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Vanderbilt University’s Robert Webster and Charleson Bell, receive $12M REACH grant focusing on biomedical innovations
Oct. 9, 2023—Vanderbilt University’s Robert Webster and Charleson Bell, BE’07, MS’09, PhD’15, will receive $12 million to establish and manage the Mid-South Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub. REACH will focus on accelerating real-world impact of biomedical innovations through education, mentorship and financial support for entrepreneurs.
VISE Fall Seminar – Sarah Frisken, PhD 10.12.23
Sep. 22, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Sarah Frisken, PhD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Lead Investigator in Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Improving precision in image-guided neurosurgery Abstract: Precision is particularly important in brain surgery where errors...
VISE affiliate Robert Webster helps develop innovative robotic technology to fight lung cancer
Sep. 21, 2023—Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at Vanderbilt University, is part of a cross-disciplinary team that has developed novel robotic technology using bronchoscopic steerable needles that could aid in early detection of lung cancer.
Wernke and Huo awarded NEH grant to conduct the largest archaeological imagery survey in the Western Hemisphere using AI
Sep. 13, 2023—A $350,000 grant to develop next-generation archaeological mapping technology will let a Vanderbilt-led research team reveal information about vast settlement systems and human-modified landscapes in the Andes.archaeology
VISE Fall Seminar with James Weimer, PhD, 9.21.23
Sep. 8, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar with James Weimer, PhD Assistant Professor of Computer Science Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Market-Informed Design for Safe Autonomous Medical Systems Abstract: Modern computing systems that interact with patients and clinicians, commonly referred to as medical cyber-physical systems (MCPS), are safety-critical...
VISE affiliate Audrey Bowden organizes inaugural ‘Nature’ conference on bioengineering for global health, Nov. 13–15
Aug. 28, 2023—Nature Conferences has selected Vanderbilt University to host a conference Nov. 13–15, 2023, focused on developing innovative diagnostic, treatment and disease-monitoring platforms to improve human health around the world.
VISE Fall Seminar – Shuo Li, PhD, 9.7.23
Aug. 22, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar with Shuo Li, PhD Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: AI-in-imaging: Unlocking the Full Potential of Medical Imaging Abstract: Based on advanced machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring about significant transformations in healthcare practices....
VISE Fall Seminar – Summer Fellows Presentations 8.24.23
Aug. 21, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar featuring the 2023 VISE Summer Fellows Date: August 24, 2023 Time: 11:45 am Lunch, Noon start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Rohan Rashingkar, computer science major, BIEN Lab Research project: Deep Learning Classification of Consciousness-Impairing Seizures in Focal Epilepsy Jiayi Kelly Xu, computer science and mathematics major, MAPLE Lab Research project: Development of an Augmented...
VISE team works to develop 3D navigation system to better treat kidney stones
Aug. 10, 2023—A multidisciplinary team at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is working to create a real-time navigational system to decrease residual stone fragments left behind after kidney stone surgery.
VISE affiliates part of an alliance supported by the NSF to boost AI-imaging in Middle Tennessee
Aug. 8, 2023—Vanderbilt researchers are part of an alliance supported by the National Science Foundation that seeks to build on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging in Middle Tennessee. Called the Mid-TN AI for Interdisciplinary Imaging Interpretation Alliance (AI4A), it is comprised of the School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Fisk University, Tennessee...
Vanderbilt names esteemed biomedical engineer Krishnendu Roy as next dean of School of Engineering
Aug. 1, 2023—Krishnendu “Krish” Roy, a Regents’ Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and a nationally renowned researcher, will be the next Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver announced today.
VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiPs) 8.10.23
Aug. 1, 2023—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Jumanh Atoum (CS) and Xing Yao (CS) Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, noon start Location: Stevenson Center 532 RiP Speaker #1: Jumanh Atoum, Computer Science Department RiP Title #1: “Ask me! I am the trainee.” Investigating Limitations...
VISE affiliates awarded $2.3M NIH grant to combat childhood blindness
Aug. 1, 2023—A team of Vanderbilt engineers are working to breach the critical barrier to timely clinical intervention of blindness in preterm infants. One of the major causes of childhood blindness is a rapidly growing retinal vascular disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). “Clinical intervention options for ROP exist, but our limited ability to detect ROP and...
VISE Affiliate Robert Webster’s company makes successful first-in-human clinical study using novel device for endoscopic surgery
Jul. 27, 2023—A medical device company co-founded by a Vanderbilt engineering professor recently announced the completion of a successful first-in-human clinical study using its innovative technology that radically improves minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at Vanderbilt University, is co-founder and...
VISE Summer Research in Progress (RiPs) 7.27.23
Jun. 29, 2023—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Derek Doss (BME) and Behnaz Akbarian (BME) Date: Thursday, July 27, 2023 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, noon start Location: Stevenson Center 532 RiP Speaker #1: Derek Doss, Biomedical Engineering Department RiP Title #1: Network Signatures of Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures in...
