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Silu Men, ICM undergraduate student, receives 2019 PURA
Silu Men, a rising junior in biomedical engineering, is one of 30 recipients of the 2019 Summer Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA). This summer, Silu will be working on his proposal titled, “Using Functional Connectivity to Understand the Relationship...
Annual poster session features student research in Computational Medicine
Gayatri Susarla (CS fourth-year student), Justin Huang (BME third-year student) and Jenna Ballard (BME third-year student) present their project. IMAGE: Cynthia Steinhardt Over 50 students and faculty gathered in Clark Hall for the annual Foundations of Computational...
Julia Costacurta, ICM undergraduate, named Goldwater Scholar
Julia Costacurta, a junior biomedical engineering and mathematics major in the lab of ICM associate director, Sridevi Sarma, is one of three Johns Hopkins University students who has been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for their research and achievements in the fields...
Girl Scouts earn their engineering patch
More than 30 members of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland spent a day at Johns Hopkins University last weekend thinking like engineers as they designed and built miniature roller coasters out of cardboard boxes, insulation tubing, pipe cleaners, cups, tape, and...
Girl Scouts earn their engineering patch
More than 30 members of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland spent a day at Johns Hopkins University last weekend thinking like engineers as they designed and built miniature roller coasters out of cardboard boxes, insulation tubing, pipe cleaners, cups, tape, and...
Tilak Ratnanather: Changing perspectives in STEMM
Scientists with disabilities who work in a field related to their disability offer unique viewpoints to academic research, thus enhancing research in their field. A recent article in the spring 2019 issue of Acoustics Today focuses on the contributions of deaf or...
Fifth annual Computational Medicine Night showcases advances in precision care medicine
More than 100 faculty, students and clinicians assembled recently in Hackerman Hall for the fifth annual Computational Medicine Night, the Institute for Computational Medicine’s signature event. The event drew attendees from the Whiting School of Engineering, the...
Natalia Trayanova to receive the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Heart Rhythm Society
Natalia Trayanova, the Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, has been selected to receive the Heart Rhythm Society’s (HRS) Distinguished Scientist Award. Trayanova will be honored at the Society’s 40th Scientific Sessions in...
How our brains decide whether to hold ’em or to fold ’em
Picture yourself at a Las Vegas poker table, holding a bad hand—one with a very low chance of winning. Even so, the sight of the large stack of chips that piled up during a recent lucky streak nudges you to place a large bet anyway. Why do people make high-risk...
Rachel Karchin promoted to full professor of Biomedical Engineering
The Institute for Computational Medicine is pleased to announce that Dr. Rachel Karchin, William R. Brody Faculty Scholar, has been promoted by the Johns Hopkins University to full professor of Biomedical Engineering effective July 1, 2018. Dr. Karchin holds...
Suchi Saria and team receive Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety
https://youtu.be/_TwMC28IGC4 Suchi Saria, the John C. Malone Assistant Professor of Computer Science, is part of a team of Johns Hopkins researchers that has received the Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety. The award is presented annually to a...
Annie Liang among 48 Hopkins undergraduates to earn 2018-19 PURA
Annie Liang, a BME sophomore in the ICM laboratory of Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is one of 48 awardees of the 2018-19 Provost Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA). Annie's winning research proposal titled, "Parameters...
Rising Stars workshop puts the achievements of women researchers in the spotlight
Many scientists could advance their careers if they could just get the hang of storytelling. Impact statements that describe how their research improves peoples' lives could help researchers secure funding, find collaborators, and share their findings with wider...
Donald Geman featured in PNAS QnAs and JHU Engineering
Throughout his career, Donald Geman, ICM core faculty member and professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, has developed statistical methods for a variety of research applications. Geman's most recent research published in the journal...
STEM-HEAR: First cohort of students with hearing loss conducts summer research at Johns Hopkins
Tilak Ratnanather, associate research professor of biomedical engineering and ICM core faculty member, has partnered with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Summer Internship Program to provide students with hearing loss opportunities to gain advanced, hands-on...
Engineers and cardiologists collaborate to create new treatments for heart disease
In a new $5.5 million center that spans engineering and cardiology specialties at Johns Hopkins, experts aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders that affect millions of people by leveraging innovations in cardiac imaging, computer...