Rising Stars workshop puts the achievements of women researchers in the spotlight
12/05/2018
Johns Hopkins hosts event to help women scientists build their academic careers.
News & Announcements
Donald Geman featured in PNAS QnAs and JHU Engineering
11/27/2018
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 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences focuses on engineering an algorithm that may assist in differentiating between certain […]
STEM-HEAR: First cohort of students with hearing loss conducts summer research at Johns Hopkins
11/20/2018
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 experience in STEM disciplines. This year, he launched the STEM-HEAR initiative (STEM for students with Hearing loss to Engage in Auditory […]
Engineers and cardiologists collaborate to create new treatments for heart disease
11/15/2018
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 simulations and data science. The new center, called the Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE), […]
Identical driver gene mutations found in metastatic cancers
09/25/2018
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 Metastases,” looked at data from samples that have spread from the site of origin to another part of the body in […]
Six students appointed to Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Computational Medicine
09/13/2018
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 under Award Number T32GM119998, is the first of its kind and provides 12 months of […]
Personalized 3-D virtual simulations get to the ‘heart’ of cardiac arrhythmia
09/12/2018
Computer models helps physicians identify heart tissue to target during cardiac ablation, a procedure to correct irregular heartbeats
Alexandra Loucks awarded third consecutive Gakenheimer Fellowship
09/04/2018
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 Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of biomedical engineering. The Gakenheimer Fellowship was established in 2013 by Johns […]
Continuing to change the face of STEM: Sridevi Sarma receives second consecutive mentoring grant from L’Oreal
09/04/2018
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 support her mentoring efforts. Sarma is using her second CTFS grant to continue hosting a […]
Ashish Doshi awarded 2018 AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship
08/27/2018
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 ventricular arrhythmia risk assessment in myocarditis” Doshi works in the laboratory of Natalia Trayanova, ICM core faculty member and Murray B. Sachs […]
