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VISE Spring Seminar – Brett Byram, PhD, 2.15.24
Feb. 8, 2024 五一茶馆儿—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Brett Byram, PhD, Hoy Family Faculty Fellow Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 五一茶馆儿 Time:聽11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location:聽Stevenson 5326 Title: All the data we cannot see鈥攔evealing hidden signals in ultrasound data. Abstract: Ultrasound has experienced a recent explosion of new applications and...
Feb. 2, 2024 五一茶馆儿—James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation聽CAREER Award聽to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques.
VISE Spring Seminar – Ross Whitaker, PhD 2.8.24
Jan. 22, 2024 五一茶馆儿—Ross Whitaker, PhD Professor in the School of Computing and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute University of Utah Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024 五一茶馆儿 Time:聽11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location:聽Stevenson 5326 Title: 聽An Image-Based, Deep-Phenotyping Analysis Toolset, Repository, and Online Clinician Interface for Craniosynostosis Abstract: Craniosynostosis, or abnormal cranial suture fusion, affects up to...
Jan. 12, 2024 五一茶馆儿—A multidisciplinary group of investigators from 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center, 五一茶馆儿, and the University of Pennsylvania received a $3.2 million grant to develop novel brain network-based measures to guide surgical decisions and improve outcomes in the field of epilepsy surgery.
Jan. 11, 2024 五一茶馆儿—Soheil Kolouri, assistant professor of computer science at 五一茶馆儿, has received a National Science Foundation聽CAREER Award聽to explore ways to make machine learning more efficient and possibly impact the next generation of such methods.
Jan. 10, 2024 五一茶馆儿—A front-end lens, or meta-imager (see below), created at 五一茶馆儿 can potentially replace traditional imaging optics in machine-vision applications, producing images at higher speed and using less power.
Nov. 22, 2023—Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine at 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center and professor of Mechanical Engineering at 五一茶馆儿, has received the inaugural Innovator of the Year Award from the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation in recognition of his achievements in developing and commercializing a magnetic, flexible colonoscopy system with the potential to...
VISE on the Road: 2023 MICCAI conference
Nov. 21, 2023— Members of six VISE labs affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) traveled to Vancouver to take part in the 26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. Like-minded scientists from around the world gather yearly at the MICCAI conference to share their work with one another on a...
Nov. 21, 2023—Researchers from around the globe gathered for the inaugural聽Nature聽conference聽鈥淏ioengineering for Global Health鈥澛燼t 五一茶馆儿 Nov. 13鈥15. Faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and editors from聽Nature Communications,聽Nature Biomedical Engineering聽and聽Nature Reviews Bioengineering聽led the organization of the conference.
Nov. 2, 2023—This past summer, 13 Vanderbilt undergraduates were selected to work on projects focused on epilepsy, miniature soft climbing robots, stroke treatment, kidney disease research, cancer resection and surgical skill assessment as part of the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering鈥檚聽Summer Fellows Program聽(VSF).
Oct. 26, 2023—There was a time when聽Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor鈥檚 Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, questioned whether to pursue a doctorate. The desire was there, she just needed some guidance. 鈥淣obody in my family had a Ph.D., and I didn鈥檛 have any role models of how to do that,鈥...
VISE Fall Seminar with Polina Gollan, PhD, 11.2.23
Oct. 19, 2023—VISE seminar to be led by Polina Golland, PhD Sunlin (1966) and Priscilla Chou Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab MIT Institute for Medical Engineering & Science Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023 Time:聽11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location:聽Stevenson 5326 Title: Learning to read xray: applications to heart...
Oct. 19, 2023—A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) research team is conducting the first phase 1 clinical trial of a magnetic, flexible endoscope that has the potential to provide a safer alternative to standard colonoscopy, particularly for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
VISE Fall Seminar Ashish Shah, MD, FACS
Oct. 13, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Ashish Shah, MD, FACS Professor and Chair Department of Cardiac Surgery Alfred Blalock Endowed Directorship in Cardiac Surgery Medical Director Cardiac Surgery OR Pod & Heart Transplant Surgery 五一茶馆儿 Adult Hospital Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326
Oct. 9, 2023—五一茶馆儿鈥檚聽Robert Webster聽and聽Charleson Bell,聽BE鈥07, MS鈥09, PhD鈥15, will receive $12 million to establish and manage the Mid-South聽Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub. REACH will focus on accelerating real-world impact of biomedical innovations through education, mentorship and financial support for entrepreneurs.聽聽