Faculty Accolades

UH Researcher Developing New Device to Treat Babies with Blood Disorders
May 7, 2020With severe blood disorders, such as leukemia, doctors often rely on leukapheresis, a procedure in which large machines extract whole blood from... 		Biomedical engineering professor Sergey Shevkoplyas is using a $1.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to adapt microfluidic technology to enable leukapheresis in babies.

With severe blood disorders, such as leukemia, doctors often rely on leukapheresis, a procedure in which large machines extract whole blood from patients to separate white blood cells from the rest of the blood, which is then returned back to the patient. This procedure is generally used to urgently reduce a dangerously elevated white blood cell count, or to collect various white blood cell subsets for therapeutic purposes. 
UH and Harvard Researchers Join Forces For Usher Syndrome Research
December 13, 2019 NIH-funded project to explore whether gene therapy can correct genetic deafness A world-renowned authority on genetic mutations associated with... 		Muna Naash, John S. Dunn Endowed Professor with joint appointments at the UH Cullen College of Engineering and the UH College of Optometry.

NIH-funded project to explore whether gene therapy can correct genetic deafness

A world-renowned authority on genetic mutations associated with hereditary retinal disorders from the University of Houston is working with a researcher from Harvard Medical School specializing in the diseases and disorders of the ear, nose and throat (ENT) to advance research involving gene therapy options that could one day expand treatment of patients suffering from Usher syndrome.
Under the Lens: Link Between Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa
November 25, 2019 UH Research Team Examines Eye Disease with $2.5 Million Award   Four words you never want to hear from the eye doctor are retinitis pigmentosa and... 		Retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration are both genetic disorders that can cause loss of vision and neither has a cure.

UH Research Team Examines Eye Disease with $2.5 Million Award

 

Four words you never want to hear from the eye doctor are retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Both are genetic disorders that can cause loss of vision and neither has a cure. A team of biomedical researchers at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering is now tackling both eye diseases by exploring a protein in the retina that links them: peripherin2 (prph2).
UH Engineer Included Among Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
November 8, 2019 Kirill Larin Elected To AIMBE’s College of Fellow   The American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) elected Kirill Larin,... 		Kirill Larin, professor of biomedical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering

Kirill Larin Elected To AIMBE’s College of Fellow

 

The American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) elected Kirill Larin, professor of biomedical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering to its prestigious College of Fellows.
UH Research Related to Full-Color X-ray Images Highlighted
October 8, 2019Research from the Das Laboratory for Imaging Innovations at the University of Houston was recently highlighted in Nature Reviews Physics in a feature... 		Mini Das, associate professor of biomedical engineering and physics at UH.

Research from the Das Laboratory for Imaging Innovations at the University of Houston was recently highlighted in Nature Reviews Physics in a feature article titled “X-ray images in full color.”
Testing New Treatment for Epilepsy Patients
September 9, 2019 Seizure Onset Zone Located Immediately, Dealt With   University of Houston associate professor of biomedical engineering Nuri Ince, who pioneered a... 		Location of the seizure onset zone varies in each patient. The procedure to locate it begins with surgical insertion of electrodes.

Seizure Onset Zone Located Immediately, Dealt With

 

University of Houston associate professor of biomedical engineering Nuri Ince, who pioneered a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to detect the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in the brain, has been awarded $2.3 million by the National Institutes of Health to expand his testing in a large number of adult and pediatric epilepsy cases.
Blood Clotting Proteins Discovered as Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis
August 7, 2019 Finding Could Lead to Better Clinical Disease Monitoring   University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is reporting in Arthritis Research and... 		GettyImages

Finding Could Lead to Better Clinical Disease Monitoring

 

University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is reporting in Arthritis Research and Therapy that clotting proteins, both those that promote blood clots (pro-thrombotic) and those that work to dissipate them (thrombolytic), are elevated in the urine of patients who suffer from lupus nephritis (LN).
Smart Brain Stimulators: Next-Gen Parkinson’s Disease Therapy
July 29, 2019 University of Houston Researchers Report Adaptable Stimulation Treatment   		New brain biomarkers are key to improving the technology to make brain stimulators responsive, or smart.

