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September 26, 2015

Dr. Margaret Wheatley, John M. Reid Professor in BIOMED, and John Eisenbrey, alumnus in BIOMED (MS '09) and research assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University, received a 2-year $218K NIH National Cancer Institute grant for the project titled, “Oxygen Microbubbles for Overcoming Hypoxic Tumor Resistance to Radiotherapy."

September 24, 2015

Alper Bozkurt, alumnus in BIOMED (MS '04), assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University, was named one of Popular Science’s "Brilliant 10" for his work establishing the foundations of the “Internet of bionic things” in areas ranging from human-animal communication to insect bio-bots to human health monitoring devices.

September 21, 2015

Drs. Amy Throckmorton, associate professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, and Ellen Bass, professor and head of the Department of Information Science, College of Computing & Informatics, received a Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant for six doctoral students for 2015-2018: Drexel BIOMED Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Research Enterprise (iCARE) for Healthcare. Each fellowship recipient will receive a $34K stipend per academic year, in addition to $15.2K dedicated to tuition.

September 02, 2015

Kritika Katiyar, PhD candidate in BIOMED (Advisor: Y. Zhong), received a 3-year $90K NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke research fellowship for the project titled, "Mechanisms for Axonal Guidance Using Living Tissue Engineered Scaffolds."