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The Women of VISE are hosting a virtual Wikithon focused on women in science, technology, engineering and math the week of Jan. 18 to contribute to and improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on female scientists and researchers. The event is open to the public; it requires…

VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Sarah Bick, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Title #1:  Novel Approaches to Deep Brain Stimulation Speaker #1 Short Bio:  Dr. Sarah Bick joined the Department of Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in August. Read More

For the last eight years, on the second Wednesday in December, poster boards were set up at the crack of dawn in the lobby of Light Hall. Students, postdocs and faculty members would trickle in a few hours later to hang the poster themselves. By afternoon, the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Institute for…

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Otolaryngology Nabil Simaan has been named a top voice in health care robotics by technology discovery platform InsightMonk and market intelligence firm BIS Research.   …

A collaboration between international and ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ researchers is helping to update a tried-and-true medical technology for the 21st century. The development of an intelligent and autonomous Magnetic Flexible Endoscope holds the promise of making colonoscopies safer, less painful, more widely available and less expensive.  …

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and VUMC researchers have created a technique that corrects distortions in MRI images, which helps researchers and radiologists to better interpret brain scans. …

VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Sheila Russo, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Boston University Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title:  Toward Soft Robotic Systems for Advanced Endoscopic Procedures… Read More

 VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title:  Ultrasound-based Brain… Read More

New assistive technologies allowing high-risk neurovascular procedures to be done more widely and easily are being developed by an interdisciplinary team of surgeons and engineers at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Medical Center.

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ researchers have been awarded a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator 2020 Cohort Phase 1 grant to create a standardized platform that will streamline the development, testing and dissemination of technology that can improve human health.