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Database of Pediatric MR Images Aids Diagnosis, Treatment

By building a “cloud database” of MR images collected from children with normal and abnormal brains, researchers aim to give physicians access to a Google-like search system that will improve the way pediatric brain disorders are diagnosed and treated.

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BME design team’s emergency blood loss prevention system receives approval for testing

The student-designed injectable foam system fills the wound area and blocks blood loss in the critical first hour prior to receipt of more advanced medical help.

All in the family — sodium and calcium ion channels share common roots

Novel treatment strategies for arrhythmias, myotonias, and neurodegeneration provided by an ancient feedback module commonly shared between voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels.

BME student team develops auditory training app for cochlear implant users

Speech Banana app, now in beta testing, will expand and supplement cochlear implant training by allowing adult with CI to practice on their own.

Improving cardiac ablation treatment with virtual heart mapping

Dr. Trayanova and team are exploring whether the patient’s virtual heart could be used to noninvasively determine the optimal ablation targets with a lot more accurately.

Engineering innovations reshape global health

BME’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Design is training the next generation of engineering innovators in the best way possible — by sending them into the field to seek out new ideas.

I-STAR Lab refines ultra-low dose CT scans

Armed with pragmatism and advanced computer modeling techniques, BME researchers have made strides in improving CT image quality while reducing X-ray exposure and other negative consequences of the scanning technique.

Vikram Chib probes preferred behaviors

Findings show that when more was on the line, performance declines. Dr. Chib’s research is uncovering effective methods of encouraging preferred behaviors in high-stakes situations.

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Design Day 2014: Student devices solve real clinical needs

Featured at Design Day, AccuSpine, a spinal pedicle probe designed by Johns Hopkins BME undergrads, has already won $33,000 in competition prize money.

Winston Timp explores the random nature of cancer

Advanced understanding of epigenetics and electrical engineering helps Dr. Timp in detecting one of many signals emitted by the body’s carcinogenic activity.

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Anti-gravity treadmills improve physical therapy

Johns Hopkins BME alumnus Steve Basta heads AlterG, the California company that created the anti-gravity treadmill, as well as a bionic leg mobility trainer.

Solving the paradox: How one bad apple spoils the pie of cardiac rhythms

BME and neuroscience researchers exploit live-cell biochemistry, electrophysiology, and mathematical simulations to solve how calmodulinopathies can lead to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmogenic events.

BME EDGE helps PhD student find summer internship

This PhD candidate finds a summer internship at Genetech that mirrors his Johns Hopkins lab research. The role was found through BME EDGE —a program that enables students to explore job possibilities and refine career goals.

Dr. Eranga Ukwatta named Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Centennial Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Ukwatta was selected following a national search to find rising stars: with a record of achievement, a strong desire for scientific discovery, and aspirations for societal impact.

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BME 2014 “Signals” class immortalized in selfie

This year the sophomore class of 120 students in the Biomedical Engineering Signals, Systems and Controls course gathered on the steps of Shriver Hall for the now long-time tradition of the yearly class photo.

Calcium Signal Lab researcher and BME PhD student Manu Ben Johny receives award for top research

The Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Research Award is presented at Johns Hopkins Young Investigators Day — which celebrates the achievements of Johns Hopkins students, postdocs and research fellows.

2nd Annual JHU–UMD BMES Undergraduate Research Day

The event is designed to showcase student research projects conducted during the past academic year and to encourage and inspire classmates in the biomedical engineering programs to pursue their own research.

BME graduate student Kelly Chang awarded JHU ARCS Foundation Scholarship

The prestigious ARCS Foundation Scholarship provides $15,000 for education and research to support select, extraordinary graduate students.

BME graduate student Carmen Kut awarded the 2014 Sommerman Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award

This award recognizes outstanding performance as a graduate teaching assistant in the Whiting School of Engineering.

BME undergrad Ivan Kuznetsov named 2014 Goldwater Scholar

The coveted Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to extraordinary undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are deemed to have a strong research profile and exceptional promise for a research career.

February 27, 2014

Engineering safer surgery: The LevelCheck algorithm translated to first clinical studies

Advanced 3D-2D image registration leverages high-speed computing to provide surgeons with an on-demand, labeled visual depiction of the spine and surgical target in the operating room.

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February 24, 2014

Johns Hopkins researchers establish a digital search system for pediatric brain MRI data

A searchable digital brain image data library will provide doctors the ability to access thousands of pediatric scans. Finding similar scans to those of their own patient's will enhance diagnosis and treatment of their young patients with brain disorders.

February 17, 2014

Eye movements as a predictor of behavior

Dr. Reza Shadmehr and his team explore the relationship between eye movements and decision making.

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January 23, 2014

Collaborative program between JHU and JHMI seeks to solve problems through global outreach

BME faculty and Global Engineering Innovation program director Jennifer Elisseeff plays a pivotal role in defining engineering missions in developing countries. The program is seeded by a grant from the Johns Hopkins Office of the President.

January 20, 2014

Going native — biomedical engineers take biochemistry from the test tube into living cells

Advances made by Dr. Yue’s team reveal how calcium ion channels are properly controlled in the brain, and furnish a powerful new strategy for probing similarly large and complex molecules in the body.

November 13, 2013

BME undergrads win competition with PrestoPatch, cardiac arrhythmia treatment

The 2013 Collegiate Inventor Competition winners plan to use their prize money to help launch a company to commercialize their invention.

November 12, 2013

Brody Scholar Karchin assesses impact of DNA sequence variations

In her lab, the Karchin team aims to computationally model genomic alterations and identify drug targets and biomarkers for disease diagnosis and treatment.

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November 7, 2013

JHU-Coulter Partnership funds translational research

Since established in 2011, the Johns Hopkins-Coulter Translational Partnership has awarded $1.3 million to 12 projects, facilitating biomedical innovations to go from concept to commercial reality.

November 4, 2013

Sorger heads up medical research at Intuitive Surgical

BME alumni, Jonathan Sorger, is the director of medical research at Intuitive Surgical — a global leader in minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery.

November 2, 2013

Johns Hopkins launches BME EDGE

BME EDGE will help some of the world’s top biomedical engineering researchers navigate their next career moves into jobs with academia, government agencies, or private industry.

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