During the EnMed Student Innovation Symposium on June 28, Dr. Alessandro Grattoni, the Frank J. and Jean Raymond Centennial Chair Professor of Nanomedicine at Houston Methodist Hospital, announced the first recipients of the Craig Brown and Suzanne Smith & Frank and Jean Raymond Engineering Medicine Capstone Innovator Awards. Recipients of the capstone awards will work […]
Houston ISD town hall generates early interest in EnMed
Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) leadership and two current first-year students, Ramya Varadarajan and Robby Loving, recently met with more than 100 high-achieving students from Houston Independent School District (HISD) in an exclusive informational town hall to learn more about EnMed and potential scholarship opportunities through the Craig and Galen Brown Foundation. “EnMed represents one of the […]
EnMed students explore Houston as COVID restrictions lift
While students in Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) class of 2024 started their medical school journey amidst a pandemic that often prevented them from gathering together, that did not stop social chairs Madeline Franke and Kevin Birdsall from facilitating connections with their other classmates while maintaining a distance that kept everyone safe. As restrictions begin to […]
EnMed’s Emergency Medicine Group Organizes Ultrasound Workshop
More than 20 first-and-second-year students recently participated in an ultrasound workshop coordinated by members of Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) emergency medicine student interest group. Ultrasound imaging is frequently used in emergency medicine to help detect changes in the appearance of organs, tissues and vessels. The workshop was organized to give students interested in emergency medicine more […]
EnMed students now recruiting for face-mask sizing study
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.