Tulane BME Seminar Series

April 4
Mykel Green, Ph.D | The University of Texas at Austin
“Engineering Health Equity for Sickle Cell Disease”

Aptil 1  
Yuguang Liu, Ph.D | Mayo Clinic
“Microfluidic Technology for Single Cell Analysis and Rapid Diagnosis”

March 21  
Patrick Link, Ph.D | Mayo Clinic
“Mechanisms Contributing to the Progression and Persistence of Lung Disease”

March 14  
Lin Zhang, Ph.D | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Conformable Ultrasound Electronics: From Design Strategies to Biomedical Applications”

January 18   
Marty Pagel, Ph.D | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
“Molecular Imaging of the Tumor Microenvironment”

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:30PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.

Zoom Link

 

Zoom Meeting ID: 992 6066 7090
Zoom Passcode:  194727

August 24   
Introduction and Student Pictures

August 31    
Heddwen Brooks, Ph.D | Tulane University School of Medicine
"Sex Differences in Hypertension, Inflammation, and Diabetic Kidney Disease"
              
September 7    
Daniel Howsmon, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"Process Systems Engineering in Cardiac Biology and Medicine"                

September 14   
Olivia Lanier, Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin
“Ten Simple Rules in Biomedical Engineering to Improve Healthcare Equity and Their Application in Drug Delivery”             

September 21  
Randolph Roig, MD | Veterans Affairs Hospital Southeast Louisiana
"Biomedical Engineering and the VA: Opportunities Abound"
                 
September 28   
Kimberly Gramm, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"How Do Innovators Create a Startup at Tulane University?"
 
October 5
Fall Break

October 12
BMES

October 19
Linda Griffith, Ph.D. | Mass
“Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Endometriosis/Adenomyosis Patient”
              
October 26
Korak Sarkar, MD | Ochsner Health
"Developing, Deploying, and Validating an Advanced Visualization Platform at Ochsner Health
At the intersection of Neuroscience and BioDesign"

November 2     
Lakiesha Williams, Ph.D. | University of Florida
"Preclinical Models of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration"

November 9
Joseph Francis, Ph.D. | University of Houston
"Affect’s Influence on Bidirectional Brain Machine Interfaces"

November 16   
James Wall, MD | Intuitive Surgical
"Biodesign– 20 Years of Teaching Health Technology Innovation"

November 23
Thanksgiving Holiday
                 
November 30    
Velencia Witherspoon,  Ph.D. | Tulane University
“Increasing Diagnostic Power Through the Development of Quantitative Imaging Phantoms”
 
December 7
Dawn Beraud, Ph.D | American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
"Advancing Advocacy and Public Trust in Biomedical Engineering: a Bioengineer’s Social Responsibility"

We will have a seminar speaker on the following days.  Please review notices for location or time changes.

April 24  
Michael I. Miller, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering
“Molecular Computational Anatomy: From Euler to Dirac”

February 23, Location: Boggs 122, 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Cherice Hill, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, Clemson University
“Multi-scale Biomechanics to Mitigate Health Disparities and Improve Research Equity”
 
February 27, Location: Boggs 240, 3:00 - 4:00 PM  
Velencia Witherspoon, Ph.D. | NIH IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health
                 
March 9 , Location: Boggs 122, 3:30 - 4:30 PM 
Olivia Lanier, Ph.D. | Provost Early Career Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
                
March 13, Location: Boggs 242, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Marley Dewey, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh
                
March 20, Location: Boggs 240, 3:00 - 4:00 PM 
Haiwen Luan, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:45 - 4:45PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.

Zoom Link

Zoom Passcode: 588683

August 25  
Introduction and Student Pictures
 
September 1    
Swaminathan Rajaraman, Ph.D. | University of Central Florida
"How Can Micro/NanoEngineering Help Accelerate Biomedical Research"
                 
September 8    
Jenny Munson, Ph.D. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute
"Interstitial Fluid Flow in the Brain Tumor Microenvironment"
                 
September 15  
Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D. | University of Kentucky
"Bedside Optical Imaging of Cerebral Hemodynamics for Neurovascular Assessment"
                 
September 22  
Mark J. Mondrinos, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"3 Years of Tissue Engineering and Microphysiological Systems Research at Tulane"
                 
September 29  
Qifa Zhou, Ph.D. | University of Southern California
“Novel Ultrasound Technology for Vision Restoration and High-resolution Image”
 
October 6
Fall Break

October 13
BMES

October 20
Sabrina Martucci Johnson | President and CEO, DARÉ Bioscience
"From BME to CEO"
                 
October 27
Lana X. Garmire, Ph.D. | University of Michigan
 
November 3     
Summer Intern Teams | Tulane University
“NIH and Tulane Funded Internships Leading into BME Capstone Team Design”
 
November 10 
Justin Baris | Abbott Laboratories
T. J. LeBlanc | Abbott Laboratories

November 17   
Donghui (Don) Zhu, Ph.D. | FAHA Stony Brook University - SUNY

November 24
Thanksgiving
                 
December 1     
Edward Botchwey, Ph.D. | Georgia Institute of Technology
 
December 8
Jennifer Fang, Ph.D | Tulane University

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:45PM, please review notices for location or time changes.

