August 2022 Biomedical Engineering Newsletter

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Biomedical Engineering

August 2022

Silva receives Established Investigator Award from American Heart Association

Award supports continued research in seeking arrhythmia therapies.

New structure found in cells

These ‘clusters’ have structures that encode function, work in Rohit Pappu's lab shows.

NIH grant awarded to create neurotech training program

The program will train students to use engineering tools to develop technology and solutions that address neurological issues.

The quest for safer, more effective drugs for irregular heartbeat

Jianmin Cui will home in on the potassium ion channel with NIH grant.

A one-two punch for photoacoustic imaging

Song Hu combines hardware and machine learning for precision imaging technique.

Engineers develop new way to use low-count imaging for effective radiopharmaceutical therapy

Collaboration between School of Medicine, engineers in Abhinav Jha’s lab opens new frontiers.

O'Brien and team earn NIH honorable mention

The team was recognized for its efforts to develop a low-cost wearable device that will improve detection of the leading causes of maternal mortality.

EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Center for Women’s Health Engineering Launch

4-6:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22
Whitaker Hall auditorium
Keynote speaker: Michael House, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine and a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine.

Student news

BME hosts first Rising BME Scholars Conference

Nine local teachers selected for Summer Teacher-Researcher Partnership

Students gain engineering skills, grow connections in cardiovascular research experience

BME internship gives students hands-on experiences

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT

A glimpse inside the Widder lab

Check out students in Patricia Widder's quantitative physiology lab experimenting with electromyography (muscle testing).

Open postdoc positions

The Department of Biomedical Engineering has numerous openings for postdocs on both the Danforth and Medical campuses. Apply for one of our postdoc positions today! Please share with interested trainees.

BME by the numbers

No. 13

U.S. News & World Report ranking for graduate programs

35 %

of faculty members are women

$ 11.1 M

in research awards
(FY2021, OVCR report)

Department of Biomedical Engineering
McKelvey School of Engineering

bme.washu.edu