Faculty Accolades
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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... |
 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. |
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New Data Suggests Nicotine While Pregnant Alters Genes February 5, 2019 Findings May Point to Potential Cure for Addiction |
 Findings May Point to Potential Cure for Addiction
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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... |
 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. |
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Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close September 4, 2018 First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens |
 First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens
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UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal August 21, 2018 Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings |
 Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings
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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... |
 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. |
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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 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. |
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Women and Lupus – Tackling the Debilitating Connection July 31, 2018 With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link |
 With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link |
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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... |
 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. |
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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... |
 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. |
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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... |
 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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Finding Disease and Toxins Early: Tianfu Wu’s Laboratory Creates Ultra-Sensitive Detection Tool June 27, 2017Tianfu Wu used to dream of the day when cancer could be detected long before it was diagnosed. Now he sees that day dawning because of a system his... |
 Tianfu Wu used to dream of the day when cancer could be detected long before it was diagnosed. Now he sees that day dawning because of a system his research group created called the ultrasensitive polymeric sensing system (UPSS), which may detect biomarkers early – well before an illness strikes. |
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Treating Stroke Patients at the Intersection of Nerve and Muscle April 27, 2017A UH biomedical engineer is zeroing in on the gap where nerve meets muscle to bring more precise treatment to stroke patients. The National... |
 A UH biomedical engineer is zeroing in on the gap where nerve meets muscle to bring more precise treatment to stroke patients. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded more than $434,000 to Assistant Professor Yingchun Zhang to delve deep into the neuromuscular junction, the connector of the nerve and muscle fiber, to calculate the exact spot to deliver the dose of motion-restoring Botox. |
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Global Visitors Come To Cullen College Biomedical Engineering Department April 27, 2017The Cullen College department of biomedical engineering hosted a roster of distinguished international guests. |
 The Cullen College department of biomedical engineering hosted a roster of distinguished international guests. |
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Eyes on the Prize: Two Biomedical Engineers Awarded $1.1M to Study Unique Gene Specific to the Eye February 14, 2017Two Cullen College biomedical engineering professors, Muna Naash, John S. Dunn Endowed Professor and Muayyad Al-Ubaidi, see eye-to-eye on just about... |
 Two Cullen College biomedical engineering professors, Muna Naash, John S. Dunn Endowed Professor and Muayyad Al-Ubaidi, see eye-to-eye on just about everything. |
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The Clot Thickens: UH Engineer's New Method To Help Keep Donated Blood Supply Safe November 22, 2016Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, according to America’s Blood Centers, generating a fundamental need to keep the blood... |
 Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, according to America’s Blood Centers, generating a fundamental need to keep the blood supply healthy. A significant part of that process is to remove the white cells (leukocytes) from donated blood. |
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Turkish Consul General Visits Cullen College’s Biomedical Engineering Department November 21, 2016Cullen College’s biomedical engineering department was host to Houston’s Turkish consul general on Nov. 1. Ferhat Alkan met professors and visited... |
 Cullen College’s biomedical engineering department was host to Houston’s Turkish consul general on Nov. 1. Ferhat Alkan met professors and visited labs before having lunch with a few faculty and staff members. |
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Restoring the Sense of Touch Makes Professor Joe Francis Sensational August 17, 2016If it has to do with the brain, Associate Professor of biomedical engineering Joe Francis’ neurons are crackling. While he continues teaching robots... |
 If it has to do with the brain, Associate Professor of biomedical engineering Joe Francis’ neurons are crackling. While he continues teaching robots to sense what humans want through brain research, he’s just published a paper in the Journal of Neural Engineering where he shares his ideas to restore the lost sense of touch by electrical stimulation of the central nervous system. |
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UH Biomedical Engineer Pursues Nerve Regeneration August 15, 2016A biomedical engineer from the University of Houston will use a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine how best to... |
 A biomedical engineer from the University of Houston will use a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine how best to spur nerve regeneration in the nervous system. |
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Professor Joe Francis’ Mind is Teeming with Ways to Team with Robots July 26, 2016To the unfamiliar, it might seem a Jedi mind trick – the notion of controlling robots by simply thinking of what you wish for them to do. If so, then... |
 To the unfamiliar, it might seem a Jedi mind trick – the notion of controlling robots by simply thinking of what you wish for them to do. If so, then Joe Francis, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is Obi-Wan Kenobi. |