Biomedical Engineering Category
Franz Baudenbacher named 2023 Master Innovator at Vanderbilt
Sep. 18, 2023—Franz Baudenbacher, associate professor of biomedical engineering and physics and deputy director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE), is one of four Vanderbilt entrepreneurs and innovators recognized by the university’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC) recognizes excellence in innovation through its Master Innovator Recognition Program. Baudenbacher has made...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visits VU to discuss research translation, trademarking and patenting, inclusive innovation
Sep. 15, 2023—Senior leadership from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently visited Vanderbilt University to learn more about the innovation ecosystem in Nashville and about translational research being conducted on campus. They also collaborated on how to commercialize intellectual property, discussed opportunities for inclusive innovation, and strategized how to create a recruitment pipeline for Vanderbilt students...
Merryman, Lindsley make headway in drug development to cure pulmonary arterial hypertension
Sep. 13, 2023—Research led by David Merryman, a professor of biomedical engineering, pharmacology and medicine who holds the Walters Family Chair, has resulted in the development of VU6047534, a new drug that treats pulmonary arterial hypertension—a type of high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and in the heart—without serious neurological side effects. Merryman conducted...
Biomedical researcher Audrey Bowden organizes inaugural ‘Nature’ conference on bioengineering for global health, Nov. 13–15
Aug. 24, 2023—Nature Conferences has selected Vanderbilt University to host a conference Nov. 13–15, 2023, focused on developing innovative diagnostic, treatment and disease-monitoring platforms to improve human health around the world. Audrey Bowden (Vanderbilt University) The conference planning team was led by Audrey Bowden, associate professor of biomedical engineering and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow,...
Engineering doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers awarded prestigious NIH fellowships
Aug. 24, 2023—Biomedical engineering graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are recipients of highly competitive Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awards from the National Institutes of Health and NIH Individual Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Awards. A majority of the students are in the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) and are researchers in labs...
Biomedical engineering professor helps draw a roadmap for academia to achieve more diversified hiring
Aug. 17, 2023—A team of biomedical researchers from 16 top engineering programs in the nation, which includes Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a set of processes that helps eliminate traditional barriers to historically excluded groups pursuing academic careers in biomedical engineering. To help diversify faculty...
VISE affiliates awarded $2.3M NIH grant to combat childhood blindness
Jul. 31, 2023—A team of Vanderbilt engineers are working to breach the critical barrier to timely clinical intervention of blindness in preterm infants. One of the major causes of childhood blindness is a rapidly growing retinal vascular disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). “Clinical intervention options for ROP exist, but our limited ability to detect ROP and...
Biomedical engineering professor leads study of novel technology that helps identify parathyroids during pediatric endocrine surgery
Jul. 19, 2023—Damage or removal of calcium-regulating parathyroid glands during endocrine surgery can put children at risk for poor growth and slow mental development. Preserving the often rice-sized organ in children is vital, but not always easy. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Ph.D., professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Orrin H. Ingram Chair in Biomedical Engineering, is the lead investigator...