Deok-Ho Kim, Ph.D.

Heart tissue samples that spent 30 days at the International Space Station (ISS) showed low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source. The finding has implications for the cardiac health of astronauts on long duration space flights.

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists sent 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples aboard a SpaceX resupply missions to the ISS in 2020, and again in March 2023.

The researchers said the heart tissues “really don’t fare well in space.” Over time, the tissues aboard the space station beat about half as strong as tissues from the same source kept on Earth… Continue reading.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Deok-Ho Kim, Ph.D., Professor at Johns Hopkins University to its College of Fellows.

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”

Dr. Kim was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for outstanding contributions in developing microengineered biomaterials, advanced biofabrication technologies, and human microphysiological systems…. Continue reading.