Tzung Hsiai

PROFESSOR
BIOENGINEERING

Professor, Graduate Programs in Bioscience

11301 Wilshire Blvd. 111E, Los Angeles, CA 90073

Email: thsiai@mednet.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 268-3839

Websites

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Cardiovascular mechanotransduction
Sensors and actuators
Light-sheet imaging of cardiac formation
Data science
Clinical translations and trials

NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=hsiai

EDUCATION

B.S., Columbia University
M.D., University of Chicago
Ph.D., UCLA, 2001

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2023 Elected Member, Association of American Physicians
2023 Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conferences: Biomechanics, Vascular Biology and Disease 2023
2021 Elected Member, Association of University Cardiologists
2021 Chair, NIH ZRG1 CVRS-J(80) Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences
2020 Elected Fellow, International and National Biomedical Engineering Society
2018 Maud Cady Guthman Endowed Chair in Cardiology, UCLA School of Medicine
2017 Distinguished Speaker, Division of Cardiology, University of Chicago
2016 Chair, NIH/NICHD ZHDI DSR-K 51 (3-D Printed Implantable Devices for Pediatrics)
2016 Excellence in Cardiology Fellowship Teaching Award, UCLA/VA Healthcare System
2016 Elected College Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2016 Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering Speaker, Johns Hopkins University
2015 Distinguished Speaker, Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
2014 Elected Fellow, American Heart Association (Basic Science Council)
2013-2016 Chartered Member, NIH Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS)
2010 Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
2007 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, School of Engineering & Applied Science, UCLA
2006 Stanford Bio-X Speaker, Stanford University
2006 Junior Faculty Research Award, School of Engineering, University of Southern California
2005-2008 Robert G. and Mary G. Lane Early Career Chair, School of Engineering, USC
2004 Irvine H. Page Young Investigator Research Award, American Heart Association
2002 Fellow, American College of Cardiology
2002 John H. Sampson Outstanding Research Achievement, American Heart Association
2002 UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Crossing Academic Boarders