Three abstracts co-authored by Dr. Kamlesh Yadav, instructional associate professor at the Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine, were recently featured at the 2021 annual meeting for the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). The ASHG’s annual meeting is the largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition in the world. Held Oct. 18-22, the meeting […]
Houston Methodist announces capstone awards
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 […]
Racial disparities in prostate cancer explained at genomic level
Study finds substantially different biological characteristics in the tumors of African American men, pointing to possible contribution to higher prostate cancer death rates It’s been well documented that African-American men are more likely to be diagnosed and ultimately die from prostate cancer. While the cause of this disparity is often attributed to cultural and socioeconomic […]
Top 3 innovation proposals announced before symposium
Ahead of EnMed’s Virtual Student Innovation Symposium, three student groups were selected as finalists to orally present their innovation proposals during the event on Monday, June 28. “All first-year EnMed students were divided into teams and tasked with developing a solution to address a healthcare problem that they observed in their medical courses,” EnMed assistant […]
EnMed faculty, Caira Surgical awarded NSF Small Business Technology Transfer grant
Two members of the Engineering Medicine (EnMed) faculty recently collaborated with a medical technology startup, Caira Surgical, to gain a $256,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant. Dr. Andrew Robbins, research assistant professor for EnMed, and Dr. Michael Moreno, associate professor in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical […]