News Type: Faculty
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 elected to National Academy of Engineering
Jennifer Elisseeff awarded one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers for her 'outstanding contributions'
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.”
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zero gravity genomics
Feinberg is part of a team of NASA experts selected to study how a year in space effects astronaut Scott Kelly's biology, when compared to his twin earth-bound brother, Mark, as the control.
Pioneering young scientist Jordan Green receives two prestigious awards
Dr. Green’s research has led to improvements in prolonged, time-delayed release of drugs and other therapeutic agents — showing promising results related to macular degeneration and cancers of the skin, liver, and brain
Widening STEM opportunities for hearing-challenged students
As a role model and mentor, Tilak Ratnanather contends those best positioned to do research to help the deaf are the deaf themselves. He has made it his mission to bring more deaf and hard-of-hearing students into STEM fields.
Epigenetic, epidemiology pioneer Andrew Feinberg named Bloomberg Professor
Bloomberg Professor Andrew Feinberg's pioneering study of epigenetics in normal development and disease have produced significant insights not possible with the study of only DNA sequence. These findings are expected to lead to improved cancer treatments.