William R. Brody Faculty Scholar Rachel Karchin, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, proudly accepted a recent invitation to guest edit the May 2015 Special Issue of the journal, Human Genetics on Computational Molecular Medicine. Alongside colleague Melissa Cline, Associate Project Scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Rachel had […]
The Institute for Computational Medicine is pleased to announce a new appointment to our core faculty: Nicolas Charon, who joined the Johns Hopkins University Center for Imaging Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics in spring of 2015. Dr. Charon’s research interests focus on shape analysis, as well as the understanding and modeling […]
Donald Geman, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and core faculty member in the Institute for Computational Medicine and the Center for Imaging Science, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that can be given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. The honor is bestowed […]
Natalia A. Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Computational Medicine, presented the 2015 Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, April 23 at George Washington University, Washington, DC. Dr. Trayanova’s presentation, entitled “Your Personal Virtual Heart”, discussed how personalized computer models can save lives. Click here to view the full […]
Natalia A. Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Computational Medicine, is scheduled to present the plenary lecture at the 2015 Cardiac Electrophysiology Satellite Program on Saturday, April 11. This program is a satellite of the 2015 Cardiac Physiome Society Workshop being held at the ANZ Viaduct Events Center, Auckland, […]
On March 27, President Obama named Tilak Ratnanather among just 14 individuals to newly receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). The PAESMEM is awarded by the White House to individuals and organizations to recognize the crucial role that mentoring plays in the academic and personal development of students […]
Research from the lab of Dr. Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, was featured in the February 2015 issue of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. The paper is entitled “Beauty is a light in the heart”: The transformative potential of optogenetics for clinical applications in cardiovascular medicine. From […]
Natalia A. Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Computational Medicine, presented the keynote lecture at the 2015 Meeting of the Cardiac Muscle Society. The conference was held on February 8 at the Pier 5 Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Trayanova’s presentation was entitled “How heart modeling can improve patient […]
Natalia Trayanova, PhD, the inaugural Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and her team within the Institute for Computational Medicine were recently featured in the Johns Hopkins University Rising to the Challenge Campaign for their work building complex, multi-scaled computational models that simulate electrophysiological and electromechanical heart function and test possible treatment scenarios. From […]
Michael I. Miller, Ph.D., Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor, Director, Center for Imaging Science, will be speaking at the Inaugural Indo-US Translational Neuroscience Symposium on February 25th and 26th in Tilghman Auditorium (Turner Concourse). The conference features an array of leading neuroscience investigators from JHU SOM, Homewood, KKI, the Lieber Institute, and NIH. The symposium […]
