Yingnan Zhang, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Gakenheimer Fellowship. The award will support Zhang’s research in the lab of Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering. The Gakenheimer Fellowship was established in 2013 by Johns Hopkins Engineering alumnus David C. Gakenheimer, PhD, who […]
There are many familiar names in this year’s list of convocation awards. Distributed on April 5 by Ed Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean of The Whiting School of Engineering, the 2021 Whiting School Convocation Awards recognize several ICM undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty for their excellence in academics, research or teaching. The awards, their recipients, […]
Undergraduates Min Jae Kim and Shiker Nair have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for their research and achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. They are among a cohort of 410 Goldwater Scholars selected for 2021–22 from an estimated pool of more than 5,000 applicants. Established in 1986, the Goldwater Scholarship was one […]
Three students have been granted PURAs, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards, for their research in the Institute for Computational Medicine. Established in 1993 with an endowment by the Hodson Trust, the PURA program was created to support and encourage Hopkins undergraduate students to engage in independent research, scholarly and creative projects. Each student will receive $3000 […]
Sepsis and septic shock are the leading causes of in-hospital deaths. Dr. Raimond Winslow, Director of the Institute for Computational Medicine and Raj and Neera Singh Professor in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Ran Liu, doctoral student in the lab of Dr. Winslow, say their findings could help provide earlier identification of the patients […]
Rachel June Smith, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sridevi Sarma, ICM core faculty member and associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 American Epilepsy Society Fellow. The AES Fellows Program supports development for early career researchers, clinicians, and advanced practice providers. Its goal is to engage promising epilepsy professionals […]
Adam Li, a PhD student in the lab of Sridevi Sarma, ICM core faculty member and associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been named an ARCS Foundation, Metropolitan Washington Chapter Scholar for 2020-2021. Recipients of this prestigious scholarship are academically outstanding STEM students working to advance science and technology in the United States. Adam’s research […]
Joseph Yu, a BME PhD candidate in the lab of Natalia Trayanova, a core faculty member of the ICM as well as the director of ADVANCE, has been awarded a National Research Service Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for his proposal, A Biophysical Modeling Approach for Understanding Arrhythmia Mechanisms Arising […]
Annie Liang, Biomedical Engineering junior mentored by PhD candidate, Joseph Yu, and ICM Core Faculty member and ADVANCE Director, Natalia Trayanova, has received a Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Annie seeks to develop and leverage biophysically-detailed, multiscale mathematical models of the cardiovascular system to gain biological and mechanistic insights. Congratulations, Annie!
Dante Basile, a BME sophomore in the ICM laboratory of Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Julia Costacurta a BME senior the lab of Sridevi Sarma, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Director of ICM, are among the 40 recipients of the 2019-20 Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA). Dante’s proposal […]
