Ata Kiapour

Ata Kiapour is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He has a diverse training and has research and product development experience in both academia and industry. He holds BS and MS degrees in Material Science and Engineering, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, and Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical and Translational Investigation. He has also conducted a postdoctoral fellowship in Orthopedic Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Kiapour’s research is focused on developing new methods for analyzing clinical data (e.g., imaging) to better understand the etiology and mechanisms of musculoskeletal diseases and to develop new tools for injury prediction and to facilitate clinical decision-making (e.g., treatment choice). His approaches have been applied in several domains, including studying joint morphogenesis and its implications in injury risk and treatment outcomes, development of new imaging biomarkers to track tissue healing and response to treatment, and development of simulation tools for surgical planning.