Biomedical Engineering
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Drug developed for arthritis could be first to stop heart valve calcification
The first drug to treat calcification of heart valves may be one originally designed for rheumatoid arthritis. Read MoreJun 12, 2017
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VU Inside: Cut the noise! New research making hospital alarms smarter and quieter
VUMC anesthesiologist Joseph Schlesinger is teaming up with undergrads in neuroscience and biomedical engineering to make hospital alarms better, quieter and easier to work with. Read MoreMay 2, 2017
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WiseWear CEO discusses marriage of tech and fashion on ‘The Zeppos Report’
Alumnus Jerry Wilmink discusses with Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Wilmink's journey from engineer to entrepreneur and the deeply personal reason he launched his company. Read MoreApr 12, 2017
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Three students named Goldwater Scholars for 2017
Vanderbilt students Lauren Branscombe, Joshua Fleck and David Zhang have been recognized in this year’s Goldwater Scholars competition. They are among a group of 240 scholars selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,286 mathematics, science and engineering students nationwide. Read MoreApr 6, 2017
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Nanobeacon lights up colon tumors
A novel fluorescent nanobeacon can distinguish normal from diseased colon tissue, potentially offering advantages for colorectal cancer screening. Read MoreMar 30, 2017
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Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties
Scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties in order to study cardiac disease, develop heart drugs. Read MoreFeb 22, 2017
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Merryman wins $6M to address heart disease with arthritis drug, fund other research
David Merryman will study how to treat heart disease using drugs originally developed for rheumatoid arthritis and applying the lessons learned from failed weight loss drugs like Fen-Phen. Read MoreFeb 3, 2017
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Detecting inflammatory bowel disease during a colonoscopy
Vanderbilt researchers have developed a new optical sensor that can accurately detect different types of inflammatory bowel disease and can be easily integrated into routine colonoscopy exams. Read MoreFeb 1, 2017
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Vanderbilt biomedical engineer receives presidential award for advanced wound healing research
Biomedical engineer Craig Duvall has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to support his research into advanced wound healing technology. Read MoreJan 31, 2017
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Softening tumor tissue could aid cancer treatments
Tumors cause the intracellular material surrounding them to stiffen. Softening this protective layer could make existing cancer treatments more effective, according to new research. Read MoreJan 16, 2017
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DNA duplicator small enough to hold in your hand
Vanderbilt engineers have developed a new method for duplicating DNA that makes devices small enough to hold in your hand that are capable of identifying infectious agents before symptoms appear. Read MoreJan 11, 2017
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Johnson, emeritus biomedical engineering professor, dies
L. Ensign Johnson Jr., an emeritus professor who early in his career was one of three faculty members to lay the foundation for the biomedical engineering department at Vanderbilt, died Nov. 3. He was 85. Read MoreNov 8, 2016
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Improving wound healing
Vanderbilt researchers have shown that an injectable material improves wound healing and may be useful for large skin wounds such as those in patients with diabetes. Read MoreNov 8, 2016
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New faculty: Kenny Tao uses optical coherence tomography to improve delicate eye surgeries
Kenny Tao, a new assistant professor of biomedical engineering, brings his innovations in the field of optical coherence tomography and his wry sense of humor to Vanderbilt's laboratories and classrooms. Read MoreOct 10, 2016
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Eight engineering graduate students receive NSF research fellowships
Eight entering engineering graduate students have received research fellowships from the National Science Foundation, as did two Vanderbilt engineering undergraduate students who are pursuing their graduate studies elsewhere. Read MoreAug 12, 2016
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Six attract National Institutes of Health grants for wide-ranging research
Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health. Read MoreJul 12, 2016
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VIDL awards funding to enhance teaching, learning through digital technology
The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) distributed more than $46,000 in grants and awards this spring as part of its Innovation Programs initiative. Read MoreJul 1, 2016
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Open-source instructions for focused ultrasound provide cancer research boost
Vanderbilt University’s William Grissom and Charles Caskey are throwing open doors with a do-it-yourself, open-source software and hardware guide to enabling existing imaging machines with focused ultrasound technology. Read MoreJun 30, 2016
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Wilson receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
John T. Wilson, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development award. The five-year, $500,000 grant will allow him to develop new synthetic materials for “encoding” immunological messages and tightly regulating their delivery to the organs, cells and pathways of the immune system. Read MoreApr 4, 2016
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VUMC’s Chekmenev elected to Russian Academy of Sciences
Vanderbilt researcher Eduard Chekmenev, Ph.D., has been elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for his efforts to develop imaging markers for cancer and lung disease using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Read MoreMar 3, 2016