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BME News Archive 2021

Go Baby Go! Milwaukee named 'Notable Hero in Healthcare' by Milwaukee BizTimes (December 2021)
Dr. Scott Beardsley and Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt honored for 15 years of teaching excellence at Marquette University (November 2021) View more MU faculty and staff milestones.
Feature Story: Preparing Students for Successful Careers
OREC's Biomaterials & Histology Lab abstracts accepted for presentation at Orthopaedic Research Society's 2022 Annual Meeting (November 2021)
Go Baby Go! Milwaukee grows, announces new affiliation with OCOE's Biomedical Engineering Society (November 2021)
OREC's New Course in Global Mobility Offers Students the Opportunity to Study Abroad (November 2021)
CaRE Lab Presents at 2021 BMES Annual Meeting (October 2021)
Dr. Jordan Williams has been awarded a 1-year $125,000 NIH K12 grant from the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Development Program for the project titled, “Addressing the clinical feasibility of peripheral optogenetic strategies for spinal cord injury rehabilitation.” (October 2021)
BME Faculty recognized by MCW as Outstanding Graduate School Educators for AY '20–'21 (October 2021)
BME interns present at Medical Students Summer Research Virtual Poster Session 2021 (October 2021, MCW Network Access Required)
Drs. Michael McCrea and Brian Stemper collaborate with the CARE Consortium to Examine Concussion Incidence in College Football (September 2021)
The Biomaterials & Histology Laboratory (BIMA) co-authors article for Science Advances, a peer-reviewed, general science publication with an impact factor of 14 in 2020. Learn more (September 2021)
Drs. Gerald Harris and Joycie Abierta discuss Global Mobility program in Elsevier's webinar series, Global Perspectives on Medicine, Rehabilitation and Robotics (September 2021)
Dr. Brian Schmit, in collaboration with Drs. Xiaoyan Li and Paul Barkhaus, has received a 2-year $431,700 grant from the National Institutes of Health for the project “High-density surface EMG based CMAP scan for motor unit number estimation.” (September 2021)
Dr. Bob Scheidt, along with Dr. Scott Beardsley, Dr. Leigh Ann Mrotek, and Dr. Kristy Nielson, has 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.” (September 2021)
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. (September 2021)
Dr. Tefft hosts film viewing and discussion of Science World Festival's documentary Forever Young: The Promise of Human Regeneration, a film discussing the promise of regenerative medicine. View Event Details (August 2021)
Spectrum News features MU-MCW BME Engineers and OREC in collaboration with Children’s Wisconsin: Fitting Motorized Cars for Kids with Special Needs (June 2021)
Advancements in Imaging: Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt discusses her recent work in reducing radiation exposure to pediatric cancer patients by improving radiation dose tracking (May 2021)
Dr. Robert Cooper contributes to Journal of Biomedical Optics top-cited publication (May 2021)
Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt honored at 2021 Pere Marquette Award Ceremony (May 2021)
From Concept to Cover: A 10-year milestone on Dr. Bing Yu's road to innovation (March 2021)
Dr. Frank Pintar and staff of ZVAMC Vehicle Crashworthiness Lab discuss NHTSA project to enhance vehicle occupant safety with Milwaukee VA Medical Center (March 2021)
Dr. Frank Pintar represents MU-MCW BME and ZVAMC Crash Lab in discussion with Milwaukee's NPR regarding vehicle occupant safety (March 2021)
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 (March 2021)
Dr. Bing Yu and collaborators 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" (March 2021)
Dr. Ranjan Dash appointed an Associate Editor of Computational Physiology and Medicine for Frontiers in Physiology (March 2021)
Dr. Adam Greenberg discusses SNAP Lab research with Milwaukee PBS on Timbre, an MATC Production Exploring Music, Acoustics and Sound (February 2021)
Allison Scarbrough wins MU Graduate Teaching Excellence Award: Non-Instructor of Record for Lab-based Sections (February 2021)
Allison Scarbrough is awarded MU's Seeds of Faith Fellowship (February 2021)
BME Graduate Student Joey Avila takes second place in MU's 3 Minute Thesis Competition (February 2021)
Dr. Brandon Tefft Elected to a three-year term on the Biomedical Engineering Society Ethics Subcommittee beginning in January, 2021 (January 2021)

Dr. Gilat-Schmidt working with biomedical engineering student in lab

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