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Alison Marsden is the Douglass M. Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. She has previously held a faculty position in the Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, from 2007 to 2015. Marsden graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University in 1998 and obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2005, where she worked under Professor Parviz Moin. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Stanford, collaborating with Charles Taylor and Jeffrey Feinstein. Marsden has received numerous accolades, including the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface in 2007 and the NSF CAREER Award in 2011. She is a fellow of several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers and the Biomedical Engineering Society. Her publication record includes over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers, and her research focuses on developing numerical methods for cardiovascular blood flow simulation and medical device design, aiming to optimize engineering tools that impact patient care in cardiovascular surgery and congenital heart disease.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Alison Marsden leads research in cardiovascular diseases and biomechanics.
University of California, San Diego • San Diego, CA
Held a faculty position in the Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering.
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