According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a headache is the most common neurological ailment in the United States. The second most common neurological ailment? Low back pain—a disorder Babak Bazrgari, Ph.D. and his Human Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory are researching within UK’s Center for Biomedical Engineering. Read Full Article
Guoqiang Yu, an associate professor in the Center for Biomedical Engineering, has devoted years of research to developing novel diffuse optical devices that can noninvasively measure the blood flow, oxygenation and metabolic rate of a tumor. By placing a foam pad containing several optic fibers onto a patient’s neck to establish contact, doctors can learn [...]
Dr. Brandon Fornwalt, assistant professor of pediatrics, physiology and biomedical engineering in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Kentucky, has been selected to receive the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award. Read Full Article
For many students, selecting a major is an intimidating proposition. What if I end up disliking what I chose? Will I be doomed to a career in a field I can’t stand or, worse, one that is increasingly obsolete? Such questions are not uncommon and even selecting a highly-marketable major like engineering doesn’t fully resolve [...]
Five years ago, Dr. Andrew Bernard, a trauma surgeon at UK’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital and associate professor of surgery, was listening to a paper given on the topic of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trauma in children. The conclusion of the paper was that ATVs are not safe and, thus, children should never ride them. The [...]
Thursday, August 2 marked the conclusion of a summer’s worth of research for students enrolled in the UK College of Engineering’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program in bioactive interfaces and devices. To concisely summarize their weeks of intense work, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, students designed research posters which were displayed in the Raymond [...]
With all due respect to Captain James Kirk from the famed Star Trek series, Dr. Sridhar Sunderam disagrees that space is the “final frontier.” Rather, the greatest territory for discovery lies closer to humankind than the universe’s undetected outposts. In fact, it’s closer than our atmosphere, environment and even our own skin.
Dr. Yu Shang, postdoctoral scholar in Bio-photonic Lab (PI: Dr. Guoqiang Yu) at the Center for Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA) for a project entitled, “Development of Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies for Monitoring Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygenation in Mouse Stroke Model”. The goal of this [...]
Mihail has been selected as the first-ever Halcomb Fellow in Medicine and Engineering. He will be awarded up to $50,000 toward developing an interactive decision aid for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. View Full Article
Last updated: January 16, 2013