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Improving the Wikipedia gender gap with Women of VISE begins Jan. 18
Jan. 15, 2021—The Women of VISE are hosting a virtual Wikithon focused on women in science, technology, engineering and math the week of Jan. 18 to contribute to and improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on female scientists and researchers. The event is open to the public; it requires registration on Wikipedia.
VISE Spring Seminar – Sarah Bick, MD and Michael Topf, MD
Jan. 6, 2021—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Sarah Bick, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Title #1: Novel Approaches to Deep Brain Stimulation Speaker #1 Short Bio: Dr. Sarah Bick joined the Department of Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in August. After receiving her BA in neurobiology from Harvard University and MD...
Custom, virtual world highlights annual VISE symposium
Jan. 6, 2021—For the last eight years, on the second Wednesday in December, poster boards were set up at the crack of dawn in the lobby of Light Hall. Students, postdocs and faculty members would trickle in a few hours later to hang the poster themselves. By afternoon, the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s Annual Surgery,...
Nabil Simaan recognized as thought leader in health care robotics
Nov. 20, 2020—Vanderbilt University Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Otolaryngology Nabil Simaan has been named a top voice in health care robotics by technology discovery platform InsightMonk and market intelligence firm BIS Research.
Vanderbilt researchers bring paradigm-shifting technology to endoscopic procedures
Nov. 19, 2020—A collaboration between international and Vanderbilt University researchers is helping to update a tried-and-true medical technology for the 21st century. The development of an intelligent and autonomous Magnetic Flexible Endoscope holds the promise of making colonoscopies safer, less painful, more widely available and less expensive.
Perfecting MRI images with deep learning, Vanderbilt researchers change the way we see the brain
Nov. 10, 2020—Vanderbilt and VUMC researchers have created a technique that corrects distortions in MRI images, which helps researchers and radiologists to better interpret brain scans.
VISE Fall Seminar – Sheila Russo, PhD
Nov. 6, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Sheila Russo, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Boston University Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Toward Soft Robotic Systems for Advanced Endoscopic Procedures Abstract: Traditional medical robots are mainly based on the idea of...
VISE Fall Seminar – Elisa Konofagou, PhD
Oct. 27, 2020— VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Ultrasound-based Brain Therapeutics and Cancer Elasticity Imaging Abstract: Therapeutic ultrasound is older than ultrasound...
AI-based Tech to Improve Stroke Outcomes
Oct. 22, 2020—New assistive technologies allowing high-risk neurovascular procedures to be done more widely and easily are being developed by an interdisciplinary team of surgeons and engineers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Vanderbilt computer scientists awarded NSF grant to restructure research’s road to the public
Oct. 19, 2020—Vanderbilt researchers have been awarded a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator 2020 Cohort Phase 1 grant to create a standardized platform that will streamline the development, testing and dissemination of technology that can improve human health.
VISE Fall Seminar – Tal Arbel, PhD
Oct. 13, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar led by Tal Arbel, PhD Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering McGill University Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: “Modelling and Propagating Uncertainties in Machine Learning for Lesion and Tumour Detection, Segmentation, Synthesis and Disease Prediction in Medical...
VISE Fall Seminar – Marvin Doyley, PhD
Oct. 1, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar led by Marvin Doyley, PhD Chair and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Ultrasound elastography: from atherosclerosis to understanding the pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment Abstract: Elastography is emerging as...
VISE Seminar Fall Series – Amber Simpson, PhD
Sep. 21, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Amber Simpson, PhD Associate Professor in Biomedical Computing and Informatics Queen’s University, ON, Canada Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Surgical Data Science in Colorectal Liver Metastases Abstract: Colorectal cancer is the second...
Vanderbilt engineers extend popular online MATLAB course into a new series
Sep. 15, 2020—Building on the exceptional success of their 2015 massive open online course (MOOC), “Introduction to Programming with MATLAB,” Mike Fitzpatrick, professor emeritus of computer science, and Akos Ledeczi, professor of computer engineering, are adding new courses to create an extended series. Fitzpatrick and Ledeczi have teamed up with Jack Noble, assistant professor of electrical engineering,...
VISE affiliate Will Grissom awarded $1.4 million NIH grant to develop smaller, quieter MRI system
Sep. 8, 2020—Vanderbilt engineers have received a $1.4 million NIH grant to work toward a compact, silent, less expensive and potentially portable MRI device.