University of Houston Researchers Report Adaptable Stimulation Treatment

 
Research Moves Closer to Brain-Machine Interface Autonomy
June 13, 2019 Findings Could Help Seamlessly Integrate Prosthetics   A University of Houston engineer is reporting in eNeuro that a brain-computer interface, a... 		GettyImages

Findings Could Help Seamlessly Integrate Prosthetics

 

A University of Houston engineer is reporting in eNeuro that a brain-computer interface, a form of artificial intelligence, can sense when its user is expecting a reward by examining the interactions between single-neuron activities and the information flowing to these neurons, called the local field potential.
Researchers Developing Early Detection, Home Monitoring Tests for Lupus Nephritis
April 2, 2019 Transformative Research Empowering Patients to Monitor Themselves   With $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two... 		GettyImages

Transformative Research Empowering Patients to Monitor Themselves

 

With $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering biomedical researchers are moving the needle on early detection and monitoring of kidney nephritis, or inflammation, in patients who have Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, known simply as lupus.
New Data Suggests Nicotine While Pregnant Alters Genes
February 5, 2019 Findings May Point to Potential Cure for Addiction   		In response to nicotine exposure during pregnancy, dopamine neurons were significantly activated in utero, allowing the release of unusually high levels of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex.

Findings May Point to Potential Cure for Addiction

 
Understanding Congenital Heart Defects To Prevent Them
November 13, 2018 UH Engineer Using Optical Equipment to Watch Heart Develop   To understand cardiovascular failures, the leading cause of birth defect-related... 		Determining how hearts develop in utero is critical to understanding congenital heart defects.

UH Engineer Using Optical Equipment to Watch Heart Develop

 

To understand cardiovascular failures, the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths in infants, UH professor of biomedical engineering Kirill Larin is teaming up with Baylor College of Medicine professor of cellular and molecular physiology Irina Larina on a chicken and egg hunt.
Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close
September 4, 2018 First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens   		Before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube.

First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens

 
UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal
August 21, 2018 Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings   		Ilknur Telkes (Ph.D. BME 2017) published in prestigious PNAS journal with paper on research conducted at UH.

Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings

 
Stool Proteins to Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease
August 20, 2018Method Less Invasive, Less Expensive than Colonoscopy   University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting... 		At left, Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, with graduate student Sanam Soomro

Method Less Invasive, Less Expensive than Colonoscopy

 

University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting and monitoring inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). With $347,490 from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, he and IBD expert Subra Kugathasan, a gastroenterologist at Emory University, are examining stool protein biomarkers that indicate the disease.
Mission: Possible — Mapping Dangerous Terrain
August 8, 2018 UH Engineers Focus on Degradable Reconnaissance Vehicles and Evasive Drone Maneuvers   Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a... 		UH researchers are testing prototypes for the project in Brays Bayou.

UH Engineers Focus on Degradable Reconnaissance Vehicles and Evasive Drone Maneuvers

 

Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a potentially hostile region offers obvious advantages, but current methods for doing that – especially along shorelines, where underwater mines and other hazards can pose serious risks – all have drawbacks. It is especially difficult if keeping the technology out of enemy hands is a priority.
Women and Lupus – Tackling the Debilitating Connection
July 31, 2018 With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link 		With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, UH biomedical engineer Chandra Mohan will examine why more women than men get lupus.

With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link
NSF CAREER Winner Sheereen Majd to Improve Drug Delivery
May 29, 2018 UH Engineer Awarded for Developing Ideal Nanosystem for Therapeutic Applications   The National Science Foundation has awarded University of... 		Bacteria - Getty Images

UH Engineer Awarded for Developing Ideal Nanosystem for Therapeutic Applications

 

The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Houston biomedical engineer Sheereen Majd the CAREER Award and $500,000 to improve nanoparticle drug delivery. Majd’s research is focused on tailoring nanoparticle drug carriers to target a selected group of cells affected in different diseases while sparing other cells.
UH Biomedical Engineering Professor Appointed by National Science Foundation as Program Director
March 5, 2018Elebeoba E. May, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, received a $215,032... 		Dr. E. May, UH biomedical engineering professor, appointed NSF program director

Elebeoba E. May, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, received a $215,032 Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) award from the National Science Foundation.
Researchers Report Better Way to Create Organic Bioelectronics
August 24, 2017New Fabrication Technique Allows More Control Over Electrical Properties With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the... 		Milad Khorrami & Mohammad Reza Abidian, University of Houston

New Fabrication Technique Allows More Control Over Electrical Properties

With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the nervous system, demand is growing for biomedical devices that can better record and stimulate the nervous system, as well as deliver drugs and biomolecules in precise dosages.

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