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International Journal of Cardiology features Dr. Mittal’s computational fluid dynamic research
An International Journal of Cardiology paper featuring the work of Rajat Mittal, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and core faculty of the Institute for Computational Medicine, shares a new method for predicting those most at risk for blood clots in the heart. The...
Dr. Miller Featured for Alzheimer’s Research
Michael I. Miller, Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, was featured in the Winter 2017 edition of JHU Engineering magazine for his research on Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Miller is analyzing MRI brain images of the...
Dr. Saria Develops Lifesaving Algorithm
Suchi Saria, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and ICM core faculty member, is developing computer programs that analyze existing medical information to assist physicians to prevent organ failure in patients. Last year, in findings reported in Science...
Farhad Pashakhanloo’s human heart image to appear on the cover of Nature Reviews Cardiology
Congratulations to Farhad Pashakhanloo, a postdoc in the lab of ICM core faculty member Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Pashakhanloo's image of a human heart has been chosen among many entries to appear on the cover of Nature...
Dr. Vidal named IAPR Fellow
Rene Vidal, core faculty member for the Institute for Computational Medicine, has been named a 2016 Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition, an association of non-profit, scientific and professional organizations concerned with pattern...
Collin Tokheim, Karchin Lab PhD student, lead author of published paper
Collin J. Tokheim, a doctoral student in the lab of ICM core faculty member Rachel Karchin, is the lead author of a paper titled, “Evaluating the evaluation of cancer driver genes,” which was published December 13, 2016 in the Early Edition of Proceedings of the...
Dr. Karchin named top performer at CAGI4
Rachel Karchin, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and William R. Brody Faculty Scholar, has been recognized as a top performer at the fourth Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation Challenge (CAGI4). She was invited to participate in the March 2016...
Dr. Saria receives DARPA’s Young Faculty Award
Suchi Saria, assistant professor of computer science and ICM core faculty member, has been recognized as a “rising research star” by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Young Faculty Awards (DARPA) for her project titled, “Continuous Learning of (Causal)...
Dr. Karchin receives Goldman Center Pilot Project Grant
Rachel Karchin, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and William R. Brody Faculty Scholar, was awarded the Goldman Center Pilot Project Grant for her proposal, “Investigation of Polyclonal Origins of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplams.” The award was...
William Franceschi awarded PURA Fellowship
William Franceschi, a second-year BME student in the lab of Dr. Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, has been awarded a Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) for the 2016-2017 academic...
Melanie Zile wins Poster Prize at Workshop on Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias
Melanie Zile, a Biomedical Engineering predoctoral student in the lab of Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, received the trainee poster prize at the Seventh Annual International Workshop on Cardiac...
Trayanova lab helps solve an infant’s genetic mystery
A September 26 article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) explains how a medical team at Stanford University School of Medicine solved a genetic riddle, with a significant contribution from the lab of Dr. Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs...
Lindsay Clegg awarded 2017 Siebel Scholarship
Lindsay Clegg, a PhD candidate in the lab of ICM core faculty member Feilim Mac Gabhann, has been awarded a prestigious 2017 Siebel Scholarship. Lindsay received her B.S. in biomedical engineering from Purdue University in 2011. Currently, her PhD thesis focuses on...
Journal of Clinical Investigation features research emerging from lab in ICM
This week, The Journal of Clinical Investigation features an article on groundbreaking research from the laboratory of Dr. Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of biomedical engineering, in collaboration with a team of researchers from the Institute of...
Dr. Saria among Popular Science’s ‘Brilliant 10’
Dr. Suchi Saria, assistant professor of computer science and ICM core faculty member, has been named one of Popular Science’s Brilliant 10, the magazine’s annual list of the “brightest young minds in science and engineering.” Dr. Saria was selected for her work...
Dr. Karchin Co-Launches PLOS Focus Feature
Dr. Rachel Karchin, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, and Dr. Ruth Nussinov, Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute, have launched a PLOS Computational Biology Focus Feature entitled Genome Landscapes and...