Q&A: Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering hosts discussion on intersectionality, gender dynamics and identity
Jun. 16, 2023—The group Women of VISE hosted a discussion on intersectional experiences, gender dynamics in academia and other facets of identity in a “fishbowl” conversation on April 18.
Bennett A. Landman appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Imaging
May. 18, 2023—On 1 January 2024, Bennett A. Landman, Vanderbilt University, will become the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Imaging (JMI). Landman, a professor and the department chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt, succeeds the journal’s current Editor-in-Chief, Maryellen Giger, who inaugurated the role in 2014.
Three VISE affiliates awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
May. 10, 2023—Eleven Vanderbilt engineering graduate students are 2023 recipients of five-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Six engineering undergraduate students who will continue their graduate study elsewhere also have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
VISE affiliate wins $2.7M NIH grant to develop AI-empowered 3D computer vision tool to better diagnose kidney diseases
Apr. 18, 2023—New applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to renal pathology have been driven by the widespread use of digital diagnostic imaging and interdisciplinary collaborations between computer scientists, nephrologists and renal pathologists with potential for major impacts in diagnosis and understanding of kidney diseases.
VISE Spring Seminar: Victoria Morgan, PhD and Michael Miga, PhD 4.20.23
Apr. 14, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Vanderbilt University and Michael Miga, PhD Harvie Branscomb Professor, Professor Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: NIH grant writing: What you should know but were afraid to...
VISE Spring Seminar with Linwei Wang, PhD
Apr. 1, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Linwei Wang, PhD Professor of Computing and Information Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: The Risk of One-Size-Fit-All Deep Learning in Personalized Medicine Abstract: Patient-specific predictive models, personalized to observations from individual subjects, hold...
VISE affiliate Ipek Oguz wins $3M grant to expand toolkit that tracks fetal growth during pregnancy
Mar. 24, 2023—One way to monitor a healthy pregnancy is tracking placental growth because a healthy placenta is crucial for a healthy baby. However, there are no practical tools to monitor placental development—to ensure proper fetal growth—into clinical care. Ipek Oguz Vanderbilt University computer scientist and grant PI Ipek Oguz aims to expand a medical image analysis tool she...
VISE Spring Seminar Parvin Mousavi, PhD 3.30.23
Mar. 20, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Parvin Mousavi, PhD Queen’s University, Vector Institute, Canada CIFAR AI Chair Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Next-Generation Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions: Prediction vs. Decision Making Abstract: This talk will cover deployment of new learning models and technical solutions for computer-assisted...
How a graduate school “midlife crisis” inspired a breakthrough surgical device
Mar. 13, 2023—When Robert J. Webster III was working on an engineering project for his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, he was struck with an unnerving thought: The technology he was helping create seemed interesting, but it wouldn’t reach patients for at least 20 years. “And that’s only if everything went well,” he recalls.
Vanderbilt students win best paper awards at SPIE international medical imaging forum
Mar. 10, 2023—Four Vanderbilt engineering students working in the fields of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and biomedical engineering won best paper awards out of hundreds of papers presented at the 2023 SPIE Medical Imaging conference held Feb. 19-23 in San Diego.
VISE affiliate Robert Webster III featured in IEEE Pulse article: Robots to Improve Surgery for All
Mar. 8, 2023—Smaller tools with better maneuverability and more precise control, new imaging approaches, and advanced software applications will improve patient outcomes
Catie Chang is inaugural Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow in the School of Engineering
Feb. 28, 2023—Catie Chang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and biomedical engineering, has been named the inaugural Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow in the Vanderbilt School of Engineering in recognition of her highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research.
VISE Spring Seminar Alan Kuntz, PhD, 3.23.23
Feb. 22, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Alan Kuntz, PhD Assistant Professor Robotics Center and Kahlert School of Computing University of Utah Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Deformable objects and continuum robots: novel mechanical and algorithmic solutions to leverage robots in surgical and interventional medicine Abstract:...
MED lab’s perennial engineering class for college-bound girls earns praise
Feb. 17, 2023—A hands-on interactive class designed by graduate students in the Medical Engineering and Discovery (MED) Lab for high school students drew enthusiastic reviews from a Nashville college-preparatory school group. Sessions included introduction to engineering and STEM, computer aided design, robotics and coding, bioinspired design, and a civil engineering module on structure design. The three-week class,...
VISE Spring Seminar Ann Majewicz Fey, PhD 3.9.23
Feb. 17, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Ann Majewicz Fey, PhD Associate Professor, Robert and Francis Stark Centennial Fellowship in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title Sensing and Modeling Surgeon Interactions for Enhanced Training...