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John White, Ph.D., Biomedical Device Innovation
John A. White was born and raised in northern Louisiana. Both of his parents are retired educators. White's older brother, Roger White, currently a medical device specialist living in Colorado, exerted a profound influence on John's world view, introducing him to the rich fields of biology and engineering. White received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. After brief stints of postdoctoral work at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston, and the University of Iowa, White joined the faculty of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, where he served for 13 years before joining the University of Utah.
White's research focuses on the mechanistic bases of spatially and temporally coherent electrical activity in the brain. His approach blends technology development, electrophysiology, computational modeling, and imaging. The goal is to develop new treatments for memory disorders and epilepsy, based on novel applications of electronic technology and methods of analysis from applied mathematics and engineering.
White has raised over $20 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and other sources. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering and a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society.