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Three Hopkins research projects receive $250K grants from Schmidt Sciences

Schmidt Sciences Nascent Innovation Grants support projects that use data science and technology in innovative ways.

Johns Hopkins Innovator Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Johns Hopkins scientist Steven Salzberg, Ph.D., known for his ability to tackle the most difficult projects in genome sequencing, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Alexis Battle among five Johns Hopkins scientists to receive grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Alexis Battle, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is one of five Hopkins scientists selected to receive funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Through this program, these Hopkins scientists will share a $15 million award with 83 others from 53 institutions in the U.S. and eight other countries.

Meet Alexis Battle, assistant professor of BME

Alexis Battle joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering as an assistant professor in December 2017. In this interview, Battle discusses her experiences as a Google employee, as a researcher at Johns Hopkins, and as a mentor.

Green and Vidal speak at TEDxJHU

Jordan Green and Rene Vidal were among the nine researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, artists, and community activists featured at the fifth annual TEDxJHU speaker series. This year’s theme was “Forging the Future.”

Meet Jamie Spangler, assistant professor of BME

Jamie Spangler, assistant professor of BME, discusses her goals as a researcher and mentor, what sparked her interest in science and engineering, and how incoming students can maximize their educational experience at Johns Hopkins.

Sridevi Sarma featured on IEEE Brain podcast

Sridevi Sarma was recently a guest on the IEEE Brain Initiative podcast series, where she discussed her background in electrical engineering and control theory, her current research, and the importance of encouraging young women to pursue careers in engineering.

Jennifer Elisseeff

February 9, 2018

Jennifer Elisseeff elected to National Academy of Engineering

Jennifer Elisseeff awarded one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers for her 'outstanding contributions'

December 21, 2017

Changing Environments

Andrew Feinberg ’73, MD ’76, MPH ’81, the director of the Center for Epigenetics at Johns Hopkins, recently finished his first semester teaching at the Whiting School and he says “it’s been a fantastic adventure.”

November 16, 2017

Steven Salzberg among 2017 Highly Cited Researchers

Steven Salzberg, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been named one of the 2017 Highly Cited Researchers according to Clarivate Analytics, which was previously part of Thomson Reuters.

Natalia Trayanova smiles at the camera.

September 21, 2017

Natalia Trayanova elected as a Fellow of IAMBE

The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering has elected Natalia Trayanova, the Murray B. Sachs Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, as a Fellow of IAMBE.

September 21, 2017

Sridevi Sarma receives L’Oréal’s Changing the Face of STEM mentoring grant

Sridevi Sarma, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is one of 10 recipients of the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Program’s Changing the Face of STEM mentoring grants.

Natalia Trayanova addresses the crowd during her TEDx talk.

Natalia Trayanova gives TEDx talk at Johns Hopkins

Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of biomedical engineering, recently gave a TEDx talk at Johns Hopkins discussing her lab’s efforts to develop personalized virtual hearts.

Three from BME receive Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards

Three faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering have been selected to receive support this year from the Johns Hopkins University’s Discovery Awards program.

Michael Miller named new director of Department of Biomedical Engineering

Michael Miller, PhD, has been selected as the next director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1.

Nitish Thakor receives EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award

Nitish Thakor, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2017 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Academic Career Achievement Award.

Using T-Cells to encourage tissue regeneration

Most people know immune cells as the first responders to trauma—killing bacteria, fungi, viruses and other invaders—but there is a hidden side, as well. Immune cells also repair the body. They are both killers and healers.

Jamie Spangler joins BME faculty

Jamie Spangler, who earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering with a concentration in chemical and biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins in 2006, will serve as assistant professor with joint appointments in those departments beginning July 1, 2017.

Winston Timp awarded $2 million grant from NHGRI

Winston Timp, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins, has been awarded a $2 million grant as part of the “Novel Nucleic Acid Sequencing Technology Development” project funded through the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Ratnanather honored for promoting diversity in STEM

Tilak Ratnanather, associate research professor of biomedical engineering, received an honorable mention and a prize of $10,000 for the Provost’s Prize for Faculty Excellence in Diversity.

Thank you to Dr. Robert Allen

As we close out the 2016-2017 academic year, we offer our best wishes to Dr. Robert Allen on his retirement from the department of Biomedical Engineering.

Xiaoqin Wang Receives $12 Million Award to Lead Research on Speedier Learning

Xiaoqin Wang, a professor of biomedical engineering, has won a $12 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for work with a multi-university team that will focus on targeted neuroplasticity training.

Jennifer Elisseeff joins TEDCO board of directors

Governor Larry Hogan has appointed Jennifer Elisseeff, professor of biomedical engineering, to the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) board of directors.

Six from Johns Hopkins BME elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

Six members of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University have been elected to the College of Fellows at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Jordan Green receives Curtis W. McGraw Research Award

Jordan Green, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is the 2017 recipient of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Curtis W. McGraw Research Award.

February 1, 2017

Michael Beer awarded $1.8 million grant from NIH

Michael Beer, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Consortium.

January 5, 2017

Rene Vidal Earns IAPR Fellow Award

Rene Vidal, professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a 2016 Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition for his contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition.

October 30, 2016

Finding the Right Balance

Growing up as one of four daughters in a suburban Boston family, Kathleen Cullen bonded with her engineer father over their shared love of science and physics.

October 26, 2016

Cutting through the noise of DNA Sequencing

The Human Genome Project, a 13-year effort to map the complex DNA sequences that are the building blocks of our bodies and biological systems, was a landmark in genetic understanding. Critical as it was, the project only described the sequences, not the way DNA behaves and interacts with other elements to develop organisms.

A computer model shows the bone graft.

Warren Grayson: Revolutionizing the face of medicine

Dr. Grayson's new approach to craniofacial bone surgery combines 3D printing, cell signaling techniques, and a patient's own stem cells to engineer a living, anatomically precise facial bone.

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