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Apr. 7, 2026—VISE welcomes Marc Niethammer, PhD to our spring seminar series. Marc Niethammer, PhD Professor in Computer Science and Engineering University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026 Location: LightHall 202 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 pm start Title: Practical machine learning approaches for medical image registration Abstract: Image registration, the process of establishing spatial...

VISE Spring Seminar with Jason Kerkmans, JD, 3.26.26

Mar. 5, 2026—VISE welcomes Jason Kerkmans, JD, founder of MINDSET Integrated Co, to our Spring Seminar Series. Jason Kerkmans, JD Founder and Executive Vice President, Strategic Development MINDSET Integrated Co Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 NEW Location: MCN CC-2209 Time: 12:30 pm for lunch,12:40 pm start Title: From Data to Verdict: How the US Litigation System Advances, Tests, and Distorts...

VISE Spring Seminar Charles F. Caskey, PhD 2.26.26

Feb. 18, 2026—VISE welcomes Charles Caskey, PhD, to our Spring 2026 Seminar Series. Charles F. Caskey, Ph.D. Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering 91�� Medical Center Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026 NEW Location: Light Hall 214 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: How to Tickle the Brain Without Touching It Abstract: Focused ultrasound (FUS) offers a rare...

Feb. 6, 2026—A 91�� team has received a funding of up to $7 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) UPGRADE program. The Advance Risk Management and Operational Resilience for Hospitals (ARMOR-H) system is designed as an autonomous cyber-threat solution that enables proactive, scalable, and assured security updates.

VISE Spring Seminar – W. Hong Yeo, PhD, 2.12.26

Jan. 16, 2026—VISE welcomes Hong Yeo, PhD, to our Spring 2026 Seminar Series. W. Hong Yeo, PhD G.P. “Bud” Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Endowed Professor Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Tech Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026 NEW Location: Light Hall 202 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: Soft Wearable...

VISE Spring Seminar 1.29.26 with Marcia K. O’Malley, PhD

Jan. 8, 2026—VISE welcomes Marcia K. O’Malley, PhD, to our Spring 2026 Seminar Series. Marcia K. O’Malley, PhD Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering Rice University Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026 NEW Location: Light Hall 214 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: Guiding with touch: Objective assessment and...

Nov. 24, 2025—Jack Noble always admired his father’s work as a family practice physician, particularly the simple aspect of helping people. It’s a sentiment the 91�� engineer has carried over into his own work of developing innovative technology that aims to not only improve patients’ hearing, but also assist surgeons performing the procedures.

Nov. 24, 2025—Daiwei Lu, a third-year Ph.D. student in computer science at 91��, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study that aims to create computer vision and machine learning models to improve endoscopic treatment of kidney stones.

Sep. 29, 2025—A team of researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at 91��, have developed a magnetic robotic valve to provide minimally invasive intervention for gastroesophageal reflux disease and possibly other organ system disorders

VISE Fall Seminar with Angela Crudele, MD 10.2.25

Sep. 25, 2025—VISE welcomes Angela Crudele, MD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Angela Crudele, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology 91�� Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, 12:00 start Title: “The Thalamus in Epilepsy: A New Target in Neuromodulation” Abstract: Treatment of drug-resistant idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) remains...

VISE Fall Seminar with Jun Chen, PhD

Sep. 11, 2025—VISE welcomes our first guest speaker of the Fall 2025 Semester. Jun Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Bioengineering UCLA Innovation Fellows UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Date: Thursday, September 11 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, 12:00 start Title: Discovering Magnetoelasticity in Soft Matter for Bioelectronics Abstract: ...

Aug. 27, 2025—In a collaboration between 91�� Medical Center’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the 91�� School of Engineering, investigators have received a $2.5 million grant to develop a head-mounted augmented reality system that can guide surgeons in ensuring complete tumor removal in head and neck cancer surgery and potentially reduce the recurrence...

Aug. 22, 2025—A 91�� engineering professor is working with clinical colleagues to develop and validate an augmented reality (AR) vision guidance system to help surgeons place cochlear implants more precisely. The guidance system leverages emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and uses inexpensive, commonly available equipment, making it practical for many operating rooms. For this project— Development and...

