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Identical driver gene mutations found in metastatic cancers
Driver genes in different metastases from the same patient are remarkably similar, providing optimism for the success of future targeted therapies, according to a published study by Science. The report, “Minimal Functional Driver Gene Heterogeneity Among Untreated...
Six students appointed to Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Computational Medicine
The Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Computational Medicine commences the 2018-19 academic year with a cohort of six PhD students, an increase from last year's inaugural cohort of four students. The Program, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences...
Personalized 3-D virtual simulations get to the ‘heart’ of cardiac arrhythmia
In a proof of concept study, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have successfully created personalized, 3-D virtual simulations of patients' hearts for doctors to visualize and perform a life-saving procedure that corrects irregular or rapid heartbeats. The 3-D...
Alexandra Loucks awarded third consecutive Gakenheimer Fellowship
Alexandra Loucks, ICM PhD candidate, is the recipient of the 2018-2019 Institute for Computational Medicine's Gakenheimer Fellowship for the third year in a row. The award will continue to support Louck's research in the Computational Cardiology Laboratory of Natalia...
Continuing to change the face of STEM: Sridevi Sarma receives second consecutive mentoring grant from L’Oreal
Sridevi Sarma, associate professor of biomedical engineering, associate director of the Institute for Computational Medicine, and 2008 L’Oréal USA For Women In Science (FWIS) Fellow has been awarded a 2018 "Changing the Face of STEM" (CTFS) grant from L'Oreal to...
Ashish Doshi awarded 2018 AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Ashish Doshi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Computational Medicine has been awarded a 2018 Fellowship from the American Heart Association. The two year award will support Doshi's research project titled, “Personalized, image-based computational models for...
Q & A with ICM Undergraduate Intern Sarah Flaherty
ICM welcomes Sarah Flaherty, visiting undergraduate, to the laboratory of Tilak Ratnanather, associate research professor in the department of biomedical engineering, where she is doing summer research as part of the Internships for Undergraduate Scholars in...
Nathan Crone, M.D. joins ICM Core Faculty
Nathan Crone, M.D., professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, director of the Cognitive Neurophysiology and Brain-Machine Interface Laboratory and co-director of The Epilepsy Fellowship Program, has accepted the invitation to join the Institute for...
Three ICM faculty among 2018 Discovery Award winning research teams
Three Institute for Computational Medicine faculty are members of research endeavors that were awarded 2018 Discovery Awards. William S. Anderson, associate professor of neurosurgery at The School of Medicine and attending neurosurgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital;...
Wangui Mbuguiro and Cynthia Steinhardt receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Wangui Mbuguiro and Cynthia Steinhardt, PhD students in the Institute for Computational Medicine, are recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. The highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports...
Congratulations, 2018 Graduates!
The Institute for Computational Medicine extends a hearty congratulations to all members of the Class of 2018! Please join us in recognizing the following BME seniors graduating with a minor in Computational Medicine. Dylan Hirsch Sophia Doerr Rahul Yerrabelli Jessica...
Farhad Pashakhanloo awarded 2018 AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Farhad Pashakhanloo, a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Computational Medicine has been awarded a 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association. The two year award will support his research project titled, "High-resolution imaging and...
Kristin Gunnarsdottir receives American Epilepsy Society fellowship
Kristin Gunnarsdottir, a PhD student in the lab of ICM associate director and associate professor of biomedical engineering, Sridevi Sarma, has been awarded a fellowship from The American Epilepsy Society for the 2018-2019 academic year for her research titled, “A...
A new computational strategy paves the way for more personalized cancer treatment
Mathematicians and cancer scientists have found a way to simplify complex biomolecular data about tumors, in principle making it easier to prescribe the appropriate treatment for a specific patient. The digital approach from scientists at the Johns Hopkins...
Suchi Saria selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
Suchi Saria, ICM core faculty member and John C. Malone Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been selected as a Young Global Leader. Each year, the World Economic Forum bestows this honor on the world’s most distinguished leaders who are...
Raina D’Aleo to attend MIT’s ‘Brains, Minds and Machines’ course
Raina D'Aleo, a neuroscience PhD student in the lab of Sridevi Sarma, associate director of the Institute for Computational Medicine, has been accepted into the 2018 Brains, Minds and Machines advanced research training course hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of...