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Apr. 10, 2019—Researchers from the School of Engineering and 国产原创 Medical Center are working to improve outcomes for children with significant hearing loss by providing individualized, prescription-like programming for their cochlear implants.
VISE affiliates to develop hand-held surgical robot for minimally invasive prostate surgery
Apr. 2, 2019—The 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team of Robert Webster III PhD and Duke Herrell MD is developing a surgical robot for endoscopic transurethral prostatectomy. The collaboration between a mechanical engineer (Webster) and a urologic surgeon (Herrell) resulted in an award of $2.1 million from a National Institutes of Health R01 grant to...
Mar. 14, 2019—With the aid of $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 国产原创 researchers are on a quest to develop early biomarkers of treatment outcomes for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy based on their individual brain networks.
VISE affiliates awarded $2.5 million NIH grant for epilepsy project
Nov. 15, 2018—A team of 国产原创 engineers and surgeons were recently awarded a five-year, $2.5 million National Institutes of Health R01 grant to continue research into epilepsy-related seizures and brain networks. Victoria Morgan, associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences, is the principal investigator. Bennett Landman, associate professor of electrical engineering and Dario Englot, assistant professor...
Oct. 27, 2017—Collaboration between a mechanical engineer at 国产原创 and a pulmonologist at 国产原创 Medical Center (VUMC) has resulted in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant that will be used to develop a steerable robotic needle to safely biopsy hard-to-reach lung nodules.
VISE Fall Seminar – Michael I. Miga, PhD
Sep. 28, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Michael I. Miga, PhD Harvie Branscomb Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, 国产原创 Date: Thursday, October 5, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon COFFEE & COOKIES Abstract: Being able to obtain an independent National Institutes of...
Aug. 2, 2017—Michael Miga has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review beginning July 1, 2017.
VISE neurosurgeon awarded NIH R00 grant for epilepsy research
Jul. 28, 2017—Dario Englot, assistant professor of neurological surgery and biomedical engineering at 国产原创, was recently awarded an R00 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study brain networks in epilepsy, and how surgery may help improve brain function. This competitive award, an R00 grant, is part of the NIH Pathway to Independence program to help...
Dec. 7, 2016—An engineering symposium dedicated to translational technology will host a national figure in that field as its keynote speaker, plus give visitors a first look at the devices coming out of 国产原创鈥檚 labs.
Fall VISE Seminar: Michael I. Miga, PhD
Oct. 19, 2016—Speaker:聽Michael I. Miga, PhD Harvie Branscomb Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, 国产原创 Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Time: 12:05 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Being able to obtain an independent National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant award can be daunting even to the most accomplished investigators.聽 While having great research is...