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Cao takes second prize in the UC Grad Slam final

Mon May 7, 2018
Yiqi Cao, second from right, earns second place in the UC Grad Slam Finals.
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UCSF Graduate Division

Yiqi Cao, third from left, earns second place in the UC Grad Slam Finals. 

Yiqi Cao, a bioengineering PhD candidate, detailed a promising solution she developed for a heart stent that doesn’t trigger scar tissue buildup.

Update from the Dean – March 2018

Thu Mar 1, 2018
Guglielmo
A new PharmD curriculum; Implementing new practice opportunities for pharmacists; PharmD students shine in state and national clinical pharmacy competitions; A pioneer in pharmacogenomics; The NIH streak lives on; Improving adverse event reporting and medication therapy protocols; Big-data to cut drug discovery time; Computational approaches target dopamine receptors; Researchers expose industry manipulation of science by sugar industry; Women in science; Bioengineering devices to treat glaucoma, diabetes, kidney disease; Campus activism on DACA; A helping hand to Puerto Rico, Basic science scholarship for women in developing nations; A decade of science camp; Honors and awards; 2017 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year; 2018 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation; 2018 Byers Award in Basic Science; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators; New faculty; Remembering C.C. Wang; UCSF fundraising campaign; Alumni Weekend 2018.

Wearable device monitors heart failure

Tue Feb 13, 2018
Roy
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Susan Merrell

Shuvo Roy, PhD

A new study published in Circulation: Heart Failure shows how bioengineers are teaming up with clinicians to improve patient outcomes.

Meet BTS Alum Adam Mendelsohn

Mon Aug 14, 2017
Mendelsohn
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© David Dat Nguyen

Adam Mendelsohn, PhD

Adam Mendelsohn, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of Nano Precision Medical, Inc., an Emeryville-based startup company that is developing a rice-grain-sized subdermal implant that delivers medicine at constant rates over time. His company is pursuing a type-2 diabetes application as their lead program; it is meant to replace the need for frequent injections with a very small, long-term implant.

NIH training grant supports device innovation at UCSF

Tue Jun 6, 2017
Roy and Lee

Shuvo Roy, PhD (left), and Hanmin Lee, MD

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has awarded the UCSF Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences (BTS) and the UCSF Department of Surgery a five-ye

Major funding for The Kidney Project from NIBIB Quantum Program

Tue Nov 3, 2015
artificial kidney prototype
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Elisabeth Fall

Bioartificial kidney prototype and components.

The research journey toward building a fully functioning, surgically implantable artificial kidney as an alternative to kidney transplant and dialysis just took another step forward with the announcement of a $6 million grant to The Kidney Project, headquartered at the UCSF School of Pharmacy. The funding comes from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

UCSF team wins $2.7 million for innovative project to reduce premature births

Wed Jan 29, 2014
Roy
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Shuvo Roy, PhD

A research team including co-principal investigators Shuvo Roy, PhD, and Mozziyar Etemadi, PhD, who trained in Roy’s lab, has been awarded a three-year $2.7 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop a remote monitoring and early warning system to reduce premature births.

Feature articles shine spotlight on Kidney Project

Fri Apr 26, 2013
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Shuvo Roy, PhD, with silicon wafer and bioartificial kidney model

The San Francisco Chronicle and the Bay Area News Group, which includes the San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune, have published feature articles this week focused on The Kidney Project, an effort to develop the first implantable bioartificial kidney to treat end-stage renal disease.

Tejal Desai, PhD

Desai
Professor & Chair

I am a bioengineer focusing on micro and nanofabrication techniques to create new devices for drug and cell delivery as well as biomaterials for cell and tissue regeneration. I also chair the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.

Shuvo Roy, PhD

Roy
Professor

I am a bioengineer working on medical device development to address clinical needs by leveraging my background in MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) along with advances in biomaterials, electronics, and nanotechnology to advance health world-wide.

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