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2006 Translational Research Partnership in Biomedical Engineering

Boston University
Microfluidic Cell Lysis and Nucleic Acid Isolation for Point of Care Detection of C. difficile
Catherine Klapperich, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME and MFG.
Satish Singh, MD, Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center and VA Medical Center
Specific Detection of Microbes in Patient Specimens
Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii, PhD, Professor, BME
Charles Lee, PhD, Pathology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Nancy Miller, MD, Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical School
Optically Guided Diagnosis and Treatment for Colonic Cancer
Irving Bigio, PhD, Professor, BME, ECE and Physics
Satish Singh, MD, Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center and VA Medical Center
Engineering a Robust Fully Automated, Closed Loop Control Unit for Glucose Regulation in Type 1 Diabetes
Edward Damiano, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Toby Milgrome, MD, Pediatrics, Fallon Clinic.

Case Western Reserve University
Imaging of Brain Tumors for Identification of Infiltrating Tumor Cells
James Basilion, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Chiocca, E. Anthonio, MD, PhD, Neurosurgery, Ohio State University
Nanophase Bone Substitute
Steven Eppell,, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Jonathan Baskin, MD, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland,
Classification and Treatment of Shoulder Movement Disorders
Robert F. Kirsch, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Harry A. Hoyen, MD, Orthopaedics, MetroHealth Medical Center,

Drexel University
Advanced Drug Delivery Strategy and Platform for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Liver Cancer
Margaret Wheatley, PhD, John M. Reid Professor, BME
Michael Soulen, MD, Professor of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Development of the Drug Delivery Surgical Staple
Margaret Wheatley, PhD, John M. Reid Professor, BME
Ari Brooks, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery, Drexel COM
VEUSim: A Virtual Endovaginal Ultrasound Simulator

Todd Doehring, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Neal Handley, MD, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Drexel COM
Chris Redmann, PhD, College of Media & Design Arts

Optical Diagnosis & Treatment Optimization for Chronic Diabetic Wounds
Elisabeth Papazoglou, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Michael Weingarten, MD, Professor, Surgery
Kambiz Pourezaei, PhD, Professor, BME
Dr. Som Tyagi

Duke University
Preclinical evaluation of thermally sensitive polypeptide carrier for targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics
Ashutosh Chilkoti, PhD, Professor of BME
Michael Colvin, MD, Hematology and Oncology
Mark Dewhirst, PhD, DVM, Radiation Oncology
Tissue engineered cartilage for joint resurfacing
Farshid Guilak, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and BME
Kam Leong, PhD, Professor, BME and Surgery
T. Parker Vail, MD, Professor. Surgery
An optical assay system for intra-operative assessment of tumor margins in patients with breast cancer
Nimmi Ramanujam, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Lee Wilke, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Joseph Geradts, MD, Professor, Pathology
Intra-articular drug delivery based on thermally responsive biopolymers
Lori A. Setton, PhD, Associate Professor, BME and
... Orthopaedic Surgery
Virginia B. Kraus, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine
Ashutosh Chilkoti, PhD, Professor, BME

Georgia Tech and Emory University
Improved Focal Radiotherapy Treatment Of High-Grade Gliomas With Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Aided Target Delineation
Shella Keilholz, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Tim Fox, PhD, Radiation Oncology, Emory University
Ian Crocker, MD, Radiation Oncology, Emory University
Rapid Virus Capture and Labeling For Improved Virus Diagnostic Assays
Joseph LeDoux, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Clinical PI: Angela Caliendo, MD, PhD, Director, Clinical Pathology, Emory University
Multi-Electrode Microstimulation to Treat Intractable Seizures in a Rat Model of Focal Epilepsy
Steve Potter, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Robert Gross, MD, PhD, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Emory University
Development of a Novel Cardiovascular Implant to Increase the Durability of Mitral Valve Repair in the Setting of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and Cardiomyopathy
Ajit Yoganathan, PhD, Professor, BME
Vinod Thourani, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University

