Biography

Sheila A. Grant is associate vice chancellor of Research & Strategic Initiatives in the College of Engineering and a professor in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Missouri. A former post-doctoral researcher and research engineer for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, Grant has received research funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Pork Board, the Missouri Beef Council Agency, Medtronic, Covidien, MTF Inc. and the Department of Agriculture via a subcontract with the University of Minnesota.