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5 questions with… Student National Medical Association chair DaShawn Hickman
Almost immediately after he joined the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), DaShawn Hickman knew he wanted to help lead it. Four years later, he’s getting that opportunity. In January, the dual MD-PhD biomedical engineering student was named the national chair of SNMA, and he’ll officially ...
5 questions with…Case Engineering Council president Adithy Nagarajan
Ever since she was young, Adithy Nagarajan has had a mind geared toward engineering. Growing up in New Berlin, Wis., she loved visiting interactive science museums. She could always be found at the exhibits that let her build, fix and learn how things worked. Her favorite toy? Legos. Now, Nagaraj...
National team to expand CWRU research restoring amputees’ sense of touch
Dustin Tyler created this version of the prosthetic arm, which only can be used in the lab. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers who helped restore a sense of touch to amputees in a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs lab in Cleveland are finalizing contract negotiations for a $4.4 million g...
Biomedical Engineering’s Anant Madabhushi named AIMBE fellow
Anant Madabhushi, professor and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Madabhushi was nominated and elected for his contri...
CWRU researcher on the clock to improve early Ebola detection
Nicole Steinmetz Health care workers must diagnose and isolate Ebola victims at an early stage to have a chance to save them and prevent the virus from spreading. But the most sensitive and quickest diagnostic test produces a small percentage of false negative results that undermine efforts to cont...
Engineering Dean Jeffrey L. Duerk named IEEE fellow
Jeffrey L. Duerk, dean of the Case School of Engineering at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, has been named a 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow for contributions to rapid magnetic resonance imaging technologies. He joins an exclusive group of scholars in this hono...
Biomedical engineering’s Anant Madabhushi invited to serve on journal editorial board
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, has been invited to serve as associate editor for the Journal of Medical Image Analysis (MedIA), one of the top international journals in computer science. MedIA ...
Celebrate professor Robert Kirsch's new appointment at chairing ceremony Dec. 10
The campus community is invited to celebrate the appointment of biomedical engineering department chair Robert F. Kirsch as the Allen H. and Constance T. Ford Professor in Biomedical Engineering. A chairing ceremony will take place Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 4:30 p.m., in the Nord Atrium. Guests can R...
Platelet mimicry technology halts bleeding faster, may have broad use in medicine
Artificial platelet mimics developed by a collaborative research team from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and University of California, Santa Barbara, are able to halt bleeding in mouse models 65 percent faster than nature can on its own. For the first time, the researchers have been able to integ...
Undergraduate wins Research Choice Award at biomedical engineering conference
Jacob Antunes, a biomedical engineering undergraduate student, was awarded the "Reviewer's Choice Award" from the Biomedical Engineering Society conference for his poster, titled "Identifying PET/MRI Parameters for Early Treatment Response in Renal Cell Carcinoma." Co-authors on the poster include ...