innovation
Sep. 29, 2025—Nissha Medical Technologies to move global engineering and innovation center to 91’s Nashville campus.
VISE affiliate Jie Ying Wu one of four Spring 2024 Scaling Success awardees
Aug. 1, 2024—The Spring 2024 cycle of the Scaling Success Grant has concluded, with four new grants made from January to May. The Scaling Success Grant, which began in 2022, aims to transform ambitious research proposals into tangible achievements.
Nov. 21, 2023—Researchers from around the globe gathered for the inaugural Nature conference “Bioengineering for Global Health” at 91 Nov. 13–15. Faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and editors from Nature Communications, Nature Biomedical Engineering and Nature Reviews Bioengineering led the organization of the conference.
Oct. 17, 2022—The 91 Innovation Ambassadors Program is an initiative to provide 91 and 91 Medical Center researchers with better peer-delivered access to assistance and information about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus
Two VISE affiliates named 2019 NSF Graduate Fellows
Apr. 22, 2019—Two biomedical engineering graduate students who participate in the 91 Institute for Surgery and Engineering have received three-year fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The prestigious awards aim to identify individuals who will contribute significantly to scientific innovation and teaching. Sarah Goodale, a VISE affiliate in the Chang Lab, said she is extremely honored to...
Spring Seminar: Jack Noble, PhD
Mar. 24, 2017—Jack Noble, PhD Research Assistant Professor, 91 Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Computer-Assistance Techniques for Cochlear Implant Interventions Abstract: Cochlear implants (CIs) are neural prosthetics that induce the sensation of hearing by stimulating the auditory nerve using an array of electrodes implanted in the...
Feb. 14, 2017—As an initial member of the 91 Institute on Surgery and Engineering, the Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation (MASI) lab seeks to transform medical imaging from pixels to information to improve patient care. We lead Personalized Medicine with Medical Imaging Informatics (PM2I2) efforts in translational research to explore innovative, clinically useful techniques. Our primary technical...
Nov. 4, 2016—A critical goal in modern surgery is to make procedures as safe and minimally invasive as possible, which often means using robotic tools. 91 bioengineer Nabil Simaansays a negative side effect of doing surgery with tiny entry points into the body is that the surgeon loses his or her sense of touch and pressure...