Cynthia Reinhart-King

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cellular bioengineer Cynthia Reinhart-King elected to fellow of IAMBE

    University Distinguished Professor and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering Cynthia Reinhart-King has been elected to the 2023 Class of Fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE). IAMBE is made up of fellows who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and… Read More

    Jul. 10, 2023

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    Provost commissions Women in STEM Initiative, 3 in engineering appointed to committee

    A new Women in STEM Initiative will address the need for a larger and more skilled U.S. workforce in science, engineering and math by inspiring, supporting and mentoring young women to develop their fullest potential within those fields. Launched by the Office of the Provost, the initiative builds on… Read More

    Apr. 10, 2023

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    Cynthia Reinhart-King is Senior Associate Dean for Research in School of Engineering

    Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, has accepted the position of Senior Associate Dean for Research. Her appointment comes as Associate Dean for Research and John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering Peter Cummings steps down and has announced his retirement. Cynthia Reinhart-King Reinhart-King is… Read More

    Jul. 1, 2022

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    Two Vanderbilt biomedical engineers lead top academic societies in their fields

    Biomedical engineering professors Cynthia Reinhart-King (left) is president-elect of the Biomedical Engineering Society and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is president-elect of SPIE. Two outstanding women scholars in the same Vanderbilt engineering department have been elected presidents of prestigious national academic societies. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is president-elect of SPIE, the international society for… Read More

    Sep. 21, 2021

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    Cynthia Reinhart-King is president-elect of the Biomedical Engineering Society

    Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, is the new president-elect of the Biomedical Engineering Society. She will start her term at the society’s 2021 annual meeting Oct. 6-9 in Orlando, Florida. Cynthia Reinhart-King Reinhart-King will serve one year as president-elect, two years as the… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2021

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    Reinhart-King receives 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Research

    Cynthia Reinhart-King is one of five Vanderbilt professors who received a Chancellor’s Award for Research at the Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 27, 2020. This award recognizes faculty excellence in works published or presented in the last three calendar years. Honorees each receive a cash prize $2,000 and an engraved pewter… Read More

    Aug. 28, 2020

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    Vanderbilt bioengineer’s trailblazing cancer research receives $1M W. M. Keck Foundation grant

    A bold engineering approach by a Vanderbilt University researcher to sort breast cancer cells based on their behavior first has produced compelling data that show less migratory cells create more metastases, contradicting the prevailing hypothesis on how cancer spreads. Expanding this ambitious research by Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor… Read More

    Jul. 14, 2020

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    On-the-move cancer cells prefer a “comfort cruise,” follow predictable paths of least resistance

    New research from a group of Vanderbilt biomedical engineers reveals that while cancer cells move quickly in metastasis, they’re rather lazy in which paths they choose. According to the researchers, migrating cancer cells decide which path in the body to travel based on how much… Read More

    Sep. 13, 2019

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    Like geese and race cars, cancer cells draft their way to new sites

    Finding gives boost to fighting through cell metabolism NASCAR has nothing on cancer cells when it comes to exploiting the power of drafting, letting someone else do the hard work of moving forward while you coast behind. Building on the relatively new discovery that metastatic cancer cells leave tumors and… Read More

    Mar. 25, 2019

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    Reinhart-King receives the inaugural BMES Mid-Career Award

    Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, a nationally recognized cellular bioengineer, is the inaugural recipient of the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Mid-Career Award. Reinhart-King delivered the award lecture Saturday, Oct. 20, at the BMES 2018 Annual Meeting in Atlanta. Reinhart-King Reinhart-King received the 2010 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award and she is the only… Read More

    Oct. 25, 2018