Recent News
Feature Stories | In the News | Grants & Awards | Appointments
Feature Stories
Advancements in Imaging
May 2021: Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt's recent work on radiation dose tracking may prove her most immediate opportunity to satisfy her ultimate goal—improving patient care. From complex bone fractures to internal injuries, and especially critical in cancer treatment … Continue Reading
From Concept to Cover: A 10-year milestone on Dr. Bing Yu's road to innovation
Mar 2021: Science is a collaborative enterprise, and the journey an idea takes from inception to point-of-care is long and often winding. It may span years and pass from researcher to researcher … Continue Reading
Drs. Dash & Terhune Collaborate to Accelerate Discovery
Oct 2020: It’s a virus that most people have never heard of, yet it infects nearly 90% of the adult population and is a leading cause of congenital birth defects. Cytomegalovirus, a member of the … Continue Reading
Sept 2021: BIMA Co-Authors Article for Science Advances, a peer-reviewed, general science publications with an impact factor of 14 (2020). Learn more
In the News
- Sprectrum News features MU-MCW BME Engineers and OREC in collaboration with Children’s Wisconsin: Fitting Motorized Cars for Kids with Special Needs (June 2021)
- Dr. Robert Cooper contributes to Journal of Biomedical Optics top-cited publication (May 2021) Read MCW Article (network access required).
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Dr. Frank Pintar and staff of ZVAMC Vehicle Crashworthiness Lab discuss NHTSA project to enhance vehicle occupant safety with Milwaukee VA Medical Center (Mar 2021) View the Article
- Dr. Frank Pintar represents MU-MCW BME and ZVAMC Crash Lab in discussion with Milwaukee's NPR regarding vehicle occupant safety (Mar 2021) Go to NPR
- BME graduate Dr. Ben McHenry featured as Marquette Difference Maker for work with Milwaukee's Go Baby Go program, adapting vehicles for children with disabilities (Mar 2021) Watch the Video
- Dr. Adam Greenberg discusses SNAP Lab research with Milwaukee PBS on Timbre, an MATC Production Exploring Music, Acoustics and Sound (Feb 2021) View the Episode
Grants & Awards
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Dr. Bob Scheidt along with Dr. Scott Beardsley, Dr. Leigh Ann Mrotek, and Dr. Kristy Nielson, have received a 2-year $420,750 award from the National Institutes of Health for the project titled, “Neural mechanisms of error correction during manual interception of moving targets.” (Sept. 2021)
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Dr. Rob Cooper received a 1-year award in the amount of $39,226 for a collaborative project with Translational Imaging Innovations, Inc. titled, “Validating Automated Photoreceptor Analytics Software For Degenerative Eye Disease Research and Biopharma Clinical Trials.” The work is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. (Sept. 2021)
- Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt honored at 2021 Pere Marquette Award Ceremony (May 2021)
- Dr. Bing Yu and collaboratores Dr. Joseph Kerschner and Dr. Wenzhou Hong receive 2-year, $397,000 NIH R21 award for the project titled, "Optical confirmation and monitoring of endotracheal tube position in pediatric patients" (Mar 2021)
- BME Graduate Student Joey Avila takes second place in MU's 3 Minute Thesis Competition (February 2021)
- Allison Scarbrough wins MU Graduate Teaching Excellence Award: Non-Instructor of Record for Lab-based Sections (February 2021)
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Allison Scarbrough is awarded MU's Seeds of Faith Fellowship (Feb 2021)
Appointments
- Dr. Brandon Tefft Elected to a three-year term on the Biomedical Engineering Society Ethics Subcommittee beginning in January, 2021 (Jan 2021)
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