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Dr. Vitaliy Rayz is a professor and Associate Head for Academic Programs in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. His research focuses on image-based modeling and analysis of blood flow to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and neurovascular diseases. Dr. Rayz earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2005. He subsequently joined the Vascular Imaging Research Center at the University of California San Francisco, first as a postdoctoral fellow and later as a research scientist in Radiology. In 2014, he received joint faculty appointments in Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Rayz joined the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University in 2017. Dr. Rayz collaborates with clinicians and scientists at UC San Francisco, Northwestern University, Barrow Neurological Institute, and the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he holds an adjunct appointment in Radiology. His NIH-funded research includes error analysis and augmentation of MRI-based flow measurements, image-based modeling to predict cerebral aneurysm growth, and the development of chemofiltration devices for removing chemotherapy drugs from the bloodstream. More recently, he has expanded his research to the image-based analysis of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. Dr. Rayz’s work has resulted in nearly 60 journal publications and numerous presentations at national and international conferences. As Associate Head for Academic Programs, he leads efforts to strengthen and align Purdue BME educational programs across West Lafayette and Indianapolis.