The Center for Imaging Science will be hosting a Symposium on May 17 & 18 to celebrate its 15 years of science. The event will begin Friday May 17th at 1:00 PM at the Sheraton Baltimore North, and will continue Saturday 9:00 AM on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus at the Hodson Hall Boardroom. […]
A proposal put forth by two BME students, Iraj Hosseini, a 4th year PhD Candidate in the Institute for Computational Medicine lab of Dr. Feilim Mac Gabhann, and Shiva Razavi, co-president of the BME PhD Council, was awarded $150,000 from the Office of the Provost, as part of its PhD Innovation Initiative (PII) to support […]
Dr. Michael Miller will receive the Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising from the Whiting School of Engineering at May 6th Convocation. Often referred to simply as the “McDonald Mentoring Award,” this program recognizes and honors diverse professionals in engineering and the applied sciences who, as exemplary mentors and advisors, […]
Dr. Natalia Trayanova’s recent application to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, “Predicting the Optimal Ablation Targets for Infarct-related Ventricular Tachycardia” has been recommended for funding with the remarkable percentile of 1%. This caps a string of achievements in the past year for Dr. Trayanova, the Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and […]
The Institute for Computational Medicine is pleased to announce that Dr. Rachel Karchin has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure effective July 1, 2013. Dr. Karchin holds appointments with the Institute for Computational Medicine, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science in the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, as […]
Kathleen McDowell, a 5th year PhD Candidate in the lab of Dr. Natalia Trayanova, received 1st place in the Student/Trainee Poster Competition at the Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms. She presented her research entitled, “Investigating the Arrhythmogenic Effects of Atrial Fibrosis in Patient-Specific Models”. The 2013 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Cardiac Arrhythmia […]
The Institute for Computational Medicine is pleased to announce the appointments of Suchi Saria and Joel Bader to our core faculty, bringing the total number of ICM core faculty to 17. Their research and participation will further enrich the Institute’s mission to develop and apply individualized computational models of disease that enable physicians to deliver […]
Johns Hopkins Engineering alumnus, David C. Gakenheimer, PhD (MechE ’65) has funded a fellowship within ICM to assist in developing and advancing heart research diagnostic methods such as detecting, classifying and treating heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. Gakenheimer, who has a specific interest in atrial fibrillation, is the principal developer of […]
Assistant Professor Rachel Karchin of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Computational Medicine recently received an award of $695K for 3 years from the National Science Foundation. The award, which is part of the NSF’s Advances in Biological Informatics program is entitled “ABI Innovation: Predicting the combined impact of multiple mutations on protein […]
Dr. Fijoy Vadakkumpadan, Assistant Research Professor of the Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Heart Research Grant. This grant provides seed funding for basic medical research on heart disease, and supports unique and meritorious projects. The total award amount […]