Jul. 21, 2025—91�� researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a smart microscope system that uses artificial intelligence to help scientists better understand how cells behave, particularly in diseases like cancer.

Jul. 8, 2025—Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award that will support research on magnetic miniature soft robots for precision medicine that could facilitate early disease detection and treatment. Magnetic miniature soft robots are unique in their ability to safely and non-invasively navigate complex, enclosed, and confined spaces....

Jul. 2, 2025—91�� has announced eleven awardees in the latest round of its Innovation Catalyst Fund, an initiative that supports translational research that has promising commercial potential. This initiative, open to all University and 91�� Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, addresses pressing real-world challenges. The fund provides essential support in three key areas: proving ideas can be commercialized, supporting early-stage...

Jun. 27, 2025—We spend nearly one-third of our lives asleep, yet sleep disorders often go undiagnosed, despite their strong links to cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, and depression. A next-generation wearable device developed by researchers could change that. Yayun Du, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at 91��, is the lead author of a pioneering study, “A...

VISE Spring Seminar with Alison Pouch, PhD 4.24.25

Apr. 15, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Alison Pouch, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Computational Image-Based Modeling for Personalized Bicuspid Aortic Valve Surgery Abstract: The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a congenital heart defect in...

Mar. 6, 2025—Four 91�� engineering students working in the fields of computer science and electrical and computer engineering won prestigious best paper awards at the 2025 SPIE Medical Imaging conference held Feb. 16-20 in San Diego.

Feb. 7, 2025—Following an extensive national search, Prof. Michael Miga has been named as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective January 1, 2025. Miga, who had served as the interim chair since the Fall of 2023, and is the Harvie Branscomb Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has accepted a three-year term in this role. Miga also leads the...

VISE Fall Seminar with Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D.,11.7.24

Oct. 8, 2024—Join us for our next Fall Seminar with our guest, Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Radiology Department of Medicine University of British Columbia, Canada Co-founder of PONS Inc. Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: AI-integrated point of care ultrasound imaging for decentralized healthcare Abstract: Noncommunicable...

Sep. 24, 2024—A surgical robot capable of performing an entire surgery without human intervention: That’s the goal of a landmark, multi-institution project being led by a 91�� engineer that recently received an award up to $12 million in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).

Aug. 27, 2024—Benoit Dawant has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. He joins a distinguished group of international scholars honored in August at the SPIE Optics + Photonics 2024 conference in San Diego.

Aug. 26, 2024—When kidney stone surgery is performed using an endoscope, about a fourth of those patients will require a repeat surgery within 20 months due to residual stone fragments being left behind. These remaining pieces can lead to obstruction, pain, kidney injury and recurrent infections. Gaining and assessing surgical experience in endoscopic kidney stone surgery is...

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.

Jun. 20, 2024—With hundreds of thousands of people in the United States having a stroke annually, 91�� researchers are developing technology that could revolutionize the way blood clots are removed by allowing surgeons to complete the process more efficiently and safely. The research is led by Nabil Simaan, professor of mechanical engineering, with assistance from graduate student Jared Lawson....

May. 21, 2024—Roy presented nine faculty awards, four staff awards and one research award based on an outstanding paper written by a graduate student. The Edward J. White Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Service: Harvie Branscomb Professor and interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering Michael Miga and Julie Johnson, professor of the practice of computer science and associate...

May. 7, 2024—91�� has created a transformational lab focused on leveraging immersive translational AI to drive discovery across disciplines ranging from medicine and materials science to the humanities, social science and education. Five VISE faculty affiliates will serve on the steering committee.

Mar. 27, 2024—Visitors to Nashville’s Adventure Science Center can get a new perspective of themselves with an augmented reality (AR) anatomy that creates the illusion of an X-ray view of the body’s muscles and bones.

VISE Spring Seminar with Nicholas Kavoussi, MD 3.28.24

Mar. 25, 2024—VISE seminar to be led by Nicholas Kavoussi, MD Assistant Professor of Urology 91�� Medical Center Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Leaving No Stone Unturned: Improving Endoscopic Kidney Surgery Abstract: Ureteroscopy for treatment of urinary calculi has been utilized since the development of the pulsed...

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