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BME Welcomes Dr. Cherice Hill
January 30, 2024
We are pleased to announce that as of January 2024, Dr. Cherice Hill has officially joined the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Continue ReadingMarvin Doyley Receives the Advocacy and Action Award
January 29, 2024
Marvin Doyley, the Wilson Professor of Electronic Imaging and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the Advocacy and Action Award during last week’s Presidential Stronger As One Diversity Awards ceremony.
Continue ReadingNew NIH-funded center could soon reduce the need for pharmaceutical trials on animals
January 9, 2024
The University of Rochester will house a new national center focused on using tissue-on-chip technology to develop drugs more rapidly and reduce the need for animal trials. The National Institutes of Health awarded a $7.5 million grant to establish the Translational Center for Barrier Microphysiological Systems (TraCe-bMPS) at Rochester in partnership with Duke University.
Continue ReadingAbolhassani and Chen Take 2nd Place in America’s Got Regulatory Science Talent Competition
January 8, 2024
Graduate students from across the University of Rochester presented their proposals to improve regulatory science as participants in the America’s Got Regulatory Science Talent Student Competition held by UR CTSI this past December. Individuals and teams developed their proposals to address a current area of focus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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