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Two ICM Undergraduates Named Goldwater Scholars
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...
Claire Zurn awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for 2021
Claire Zurn, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Computational Medicine, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Zurn will receive a three-year annual stipend along with a cost of...
Natalia Trayanova named EHRA Fellow
Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA). This title recognizes the professional achievements of scholars and scientists who have made exceptional...
Laurent Younes named American Mathematical Society Fellow
Laurent Younes, professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and ICM core faculty member, has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, which recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition,...
Natalia Trayanova named Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
Natalia Trayanova, the Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for her contributions to the field of cardiology. This appointment is a recognition of excellence throughout the cardiology...
Rajat Mittal named 2021 ASME Freeman Scholar
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has named Rajat Mittal, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and core faculty member of the Institute for Computational Medicine, as the recipient of the 2021 Freeman Scholar Award. Given annually...
Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread
In response to the use of a military-grade infrared camera capable of detecting exhaled breath to illustrate the risk of airborne transmission of COVID-19, Hopkins mechanical engineer and ICM faculty member Rajat Mittal speaks to the Washington Post about the merits...
Four ICM faculty research teams earn Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards
Four ICM faculty are among the 41 research endeavors that have been selected to receive support this year from Johns Hopkins University's Discovery Awards program. Each project team is made up of members from at least two JHU entities who aim to solve a complex...
Natalia Trayanova receives the 2021 Douglas P. Zipes Lectureship Award
Natalia Trayanova, the Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2021 Douglas P. Zipes Lectureship Award, given jointly by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society. This award recognizes an...
Three Students from ICM Receive Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards
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...
Inez Lam Named one of Forbes ’30 under 30′
In 2018 when Inez Lam, Alyssa Dittmar, Elyse Heob, and Aaron Hsu created a fog-resistant, breathable, clear surgical mask they could not have anticipated the demand for their innovation. These Hopkins-grown entrepreneurs are the cofounders of ClearMask, which has been...
Rajat Mittal Employs Models to Explore Risks of Covid-19 Transmission
A paper published in the Physics of Fluids presents a mathematical model to estimate the risk of airborne transmission of COVID-19. Co-authored by Rajat Mittal, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and faculty member of the Institute for Computational...
William S. Anderson Awarded Thalheimer Grant
William S. Anderson, associate professor of neurosurgery and ICM core faculty member, has received a technology development grant through the Louis B. Thalheimer Fund for Translational Research. Anderson and his team have developed ePACStim, an adaptive brain implant...
Sarma wins inaugural Pitch It On! Competition for female inventors
Sridevi Sarma, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Director of the Institute for Computational Medicine, won $10,000 in Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures’ Pitch It On! competition for female inventors. Sarma received the...
Rachel June Smith wins 2020 Young Investigator Award
Rachel June Smith, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Computational Medicine, has been awarded a 2020 Young Investigator Award by the American Epilepsy Society for her abstract titled, “Dynamical Systems Theory Applied to Single-Pulse Electrical Stimulation...
Changxin Lai receives the 2020 David C. Gakenheimer Fellowship
Changxin Lai, a PhD student in the department of biomedical engineering, has been awarded the Institute for Computational Medicine's David C. Gakenheimer Fellowship for his research in the lab of Natalia Trayanova, professor in the Department of Biomedical...