September 1
Summer Intern teams | Tulane University
“NIH and Tulane Funded Internships Leading into BME Capstone Team Design”
Webinar Recording

September 30
Sarah Lindsey, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"Sex, Estrogen, and Aging in Cardiovascular Disease"

October 7 (Virtual)
Career paths in BME - Industry Panel
Justin Baris | Clinical Specialist, Electrophysiology, Abbott Laboratories
Caroline Edwards | Senior Clinical Development Engineer, Intuitive Surgical
Antonius Prader | Senior Engineer, Biocore LLC
Webinar Recording

October 14 (Virtual)
Warren Grayson, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University
"Advances in Regenerating Musculoskeletal Tissues "
Webinar Recording

October 21 (Virtual)
Jay Humphrey, Ph.D. | Yale University
“From The Historical Foundations of Biomechanics to Clinical Translation of Tissue Engineering in Congenital Heart Disease"
Webinar Recording

October 28
Kristin Miller, Ph.D. | Tulane University
“Biomechanics of the Female Reproductive System"

November 4
Prof. Chenzhong Li, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"Bioelectronic Theragnostic: From Biosensing Diagnosis to Electronic Medicine"

November 11
Treena Arinzeh, Ph.D | New Jersey Institute of Technology
"Functional Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration"
Webinar Recording

November 18
Marta Villaraga, Ph.D. | Exponent Engineering
"Reflections on a BME Career"

December 2
James Duncan, Ph.D. | Yale University
"Neuroimage Analysis in Autism: from Model-Based Estimation to Data-driven Learning"
Webinair Recording

We will have a seminar speaker on-line Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:45PM, please review notices for location or time changes.

If you would like to receive e-mail notices of upcoming seminars, please send a request to bmen-info@tulane.edu

August 20
Donald Gaver | Tulane University
Introduction to the On-line Seminar, Senior Photos

August 27
Jason Bates | University of Vermont
"Ventilating the Injured Lung in the Time of Covid"

September 3
Katherine Raymond | Tulane University
"NIH and Tulane Funded Internships Leading into BME Capstone Team Design"

September 10
Xiaoping Hu | University of California, Riverside
“Probing Brain Dynamics and Mapping Neurodegenerative Markers with MRI”

September 17
Chad Roy | Tulane National Primate Research Center
“Exploratory Aerobiology of SARS-CoV-2 and Plausibility of Aerosol Transmission”

September 24
Trivia Frazier | Obatala Sciences
“Adipose Tissue-Derived Products for Metabolic Research: A Tale Risk of Reward”

October 1
Matt Parsons | Johnson & Johnson
Nur Mustafa | Johnson & Johnson
Arjun Shanker | Johnson & Johnson
Madison Vanosdoll | Johnson & Johnson
"Let’s Talk"

October 8
Natalie Guthrey Luttrell | Brainlab
Max Weinerman | Brainlab
“Experiences at Brainlab: Journey From Biomedical Engineering Student to Industry Leaders”

October 15
BMES

October 22
Sponsored by Tulane Center for Aging
Farsh Guilak  | Washington University in St. Louis
“Engineering new biology therapies for arthritis”
Zoom Link: https://tulanehipaa.zoom.us/j/92208921658?pwd=d2MxMkR6TW1iMFZuYkRqQzdZR…
Password: AGSTSEM

October 29
Jason Ryans | US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Josh Yao | US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

November 5
William D. Ristenpart | University of California, Davis
"Lessons from Guinea Pigs: Singing, Dust, and Airborne Disease Transmission"

November 12
Bin He | Carnegie Mellon University
"Noninvasive Human Brain Mapping and Brain-Computer Interface"

November 19
Thomas Kernozek | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
"Utilizing Biomechanical Methods to Estimate Tissue-Specific Loading and Recent Attempts to Reduce Injury Risk"

We will have a seminar speaker on Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:45PM in Boggs #104, please review notices for location or time changes.

If you would like to receive e-mail notices of upcoming seminars, please send a request to bmen-info@tulane.edu

September 5    
Michele Marcolongo | Drexel University

September 12    
James Ashton-Miller | University of Michigan

September 19    
Mark Mondrinos | Tulane University

September 26
Carolyn Bayer | Tulane University

October 3     
Michael Sacks | University of Texas at Austin

October 24    
Timothy J Hall | University of Wisconsin

October 31    
Caroline Edwards | Intuitive Surgical

November 7   
Tony Hu | Tulane University

November 14    
Sponsored by Tulane Center for Aging
Nelly Andarawis-Puri | Cornell University

November 21    
Suhren Lecture
Lihong Wang | CalTech

December 5    
Suhren Lecture
Gerard Ateshian | Columbia University