BME Ross Lampe Distinguished Professor Frances S. Ligler, has been recognized by The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) with the Simon Ramo Founders Award “for extraordinary impact on the engineering profession” and, more specifically, “for the invention and development of … Read more
BME PhD student Martin MacKinnon was the first place winner of the Bruker MRI Award for his entry iZTE-fMRI at the 2020 virtual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Martin demonstrated how a zero-echo-time (ZTE) … Read more
BME Undergraduate students William Arana, Macy Farrar and Joseph Fisher participated at the 75th Ranger Regiment inaugural Academic Research Symposium, hosted virtually through Zoom on September 30th, 2020. Their presentation “Longevity of Blood: Researching the ability to increase whole blood … Read more
BME faculty Dr. Jason Franz has been awarded a new Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) from the National Institutions of Health (NIH) for his proposal titled “The peripheral motor repertoire as a neuromuscular constraint on walking balance integrity in age-related … Read more
Altis Biosystems, a company co-founded by BME Associate Professor Scott Magness and former chair Dr. Nancy Allbritton, recently announced completion of a $3.1 million seed investment led by VentureSouth. The company was founded to address the biopharmaceutical industry’s intense need … Read more
The TERMIS-AM Committee has awarded Ashley Brown with the 2020 Young Investigator Award. Due to the postponement of the 2020 TERMIS-AM Conference to next year in Toronto, Canada, each award recipient will be provided with time to present their work … Read more
BME Interim Chair Paul Dayton has won the 2020 IEEE UFFC – Ultrasonics Carl Hellmuth Hertz Award. Dr. Dayton received the award for contributions to the study of microbubbles and phase change contrast agents in ultrasound imaging and therapeutics. The … Read more
BME assistant professor Rahima Benhabbour, who is also adjunct professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was recently featured in the NC TraCS introduction video, after receiving support from the Institute to develop 3D-printed intravaginal rings for disease prevention … Read more
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) recently announced the 2020 class of Senior Members: BME Professor Roger Narayan is among the 38 accomplished academic inventors representing 24 research universities, governmental entities and non-profit institutes worldwide. They are named inventors on … Read more
The pandemic has put unprecedented pressure on universities, which had to find ways to protect the health and safety of faculty, students, and staff; migrate to online education; cease non-COVID-related hospital operations; and make difficult decisions about which research to … Read more
