Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Biomedical Engineering Seminars 2019-2020
Watch Past Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Biomedical Engineering Seminars
FALL 2020 SPEAKERS
Dr. Rob Rivers
Program Director at NIH / Office of Minority Health Research Coordination
Seminar Title
NAVIGATING NIH FUNDING FOR YOUR RESEARCH – UNDERGRADUATE TO PROFESSOR
Dr. Cynthia A. Chestek
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Robotics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dr. Martine LaBerge
Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, Clemson University Director, Clemson University Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus
Seminar Title
BUILDING A SKILLSET FOR SUCCESSFUL BME RESEARCH CAREER: FOCUS ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Dr. Sharmila Venugopal
Assistant Adjunct Professor in Integrative Biology and Physiology and Life Sciences Core Education at University of California Los Angeles
Seminar Title
MODELING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE DYNAMICS: FROM ION CHANNELS TO NEURAL MICROCIRCUITS
Dr. Anita Singh
Associate Professor and Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department, Widener University Chester, PA
Seminar Title
UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES
Dr. Tatiana Novikova
Head of the Characterization and Modeling Division, LPICM, Ecole polytechnique, IP Paris, Palaiseau, France
Seminar Title
POLARIZATION OF LIGHT AS ARIADNE’S THREAD WITHIN THE LABYRINTH OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS
Dr. Michael M. Maharbiz
Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Andrea Canessa
Assistant Professor of the Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Genova, Italy
Seminar Title
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN MOVEMENT DISORDERS: CLINICAL EFFECTS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS
Dr. Irene Georgakoudi
Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Seminar Title
MORPHOFUNCTIONAL TISSUE ASSESSMENTS THROUGH LABEL-FREE, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING
SPRING 2020 SPEAKERS
January 10, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Dr. Vladimir Beljanski
Nova Southeastern Univesity: Assistant Professor, NSU Cell Therapy Institute
Seminar Title
Autophagy modulators enhance immunoregulatory properties of MIAMI cells
Friday, January 17, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Dr. Hong Susan Zhou
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Associate Professor Director, Department Of Chemical Engineering
Seminar Title
Sensor Systems-Therapeutic and Reparative Neurotechnology
Friday, January 24, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Dr. Andrew Dykstra
University of Miami: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
Seminar Title
Identifying Physiological Markers Of Conscious Audition: Progress And Problems
Friday, January 31, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Dr. Carlos B. Mantilla
Mayo Clinic: Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Seminar Title
Regulation of Diaphragm Muscle Function: From Development Through Aging
Friday, February 7, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Miami Heart ♥ Month Series
Dr. Jianyi Zhang, MD,PhD
The University of Alabama at Birmingham: Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Seminar Title
THE CONVERGENCE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING:
hiPSC to Rebuild the Failing Heart – Roadblocks to Overcome
Friday, February 14, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Miami Heart ♥ Month Series
Dr. Julie Phillippi
University of Pittsburgh: Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Bioengineering
Seminar Title
Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels for Microvascular Regeneration
Friday, February 21, 2020 – 9:00 AM
Miami Heart ♥ Month Series
Dr. Katherine Yutzey
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Seminar Title
Heart Valve Development and Disease Mechanisms
Friday, February 21, 2020 – 2:30 PM
Miami Heart ♥ Month Series
Dr. Lina Shehadeh
University of Miami: Director of the Cardiovascular Module for the MD and MD/MPH Programs
Seminar Title
Role of Osteopontin in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Friday, March 6, 2020 – 3:00 PM
Dr. Mark A. Anastasio
Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Professor and Head of Bioengineering
Seminar Title
Machine learning-enabled imaging science
FALL 2019 SPEAKERS
September 13, 2019
Faculty Biomedical Engineering: Joshua Hutcheson, Shuliang Jiao, Zachary Danziger, Jorge Riera-Diaz
Title: Research Overview
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
September 20, 2019
Milan P. Yager, Executive Director, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Title: Falling Out of Love with Science
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
September 27, 2019
Faculty Biomedical Engineering: James Schummers, Jessica Ramella-Roman, Raj Markondeya, Ranu Jung
Title: Research Overview
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
October 4th, 2019
Undergraduate Research Day-Dr. Scott Beardsley -Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering
Title: Timing matters: Sensorimotor dysfunction and individually targeted strategies to improve goal-directed movement
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300 & Panther Pit
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
October 11, 2019
Dr. Scott Makeig – Research Scientist and Director, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institute for Neural ComputationLecture
Title: Toward high-resolution imaging of human consciousness: knowing, feeling, and willing
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
October 25, 2019
Dr. Qifa Zhou Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology
Title: High Frequency Ultrasound for multimodal Function Imaging and Stimulation applications
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
November 1st, 2019
Dr. Gang Yao- Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering
Title: High-resolution 3D tractography of fibrous tissue using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
November 15th, 2019
Dr. Xuan Xu- Field Application Scientist for RoosterBio, Inc.
Title: Radically Simplifying Scale-up and Clinical Translation of hMSCs and Extracellular Vesicles
Location: Engineering Center Room EC 2300
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM