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Paul Yock wins National Academy of Engineering’s Gordon Prize
Paul Yock | Via Stanford University | January 4, 2018Paul Yock, MD, professor of medicine and of bioengineering at Stanford University and the founder and director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, will receive the National Academy of Engineering’s 2018 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. The academy said Yock was chosen for “the development and global dissemination […]
New device selects healthy sperm
Utkan Demirci | Via Stanford University | January 3, 2018A device the size of your business card can separate the strong, healthy sperm cells from the duds, and it does so in about 10 minutes, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The sperm-sorting tool is called the Simple Periodic Array […]
Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care
Simon Cherry | Via EurekAlert! | January 3, 2018The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of disease through analysis of better imaging data from the whole body. In The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) featured January article, scientists at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), outline the development and benefits of this innovative diagnostic tool and explain how […]
Researchers find new way to treat blast induced traumatic brain injuries suffered in combat
Michael Cho | Via BMES | January 3, 2018Head injuries due to blast trauma – such as what can happen to war fighters in combat – is different than head impact injuries. Currently, there are no preventive measures that specifically target Blast-induced traumatic brain injury. However, researchers have now successfully tested the use of surfactants (poloxamers P188) to partially repair the damaged brain […]
Q&A with Kyle Myers
Kyle Myers | Via MDIC | January 1, 2018Kyle Myers, a physicist with a Ph.D. in optical sciences, is a member of MDIC’s Computational Modeling and Simulation Steering Committee. She is Director of the Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). In February, Myers was elected to membership in […]
Professor Molly Shoichet inducted into the Order of Canada
Molly Shoichet | Via University of Toronto | December 29, 2017University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s most prestigious recognitions. The new appointees, which also include University Professor Michael Sefton (IBBME), were announced today by Governor General Julie Payette (ECE MASc 9T0). “Professor Shoichet’s multidisciplinary research is addressing some of the world’s […]
Professor Michael Sefton inducted into the Order of Canada
Michael Sefton | Via University of Toronto | December 29, 2017University Professor Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s most prestigious recognitions. The new appointees, which also include University Professor Molly Shoichet, were announced today by Governor General Julie Payette (ECE MASc 9T0). “Professor Michael Sefton is internationally recognized as a pioneer in biomedical […]
Professor Milica Radisic receives the Steacie Prize
Milica Radisic | Via University of Toronto | December 18, 2017Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) has been named the 2017 recipient of the Steacie Prize, awarded each year to one engineer or scientist 40 years of age or younger who has made notable contributions to research in Canada. The prize is administered by the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fund, a private foundation dedicated to the advancement […]
CWRU School of Medicine’s Mark Griswold elected 2017 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Mark Griswold | Via Case Western Reserve University | December 12, 2017Mark A. Griswold, a professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2017 Fellows Program, the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors. He was elected as a fellow for having “demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating […]
Teresa Woodruff Named to National Academy of Inventors
Teresa Woodruff | Via Northwestern University | December 12, 2017Woodruff is the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Feinberg School of Medicine, professor of biomedical engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering, and dean of The Graduate School. She founded and directs the Women’s Health Research Institute and is director of the Center for Reproductive Science. An expert on […]
Susmita Bose named to National Academy of Inventors
Susmita Bose | Via Washington State University | December 12, 2017Susmita Bose, the Herman and Brita Lindholm Endowed Chair and Professor in Washington State University’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellows are academic inventors who have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating inventions […]
Professor Tom Chau, U of T Engineering alumni awarded Governor General Meritorious Service Decoration
Tom Chau | Via University of Toronto | December 12, 2017U of T Engineering Professor Tom Chau (IBBME) and his research team, including alumni Eric Wan (CompE 1T0, ECE MASc 1T3) and Pierre Duez (EngSci 0T0, MASc IndE 0T3), have been recognized with one of Canada’s highest honours, the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Cross (Civil Division). The decoration recognizes Canadians for exceptional deeds that bring […]
Laura Marcu Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Laura Marcu | Via UC Davis | December 12, 2017Laura Marcu, professor of biomedical engineering and neurological surgery at the University of California, Davis, has been recognized as a Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors. Founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the NAI aims to enhance the visibility of academic technology […]
O’s 2018 Health Heroes
Rory Cooper | Via Oprah.com | December 11, 2017Rory Cooper, PhD THE INDEPENDENCE ENGINEER Rory Cooper was a 20-year-old U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Germany when a biking accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. One unexpected result of his injury: learning firsthand the importance of good mechanical design. “My first wheelchair was an 80-pound chrome and steel behemoth that was hard […]
Boosting the antibiotic arsenal
James Collins | Via MIT | December 7, 2017MIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are often used to treat infections such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The new strategy overcomes a key limitation of these drugs, which is that they often fail against infections that feature a very […]
Startup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
Ian Hunter | Via MIT | December 7, 2017Certain treatments for patients suffering from chronic diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, require multiple intravenous or subcutaneous injections of specific drugs. Because of the pain and anxiety associated with needles, some patients stop adhering to these treatments. MIT spinout Portal Instruments has now landed a commercialization deal for a smart, needle-free injection device that […]
Athanasiou Awarded Bioengineering Medal
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou | Via University of California, Irvine | December 7, 2017The Samueli School’s Kyriacos Athanasiou has been awarded the 2018 Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in recognition of his exceptional contributions to bioengineering. Athanasiou, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, researches musculoskeletal and cartilaginous tissues, and develops clinical instruments and devices. He focuses primarily on regeneration […]
Peppas Elected as Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Nicholas Peppas | Via The University of Texas at Austin | December 5, 2017Nicholas Peppas, professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, pediatrics, surgery and pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin and an expert in biomaterials and drug delivery systems, has been elected as a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Membership in the CAE is the highest engineering distinction in China, and the […]
Engineers uncover the design principles of cellular compartments
Rohit V. Pappu | Via Washington University in St. Louis | December 5, 2017Membraneless organelles are tiny droplets inside a single cell, thought to regulate everything from division, to movement, to its very destruction. A better understanding of these mysterious structures could hold the key to unlocking a whole host of medical conditions, including developmental disorders, childhood cancers and age-related diseases. New research from the School of Engineering […]