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BY FOSTERING early-stage collaborations between University of Wisconsin biomedical engineering researchers and practicing physicians, a new initiative will enable researchers to deliver their advances more quickly to the patients who need them.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is one of only nine departments to receive a Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Award in Biomedical Engineering. Through its award, the Coulter Foundation will form a working partnership with the department to promote, develop and support translational research via a number of initiatives, including funding promising research projects, increasing and supporting effective collaborations between biomedical engineers and clinicians, and developing and supporting sustainable methods for moving promising technologies into clinical application.
The Coulter Translational Partnership in Biomedical Engineering fosters early-stage collaborations between University of Wisconsin biomedical engineering researchers and practicing physicians.
Patents issued from Coulter Translational Research may be available for licensing from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
Wallace H. Coulter Research Grant Program
Translational Research Projects Funded in 2009
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Sean Fain, BME and Medical Physics; Josh Medow, Neurosurgery; and Krishna Kurpad, Radiology; “Targeted, Accelerated MR Spectroscopic Imaging for Treatment Planning to Maximize Neural Function in Stroke Patients.”
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Charles Mistretta, BME and Medical Physics; Patrick Turski, Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery; Walter Block, BME, Radiology and Medical Physics; and Yijing Wu, Medical Physics; “HYPRFLOW Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA).”
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Patricia Keely, BME and Clinical Pharmacology; Andreas Friedl, Pathology; David Beebe, BME; and Kevin Elicieri, Molecular Biology; “Nonlinear Optical Histopathology for Clinical Use.”
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Dave Beebe, BME; Doug McNeel, Medicine; Amye Tevaarwerk, Medicine; Mark Burkhard, Medicine; and Gleen Liu, Medicine; “Clinical Assays for Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis.”
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Bill Murphy, BME; Richard Illgen, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Matthew Squire, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Ben Graf, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; and Mark Merkel, Veterinary Medicine; “Orthopedic Implant Surfaces for Enhanced Healing.”
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Justin Williams, BME; Vivek Prabhakaran, Radiology; Mitch Tyler, BME; Justin Sattin, Neurology; and Dorothy Edwards, Occupational Therapy/Kinesiology; “A Closed Loop Neural Activity Triggered Stroke Rehabilitation Device.”
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Hongrui Jiang, BME and ECE; Jon Gould, Surgery; Charles Heise, Surgery; and Carter Smith, Surgery; “Development of a Biomimetic Microlens Array for Improved Medical Imaging in Laparoscopy and Endoscopy.”
Translational Research Projects Funded in 2008
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David Beebe, BME, and Carol Diamond, Pediatrics; “Non-electronic, Disposable Drug Delivery Platform for Hemophilia.”
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Walter Block, BME and Medical Physics, and Fred Kelcz, Radiology; “Increased Specificity for MR Screening of High-risk Women for Breast Cancer.”
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Kristyn Masters, BME, and David Stacey, Surgery Research; “Advanced Bioactive Materials for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds.”
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William Murphy, BME, and Ben Graf, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; “Controlled Protein Delivery Technology for Treatment of Ischemic Disease”
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Brenda Ogle, BME, and Luis Fernandez, Transplantation Surgery; “Multi-channel Two-photon Flow Cytometry to Guide Cellular Transplantation.”
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Darin Furgeson, BME and Pharmacy, and Chris Brace, Radiology; “Microwave Thermal Ablation and Tumor Margin Directed Chemotherapy for Cancer Eradication.”
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Justin Williams, BME, and Karl Sillay, Neurosurgery; “Thin-film Micro-electrode Arrays for Minimally Invasive Neurological Monitoring.”
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W. John Kao, BME and Pharmacy, and Paul Sondel, Pediatrics; “Multifunctional Drug Delivery Matrix for Immunotherapy.”
Translational Research Projects Funded in 2007
Translational Research Projects in 2007
BME/MBA Alum Heads Faculty Start-up, Ratio, Inc.
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David Beebe, BME, and Carol Diamond, Pediatrics; “Non-electric, Disposable Drug Delivery Device for Hemophilia.”
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Walter Block, BME, and Amish Raval, Radiology; “MRI-guided Endomyocardial Injection Catheter.”
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Kristyn Masters, BME; Roham Moftakhar, Neurosurgery; and Wendy Crone, BME and Engineering Physics; “Enhanced Delivery of Liquid Embolic Agents for Aneurysm Occlusion.”
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Kristyn Masters, BME, and Takushi Kohmoto, Cardiothoracic Surgery; “Bioactive Polyurethane-Based Materials for Vascular Applications.”
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William Murphy, BME, and Amish Raval, Interventional Cardiology; “Controlled Protein Delivery Technology for Treatment of Ischemic Disease.”
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Brenda Ogle, BME; Luis Fernandez, Transplantation Surgery; Kevin Elicieri, LOCI; and Matthew Hanson, Islet Cell Core facility; “Multichannel Multiphoton Flow Cytometry for the Characterization of Pancreatic Islets.”
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Ray Vanderby, BME and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Lee Kaplan, BME and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; and Patricia J. Keely, BME and Pharmacology; “Acoustoelastic Analysis of Ultrasound Waves to Determine In Vivo Tissue Strains and Material Properties: Technology Transfer to Medical Imaging Systems.”
Translational Research Projects Funded in 2006
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David Beebe, BME, and Carol Diamond, Pediatrics; “Non-electric, Disposable Drug Delivery Device for Hemophilia.”
See “Medicine, hand-delivered.”
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Kristyn Masters, BME, and Roham Moftakhar, Neurological Surgery; “Bioactive Spherical Aneurism Occlusion Device.”
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Ray Vanderby, BME, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; and Lee Kaplan, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; “Acoustoelastic Analysis of Ultrasound Waves to Determine In Vivo Tissue Strains and Material Properties.”
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Walter Block, BME and Medical Physics, and Rick Kijowski, Radiology; “Rapid 3D MRI Cartilage Assessment,”
See “Fast, efficient MR imaging.”
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William Murphy, BME, and Ben Graf, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; “Biologically Active Coatings on Bioresorbable Orthopedic Implants.”