As COVID-19 began to spread rapidly in spring 2020, a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including face masks, soon followed. Currently, N95 respirators are the most protective available face coverings for health care workers, but most individuals have to try on several different sizes to determine the most effective fit for them.
Meet 5 students from EnMed’s newest class of physicianeers
There are 34 students in Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) second class of future physicianeers. They represent 13 states and come with undergraduate degrees ranging from biomedical and mechanical engineering to neuroscience and computer science. They have interests outside of school that include programming, hiking and restoring classic cars, but all were attracted to the new opportunity […]
EnMed to hold Inaugural Student Innovation Symposium
EnMed will host its next Student Innovation Symposium from 1 to 6 p.m. on Monday, June 28. The event will celebrate the current research and innovation accomplishments of its medical students. “From the first day students join EnMed, they are tasked with identifying current challenges in health care and offering solutions to address those problems,” […]
New equipment brings life to respiratory physiology block
EnMed faculty recently acquired new equipment to help enhance the respiratory physiology class for first-year students. The new devices include a plethysmograph, chest drainage systems, spirometers, lung simulators and ventilators. Two of the ventilators received were provided by JamVent, a company that markets a low-cost emergency ventilator developed by researchers at Imperial College of London […]
EnMed’s innovation director receives presidential grant funding for heart project
EnMed’s director of innovation, Dr. Michael R. Moreno, recently received a Presidential Clinical Research Partnership (PCRP) Grant for his work to improve device-based therapies for patients in end-stage heart failure. The grant provides funding of up to $200,000 over a two-year period to stimulate new collaborations between Texas A&M University researchers and clinical partners. Moreno, […]