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November
29, 2005, Miami, FL
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TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH PARTNERS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation is proud to announce the
names of the nine Universities selected to receive the Translational
Research Partnership Award in Biomedical Engineering.
- Boston
University, Boston, MA
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Duke University, Durham, NC
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
The Biomedical Engineering Department Chair is the Principle
Investigator of the Award. Each school will establish
an Oversight Committee, consisting of stake holders in the
translational process,
including the BME Department Chair and representatives
from the medical school, the Office of Technology Transfer
and the local
financial community. In addition, the grant provides
for a Project Manager to oversee the daily operations of
the award. This Award
will provide $580,000 each year for the next five years.
With this Award, the Foundation will form a working partnership
with the Biomedical Engineering Department to promote translational
research. Translational research will be accelerated by increasing
effective collaborations between biomedical engineers and clinicians,
supporting the movement of promising technologies to clinical
application, and developing sustainable processes. The goal of
this partnership is to focus on outcomes which will improve patient
care.
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The
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation is proud to announce the 2005
Awardees for its first Early Career Awards in Translational
Research. This award provides Assistant Professors in Biomedical
Engineering Departments in North America with two years of
funding. Their translational research is directed at promising
technologies within the University research laboratory, with
the goal of progressing toward commercial development and
entering clinical practice.
Awardee
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Institution
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Project
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Guillermo Ameer
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Northwestern
University
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Biocompatibility
enhancement of ePTFE vascular
grafts: a tissue engineering approach
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Hani Awad
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University of Rochester
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Targeted
Gene Delivery Using Engineered Structural Bone Scaffolds
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Vadim Backman
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Northwestern
University
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Rectal
Coherent Backscattering Spectroscopy to Screen for Colon Cancer
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Dennis Barbour
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Washington University, St. Louis
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Improvement
of Noisy Signal Representation in Auditory Prostheses
via Biologically Inspired Spectral Contrast Shaping
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Xinyan Cui
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University of Pittsburgh
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Conducting
polymer/hydrogel skin surface
electrode for high resolution multichannel EEG
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Karl Deisseroth
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Stanford University
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Novel
optics-based methodology to drive neural stem cell
differentiation
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Rebekah Drezek
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Rice University
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Optical
Imaging for Early Ovarian Cancer Detection in High
Risk Women
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Jennifer Elisseeff
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Johns Hopkins University
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Multilfunctional chondroitin sulfate adhesive
for corneal tissue repair
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Karen Haberstroh
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Purdue University
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In
Vivo Efficacy of Nano-structured
Bladder Tissue Replacement Constructs
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Stefan Judex
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SUNY
at Stony Brook
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Development
of a Low-Magnitude and Safe Biophysical Signal Anabolic
to Bone
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Elisa Konofagou
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Columbia University
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Development
of an elastocardiography prototype
system for automated detection of heart disease
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Tao Lowe
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Pennsylvania State University
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Subconjunctivally Implantable Hydrogels for
Sustained Drug Delivery to Treat Diabetic Retinopathy
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Helen Lu
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Columbia University
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Novel
Tissue Engineered Triphasic Scaffold
for the Biological Fixation of Tendon Grafts to Bone
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Stephen McAleavey
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University of Rochester
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Characterization
and development of Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging
of the Prostate
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Cameron McIntyre
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Cleveland Clinic
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Deep
Brain Stimulation Interactive Visualization System
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David Putnam
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Cornell University
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Novel
Biodegradable Materials to Prevent Postoperative Tissue
Adhesions
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Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert
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Washington University, St. Louis
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Rationally
Designed Delivery Systems for Nerve Injury
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Aoy Tomita
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University of Louisville
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A
non-invasive fetal diagnostic test for chromosomal
abnormalities
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Andrew Tsourkas
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University of Pennsylvania
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Protease-activated nanoparticles for
the sensitive detection of cancer markers by MR
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Adam Wax
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Duke University
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fLCI Optical Biopsy Instrument for Diagnosing Pancreaticobiliary Strictures
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Thomas Webster
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Purdue University
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Bionanotechnology for the improvement of orthopedic implants
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Xuejun Wen
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Clemson University
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A
tissue-engineered multifilament entubulation bridging
device for the treatment of spinal cord injury
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Justin Williams
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University
of Wisconsin-Madison
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BioMEMS Drug Delivery for Treatment of Acute Neural Injury
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