biomedical engineering

The Case Western Reserve University Technology and Validation Start-Up Fund Program (CTP) recently announced the recipients of its second funding round of 2017. CTP is awarded by the Ohio Third Frontier and managed through the CWRU Technology Transfer Office. The program aims to accelerate and…

Two federal grants target improving outcomes for breast cancer patients, preventing fatal blood clots Nicole F. Steinmetz, the George J. Picha Professor in Biomaterials, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and director of the Center for Bio-Nanotechnology at Case Western Reserve…

Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering, was named the recipient of the 2017 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Technical Achievement Award. Madabhushi was selected “for contributions in…

Suraj Srinivasan, a junior at Strongsville High School, earned a First Award in Biomedical Engineering at the International Science and Engineering Fair for research he completed under the mentorship of Andrew Shoffstall in Jeff Capadona's laboratory. Shoffstall is an adjunct assistant professor…

Deep-learning network possible step toward automating biopsy slide analysis A deep-learning computer network developed through research led by Case Western Reserve University was 100 percent accurate in determining whether invasive forms of breast cancer were present in whole biopsy…

Michaela Cooley, a senior studying biomedical engineering, won the Student Research Award from Society for Biomaterials Drug Delivery Special Interest Group. Cooley has conducted research in the Bio-inspired Engineering for Advanced Therapies Laboratory for 2 1/2 years under the guidance of…

A team of biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University took home first place in the collegiate division at the inaugural Medical Capital Innovation Competition. The team won for its technology, called NeuroRadVision, which is described as “a computerized decision support software…

Five Case Western Reserve University faculty members were inducted as American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) fellows. They are: Nicole Steinmetz, associate professor of biomedical engineering; Nick Ziats, professor of pathology and associate professor of…

The Hartwell Foundation, a Memphis-based philanthropic institution that funds innovative biomedical research to benefit children of the United States, has again selected Case Western Reserve University among its 2017 Top 10 Centers of Biomedical Research. The other 2017 Hartwell Top 10 Research…

Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was invited to be a standing member of the National Institutes of Health Biodata Management and Analysis study section within the Center for…