Dr. Jason Szafron

Biography

Jason Szafron is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University, where he completed an undergraduate thesis focusing on endovascular medical device design. He then pursued his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering at Yale University, concentrating on computational optimization and polymeric scaffolds for tissue-engineered vascular grafts. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University, where he investigated experimental and computational methods to quantify mechanobiological changes associated with the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension. His research interests lie at the intersection of engineering and medical applications, particularly in enhancing cardiovascular health through innovative device design and optimization methodologies.

Research Interests