October 2023 Biomedical Engineering Newsletter

Biomedical Engineering

News and research from Biomedical Engineering at McKelvey School of Engineering

October 2023

Dear colleagues, students and faculty,

Lori Setton

I hope you enjoy this update of activities from WashU BME.

This semester we welcome two new faculty members, Professor Cory Berkland and Assistant Professor Yifan Dai. We’re thrilled to bring their expertise and entrepreneurship to our department and look forward to the contributions they will make to our university community.

I hope to see many of you soon at BMES. Please stop by our booth No. 700 and connect with us.

Kind regards,

Lori A. Setton
Professor and Chair

New imaging technology may reduce surgeries for rectal cancer patients

New imaging technology may reduce surgeries for rectal cancer patients

Quing Zhu, Matthew Mutch pursue dual modality photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging, deep learning method as ‘a major step forward’.

NIH funds study of ultrasound with genetics to treat brain disorders

NIH funds study of ultrasound with genetics to treat brain disorders

Hong Chen to lead team to develop Sonogenetics 2.0.

Huebsch a co-investigator on NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute grant

Huebsch a co-investigator on NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute grant

Huebsch developed the unique ‘micro-heart’ technology platform used in the project.

O’Brien team advances in NIH maternal health challenge

O’Brien team advances in NIH maternal health challenge

The team received $320,000 in the technology assessment phase.

RESEARCH

Good smells, bad smells: It’s all in the insect brain

Clinical utility, not ‘prettiness,’ best metric for evaluating AI improvements to medical imaging

Clinical utility, not ‘prettiness,’ best metric for evaluating AI improvements to medical imaging

A low-cost potential therapy for spinal cord injuries

Virtual drug quiets noise in images of heart tissue

Virtual drug quiets noise in images of heart tissue

AWARDS

Making every photon count with NSF CAREER Award

Setton receives faculty achievement award

Setton receives faculty achievement award

O’Brien wins awards at national pitch competition

Wagenseil named Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society

Wagenseil named Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society

DEPARTMENT NEWS

New faculty join BME in 2023-24

Summer school: Vahey lab hosts K-12 educator for curriculum development

Summer school: Vahey lab hosts K-12 educator for curriculum development

Internship Spotlight

2023 BME internship program

BME students spent the summer at different St. Louis companies. Read about their experience and advice for other students seeking internships.

2023 BME internship program

Employment opportunities

Open postdoc positions

Open postdoc positions

There are numerous openings for postdocs on both the Danforth and Medical campuses. Please share with interested trainees.

BME by the numbers

No. 10

Among private university BME graduate programs

33 %

of faculty members

are women

$ 14.8 M

BME research awards

Department of Biomedical Engineering
McKelvey School of Engineering

bme.washu.edu