Stanford University
Engineered Growth Factor for Wound Healing
Jennifer Cochran, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Michael Longaker, MD, Professor, Surgery
George Yang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Minimally Invasive Imaging in the Inner Ear
Kwabena Boahen, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Mark Schnitzer, MD, Assistant. Professor, Biological Sciences & Applied Physics
Nikolas Blevins, MD, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Gerald Popelka, PhD, Consulting Professor, Otolaryngology
Ultra sensitive Noninvasive Testing
Stephen Quake, PhD, Professor, Bioengineering
Russ Altman, MD, PhD, Professor of Genetics, Bioengineering and of Medicine (Medical Informatics, General Internal Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Noninvasive Cell Stimulation
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
M. Bret Schneider, MD, Staff Physician, VA Palo Alto, Instructor, Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Stanford Neurosurgery
Alan Schatzberg, MD, Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
David Lyons, PhD, Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Michigan
Non-invasive Ultrasonic Prostate Tissue Ablation using Histotripsy in Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Charles A. Cain, PhD, Richard A. Auhll Professor of Engineering
William W. Roberts, MD, Assistant Professor, Urology,
UM Medical School
Zheng Xu, PhD., Assistant Research Professor, BME
A Topology Designed Degradable Scaffold for Cervical Intervertebral Disc Regeneration
Scott J. Hollister, PhD., Professor, BME
Frank LaMarca, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UM Medical School
Suman Das, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Chia-Ying Lin, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Neurosurgery
Functional Screening of Small Molecules for Inhibiting the Ion Channel Activity of ß-Amyloid Peptides
Michael Mayer, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
R. Scott Turner, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology,
UM Medical School
Jerry Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Microfluidic Culture for Reduced Stress and Healthier Embryos
Shuichi Takayama, PhD, Associate Professor, BME
Gary D. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, UM Medical School

University of Virginia
Quantitative Unbiased Immunohistochemical Signaling Pathway Analysis (QUISPA): Development and Application of Therapy-Directed Classification of Malignant Gliomas
Jason Papin, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
James Mandell, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology
David Schiff, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology, University of Virginia Health System
Ear Tube Insertion Device
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Bradley Kesser, MD, Otolaryngology, University of Virginia Health System
Real-Time Cardiac Stress Testing
Craig Meyer, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Chris Kramer, MD, Associate Professor, Radiology/Non-Invasive Cardiology, University of Virginia Health System
Adipose Stem Cells for the Healing of Chronic Wounds
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Adam Katz, MD, Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia Health System

University of Washington
Molecular Pathology: Multicolor Quantum Dots for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis and Personalized Treatment
Xaiohu Gao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering,
Lawrence True, MD, Professor, Pathology
Development of a High-Resolution OCT Balloon Imaging Catheter for Systematic Surveillance of Barrett's and Subsquamous Barrett's Esophagus
Xingde Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Joo Ha Hwang, MD, Acting Asst. Professor, Medicine, Div. Gastroenterology
New Concepts in Ophthalmologic Drug Delivery
Buddy Ratner, PhD, Professor, Bioengineering
Tueng Shen, MD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Smart Polymer Therapeutics
Pat Stayton, PhD, Professor, Bioengineering
Oliver Press, Dept. Medicine, Div. Medical Oncology, University of Washington & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr.

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Bioactive Spherical Aneurism Occlusion Device
Kristyn Masters, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Roham Moftakhar, MD, neurological surgery postdoctoral trainee
Acoustoelastic Analysis of Ultrasound Waves to Determine In Vivo Tissue Strains and Material Properties
Ray Vanderby, PhD, Professor, BME, (ME, engineering physics, orthopedics and rehabilitation)
Lee Kaplan, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Rapid 3D MRI Cartilage Assessment
Wally Block, PhD, Assistant Professor, BME
Rick Kijowski, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology
Biologically Active Coatings on Bioresorbable Orthopedic Implants

William Murphy, PhD, Professor, BME
Ben Graf, MD, Associate Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

 
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