can deliver and enhance the therapeutic efficiency of multiple cell populations”

A huge congrats to DR. Ande Marini @Marini_Ande on a successful and wonderful PhD thesis defense. It has been a pleasure to watch her grow. Ande’s leadership and collaborative nature will be sorely missed in the @PittVbl and I know she will do well as a post-doc at @Stanford.

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to Doctor Ande Marini! @Marini_Ande @PittVbl Hello Kitty-Roc was a perfect reference 👍. I know you're bound for success and I feel privileged to have had you with the group since 2019.

Fun being the @cmu_bme seminar speaker today. We’re next door neighbors/collaborators but don’t always take the time to slow down and really visit with each other. Today we did. Thanks to @PittVbl for surprising me with your presence as I presented your amazing collective work.

Great talk this morning by @DavidVorp at CMU’s BME seminar!

Great talks by @KatKerr6 and @Marini_Ande from @PittBioE at @AppliedCVB ‘s 19th biennial meeting in Vienna! #womeninstem

Great science from @PittVbl @PittBioE presented at #ISACB24 @AppliedCVB! Sex-differences in AAA 👏🏻👏🏻

Our team had a great visit today with our collaborators @CMUEngineering and @RoosterBio. Great to see their lab space and see all of the progress we’ve made together!

Congratulations to all the winners of the MS-level Student Paper Competition at #SB3C2024!

Congratulations to @Marini_Ande for winning runner up at @PittTweet’s Three Minute Thesis Contest!

WATCH: Bioengineering's @DavidVorp was inspired by his wife and his PhD student to create the multidisciplinary Hub for #Endometriosis Research (HER) to tackle research and advocacy for this incredibly common yet severely understudied disease: news.engineering.pitt.edu/endometriosis-…

rdcu.be/dyhqc Excited to have this published in Nature's Scientific Reports! We use machine learning methods to predict future outcomes for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms based on data collected on them today. #AAA #AI #MachineLearning

Some good news for the x-verse! Our publication in scientific reports has been published exploring image-based metrics and patient outcomes using AI techniques: tinyurl.com/4czjj3w8 @DavidVorp @nlliang @PeteGueldner @PittVbl

I’m thrilled that @VascularOnline is highlighting our ongoing work through @aneurisk_inc. Predicting aortic aneurysm growth and rupture is challenging but the clear next step in improving our understanding and treatment @timechg @DavidVorp vascularspecialistonline.com/university-of-…

Endometriosis affects approximately 11% of women in the U.S., yet it is severely understudied. Enter, the Hub for Endometriosis Research, a first-of-its-kind research collaboration by Magee-Womens & @PittEngineering. What is HER? Find out: bit.ly/48sBsqu

Check out the cover story for the current #Magee Magazine! #Endometriosis is such a tragically understudied and #underfunded condition that impacts so many women around the world. @MageeWomens @UPMC @PittTweet @PittResearch @PittBioE

Really proud of my PhD student @i_chickanosky for taking first prize in her pitch at the PDMA competition last night for our project #EndoDx! We will soon make a difference for women suffering from #endometriosis !! @timechg