Dr. Rachel Karchin has been named a Fellow of the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB). The ISCB Fellows program recognizes excellence in computational biology. It honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions through leadership, research, and service. She has been recognized as a pioneer in computational cancer genomics because of her development of innovate […]

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Dr. Rachel Karchin has been nominated for Nature’s 2025 Inspiring Women in Science Award. The prize is given to those who advance gender equity in science. In honor of International Women’s Day, Nature highlighted Rachel for her contributions to research and for her support for other women in the sciences in an article posted on […]

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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 problem and expand the horizons of knowledge. Altogether, the winning project teams—chosen […]

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Rachel Karchin, professor of biomedical engineering and ICM core faculty, is among this year’s cohort of scientists selected to receive funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Read more here.

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Biomedical Engineering professor and ICM core faculty member, Rachel Karchin, has received the 2020 AACR Team Science Award. The award recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary team of researchers whose scientific innovation advances our fundamental understanding of cancer, or a team that has applied existing knowledge to improve the detection, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer.

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In a proof-of-concept study, an international scientific team led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers has shown that a laboratory test using artificial intelligence tools has the potential to more accurately sort out which people with pancreatic cysts will go on to develop pancreatic cancers. The test, dubbed CompCyst (for comprehensive cyst analysis), incorporates measures of […]

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Over 50 students and faculty gathered in Clark Hall for the annual Foundations of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Poster Session, the culminating event for the Foundations of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics course offered by The Department of Biomedical Engineering. The event was sponsored by The Department of Biomedical Engineering and The Institute for Computational Medicine […]

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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 appointments with the Institute for Computational Medicine, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Department of […]

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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 […]

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Collin Tokheim, ICM PhD candidate in the lab of Rachel Karchin, ICM core faculty member and associate professor of biomedical engineering, was honored at the School of Medicine’s 2018 Young Investigators’ Day award ceremony on April 17. Tokheim was among the 22 junior researchers who were recognized along with their mentors for their unique scientific […]

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