Tzung K Hsiai
Tzung K. Hsiai is professor of medicine and bioengineering at the UCLA Cardiovascular Engineering & Light-Sheet Imaging Laboratory, Los Angeles. He graduated from Columbia University and received his medical training from the University of Chicago. He completed his internship, residency, and National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded cardiovascular fellowship at the UCLA School of Engineering and Medicine, Los Angeles, where he developed microsensors to study mechanotransduction underlying vascular injury and repair. His group was instrumental in the development of the LA PRISM Program between UCLA Bioinformatics and USC Environmental Health. Dr. Hsiai served as chair of the American Physiological Society Joint Meeting with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), chair of the NIH 3D printing study section, and member of the AHA Scientific Planning Committee. He has received several awards, including the American Heart Association John J. Simpson Outstanding Research Achievement Award.