Fellows and Scholars Directory

Below you will find information on the 2008-09 Whitaker Program Fellows [1] and Scholars [2]. To get a more detailed picture of their projects, click on the grantee's name to see an abstract of the individual project.

 For the directory of 2006-07 Whitaker Fellows and Scholars, Click Here [3].

For the directory of 2007-08 Whitaker Fellows and Scholars, Click Here [4].

2008-09 Fellows

The sixteen Whitaker International Fellows are traveling to six countries to undertake biomedical engineering projects during the 2008-09 academic year. Many of them will return to the U.S. after their projects to complete or begin Ph.D. programs in biomedical engineering.

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Ms. Jennifer Boyd [5], North Carolina State University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Oxford
Project Title: Determining Optimal Hip Implant and Surgical Procedure from RSA and Gait Analysis

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Mr. Devin Bridgen [6], Cornell University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, University Hospital Basel
Project Title: Controlled Angiogenesis via Scaffold and VEGF Manipulation in Cellular IVD Substitutes

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Ms. Kristy Cloyd [7], University of Texas Arlington; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Imperial College London
Project Title: Raman Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Real-Time Analysis and Characterization of Living Cells

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Ms. Stephanie Delgado [8], Pennsylvania State University

Host Country, Institution: Australia, Vision Cooperative Research Center at University of New South Wales
Project Title: Development and Optimization of Soft Contact lenses for Corneal Reshaping

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Mr. Daniel Goodman [9], University of California, San Diego

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Cambridge University; University of Edinburgh
Project Title: Development and Integration of High-Throughput Measurement Technologies and Computational Modeling

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Mr. Bryan Haslam [10], Brigham Young University

Host Country, Institution: The Netherlands, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Project Title: Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Phase Miscroscopy of Intracellular Dynamics

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Ms. Priscilla Hwang [11], Duke University

Host Country, Institution: The Netherlands, Eindhoven University of Technology
Project Title: Development of Artificial Nulcleous Pulposus System to Simulate the Inter-Vertebral Disc

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Ms. Gowri Jayaram [12], Northwestern University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Oxford; University College of London
Project Title: Post-Stroke Therapy Selection Using Magnetic Resonance Tractography and Non-Invasive Stimulation

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Ms. Kathleen Koch [13], Yale University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, ETH Zurich - Institute of Biomechanics
Project Title: The Dffect of Estrogen on Mechanical Load-Induced Bone Remodeling

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Ms. Alina Levchuk [14], City College of New York - CUNY

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, ETH Zurich
Project Title: Ultrastructural Assessment of Bone Development Using Synchrotron Radiation Based Nano-CT

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Mr. Brandon Markway [15], Oregon Health&Science University

Host Country, Institution: Australia, University of Queensland
Project Title: Engineering Bioactive Surfaces for Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Maintenance

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Mr. Kunal Mehta [16], University of California, Los Angeles

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Oxford
Project Title: Nanopore Arrays for rapid DNA Sequencing

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Mr. Michael Morley [17], Illinois Institute of Technology

Host Country, Institution: Colombia, Universidad de Los Andes
Project Title: Redesigning Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) for Low-Income Communities

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Ms. Devjani Saha [18], Northwestern University

Host Country, Institution: Italy, Italian Institute of Technology (University of Genoa)
Project Title: The Effect of Feedback Dimensionality on Bimanual Training

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Ms. Jennifer Shum [19], Cornell University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Project Title: Patterned Optical Stimulation of Neuronal Circuits Using Digital Light Processing (DLP) Technology

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Ms. Ashley Wessendorf [20], University of Illinois

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Cambridge University
Project Title: Masters of Philosophy in Bioscience Enterprise

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2008-09 Scholars

The four Whitaker International Scholars are going to three different countries for one to two years during which they will pursue post-doctoral research in biomedical engineering.

Ms. Melissa Gardner [21], University of Minnesota

Host Country, Institution: Germany, Max Planck Institute
Project Title: In Vitro Analysis of Microtubule Length Regulation During Mitosis

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Ms. Grace Li [22], Brown University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, ETH Zurich
Project Title: Engineered Microenvironment with Geometric and Mechanical Constraints to Regulate Stemcell Function

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Mr. Clark Meyer [23], Texas A&M University

Host Country, Institution: France, Institut de Recherche sur les Phenomenes Hors Equilibre; CNRS
Project Title: Thrombus and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Remodeling

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Mrs. Susan Thomas [24], The Johns Hopkins University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Project Title: Developing Anticancer Vaccines Using Lymph Node Targeting Nanoparticles