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Dr. Rachel Karchin invited to speak at Carnegie Mellon APGA 2013 Meeting May 3-5
Dr. Rachel Karchin, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Computational Medicine, is scheduled to speak at APGA 2013. The meeting entitled "Automated Personal Genome Analysis for Clinical Advisors: Challenges and Solutions"...
Center for Imaging Science Hosting Symposium to Celebrate its 15 Years of Science
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...
BME Transition Generator receives $150,000 from JHU PII
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...
Dr. Michael Miller to receive McDonald Mentoring Award
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...
Dr. Natalia Trayanova’s recent application to NHLBI recommended for funding with percentile of 1%
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...
Dr. Rachel Karchin promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
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...
Kathleen McDowell awarded for poster at Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms
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...
Suchi Saria and Joel Bader Join ICM Core Faculty
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...
David C. Gakenheimer Funds New ICM Graduate Fellowship
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...
Dr. Rachel Karchin awarded NSF ABI:Advances in Biological Informatics Grant
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...
Dr. Fijoy Vadakkumpadan awarded W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Heart Research Grant
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...
Computational medicine: Translating models to clinical care F1000 prime recommended
The recent Journal Review article, "Computational medicine: translating models to clinical care", published in the October 31 issue of Science Translational Medicine, has been recommended as being of special significance in its field by John Jeremy Rice and Raquel...
Dr. Fijoy Vadakkumpadan awarded AHA National Scientist Development Grant
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 American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant. This grant...
Computational Simulation of Beating Human Heart Run on Sequoia Supercomputer
The Cardioid code divides the heart into a large number of manageable pieces, or subdomains. The development team used two approaches, called Voronoi (left) and grid (right), to break the enormous computing challenge into much smaller individual tasks. A November 14...
ICM faculty author new publication on the promise of computational medicine
Computational medicine, a fast-growing method of using sophisticated computer models to figure out how disease develops, promises a new era of personalized medicine. “We are poised at an exciting time in medicine,” writes Raimond L. Winslow, Director of the Johns...
ICM & ICTR successfully conclude first Symposium on Computational Medicine
Dr. Robert Siliciano of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine speaks at the first ICM-ICTR Symposium. On Monday, September 24, over 50 members of the Hopkins research community met in the Chevy Chase Conference Center at the newly constructed Zayed Tower,...