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Inez Lam selected for new Johns Hopkins-MedImmune Scholars Program

Last year, Johns Hopkins University and MedImmune announced their collaboration on a unique initiative to prepare students for a career in the biopharma industry. The first two PhD candidates have been selected.

Defining the ‘Gold Standard’

A team of Johns Hopkins computational scientists and cancer experts devised its own bioinformatics software to evaluate how well current strategies identify cancer-promoting mutations and distinguish them from benign mutations in cancer cells.

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Learning the science behind imaging devices

Johns Hopkins students in the upper-level Imaging Instrumentation course showed off their year-end projects that ranged from a system to replicate an endoscopic procedure to a method of measuring blood flow in the body.

Students showcase prototypes at Design Day

The 2017 Biomedical Engineering Design Day drew hundreds of students, faculty, clinicians, and mentors to the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus. Eight master’s student teams and 14 undergraduate student teams represented the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design with projects spanning a range of clinical topics.

JHU CBID team takes second in business plan competition with corneal surgery enhancement

A team of eight Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students took second place in the international Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition at Texas Christian University last week for their novel design to help transport and implant tissue during corneal surgery.

BME junior named Goldwater Scholar

Fernando Vicente Zegarra, a junior in biomedical engineering, has been recognized by the Goldwater Scholarship program for his outstanding promise in a research career.

Two from Hopkins BME receive 2017 Whitaker International Fellowships

Two students have been awarded 2017 Whitaker International Fellowships, a career-enhancing program that supports young biomedical engineers’ travels overseas to conduct research and take coursework.

Malinow Family Fund supports student projects over summer

The Malinow Family Fund has been used to help design prototypes, conduct experiments required for larger grants, purchase materials for testing, and schedule consultation sessions.

The students pose with a boy in a wheelchair with a prototype of their retractable umbrella.

BME students design retractable umbrella for wheelchair users

Two Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students won the mobility and transportation category at the Abilities Hackathon, an event held for the second year at the Digital Harbor Foundation’s Baltimore location.

Jourdan Ewoldt earns top prize at BMES Undergraduate Research Day

Biomedical Engineering senior Jourdan Ewoldt took home the first place award at the 2017 Biomedical Engineering Society Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Day on March 10.

February 24, 2017

Six from Hopkins BME awarded NSF graduate research fellowships

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering will be home to six new Graduate Research Fellows – outstanding students in science, technology, engineering, or math graduate programs who have been recognized by the National Science Foundation.

February 22, 2017

Students aim to advance orthotics industry

Param Shah and Alex Mathews, two undergraduate students at the Whiting School of Engineering, are combining their backgrounds in computer science and biomedical engineering to improve the orthotics industry.

February 20, 2017

Michael Ketcha Wins Young Scientist Award at SPIE 2017

Michael Ketcha, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, has won the Young Scientist Award at the 2017 SPIE Medical Imaging conference in Orlando, Florida for his paper entitled "Fundamental limits of image registration performance: effects of image noise and resolution in CT-guided interventions."

Students wear scrubs and talk with a clinician in the hall of the hospital.

February 20, 2017

Students Train to Become Design Team Leaders

While many Johns Hopkins undergraduates spent January at home visiting friends and family, 13 biomedical engineering students spent their winter break taking the Design Team Clinical Immersion intersession course through the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design.

January 5, 2017

Alex Mathews named to Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list

Alex Mathews, at right, of the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently named to the annual Forbes "30 Under 30" list for his work on Fusiform with classmate Param Shah, at left.

December 9, 2016

Students develop foot-operated game controller

Gyorgy Levay ordinarily doesn't have time to play video games. The Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering master's candidate is too busy working on controls for upper-limb prostheses to find time for running and jumping around the tops of buildings in the parkour game Mirror's Edge. Even if he did, Levay lost both hands to a meningitis infection five years ago, and operating the keyboard for a first-person shooter game is difficult. Over the 2015-16 school year, however, Levay spent considerable time running around a video game's virtual world.

November 16, 2016

CBID startup awarded $500,000

Glyscend, Inc., a startup company with roots in BME, was selected from nearly 500 proposals to receive $500,000 in grant money from the Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC’s World Without Disease QuickFire Challenge.

November 5, 2016

Undergrads win bronze in Collegiate Inventors Competition

A reusable cryotherapy system that could bring low-cost breast cancer treatment to women in rural South Africa has won the bronze prize for a Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering team in the undergraduate category of the 2016 National Collegiate Inventors Competition. Prize winners were announced Friday at an event in Washington, D.C.

October 30, 2016

Helping a needle on the right path

Deep needle placements to sample cerebrospinal fluid, conduct biopsies, or place lines for anesthesia or drug therapy occur millions of times per year. But about a third of the time, needles may be difficult to place. In addition, the anatomical targets are typically very small and located deep within the body, offering a tiny window for a successful procedure. And the path to the target is fraught with obstacles such as blood vessels, bone, and nerve bundles.

October 24, 2016

Five doctoral students named Siebel Scholars

As they work toward medical breakthroughs for disease treatment and surgery, five engineering graduate students from Johns Hopkins University have won key support for their research through the prestigious Siebel Scholars program.

August 23, 2016

PhD candidate Randall Meyer receives multiple honors

Randall is currently working under Dr. Jordan Green, seeking novel biomaterial-based particle therapeutics that mimic the function of natural cells to achieve a therapeutic effect.

A student tests the prototype on a dummy.

Students develop device to help reduce preventable deaths on the battlefield

CBID undergrad team develops CricSpike tool kit designed to save lives by improving accuracy of cricothyrotomy in emergency situations.

The three male students stand together and smile.

BME graduate team wins Intel-Cornell Cup grand prize

Their GEAR bio-gaming device was created to serve as an assistive computer interface for individuals with limited upper limb functionality to participate in video game play by transferring dexterous control from the hands to the feet.

The prototype sits on a table with other medical devices.

Targeted treatment for chronic sinusitis

A new student-designed device offers hope for targeted treatment of chronic sinusitis, which afflicts one in eight Americans.

BME-CBID Design Day Competition 2016 winning teams

Each year students showcase their biomedical innovations at the annual Design Day competition; where design teams discuss the healthcare need, demonstrate their invention, and share projected advantages for clinicians and medical practitioners.

The teammates pose for a photo wearing sunglasses.

Putting the freeze on breast cancer

In South Africa, the standard breast cancer treatments don't cut it. Here's how Johns Hopkins researchers are engineering a solution.

A gloved hand works with vials in a wet lab.

2016 Johns Hopkins Young Investigators Award winners

Each spring, at the Johns Hopkins Young Investigators Day celebration, exceptional graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are honored, and awards are granted in recognition of outstanding research.

A girl works in a wet lab.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships awarded to three BME PhD students

Congratulations to Sean Murphy, Yuan Rui, and Joseph Yu. These NSF Graduate Research Fellows have demonstrated significant research achievements and have great potential to propel future innovation.

UMD-JHU BME Research Day trophy retained for third year

Johns Hopkins undergrads took top honors for a fourth year at this mid-atlantic regional competition. The trophy available since year two ; has been on Hopkins turf each of the last three years.

Sureerat “Ja” Reaungamornrat named SPIE 2016 Young Scientist

The MIND Demons MRI to CT registration method for 3D image-guided spine surgery could facilitate safer surgery — with increased precision and targeting confidence.

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