Mia K.Markey

About
Mia K. Markey is an American biomedical engineer and an Engineering Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research focus is on sex differences and the effects they leave on medical practices, including the psychosocial adjustment of women who undergo mastectomies for breast cancer in order to improve their mental and physical well-being.

Some of her work includes, but is not limited to, studying the impact of implant-based breast reduction reconstruction and mastectomies on bra fit. In addition to her work with women with breast cancer, she has also done research addressing body image after facial reconstruction surgery for patients battling facial cancers.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University (2002)
B.S., Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University (1998)

Select Awards & Honors

• Sharon A. Keillor Award – American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) fellow (2016)
• Women in Engineering Program Advocate Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2016)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow
• Society for Women’s Health Research Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women’s Health
• SPIE senior member
• IEEE senior member

Related Websites
Biomedical Informatics Lab (BMIL)

Select Publications