Mia K.Markey

About

Mia K. Markey (she/they) is a professor of biomedical engineering, professor of internal medicine (by courtesy), professor of diagnostic medicine (by courtesy), core faculty member in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, and holder of the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. They are also an adjunct professor of imaging physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The mission of Markey’s Biomedical Informatics Lab is to create technologies for patient-provider communication and shared decision-making by leveraging their expertise in biodesign and computational methods. Markey has extensive multi- and inter-disciplinary collaborations, especially through the Multidisciplinary Breast Reconstruction Research Program. As a founding member of the program, they are committed to enhancing health-related quality of life and health equity for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families through multidisciplinary research that integrates surgery, engineering and psychosocial methods and perspectives.

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)
• Multidisciplinary Breast Reconstruction Research Program

Select Publications