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Injectable Hydrogel Electrodes for Ventricular Arrhythmias Published in Nature Communications

Exciting news from our research team! Our latest manuscript, now available in Nature Communications, unveils a pioneering development in cardiac care - injectable hydrogel electrodes specifically designed to restore native pacing in ventricular arrhythmias. This breakthrough represents a significant advancement in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.

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January 2024

The ECH lab is growing

Welcome Derek Bashe, Juan Duran, and Dr. Fei Xu to the lab!

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December 2023

Taylor presented her poster at the BME Student Symposium

Taylor presented her work on developing an in vitro decellularized bone marrow model.

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December 2023

Sarah won 1st Place at P&G Poster Competition!

Sarah Jones impressed a panel of P&G Recruiters and Senior Technologist at this year's poster competition.

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November 2023

Phillip and Ashauntee win 2nd Place at the 2023 Freed Family Pitch Competition.

Phillip Baek and Ashauntee Fairley secured funding for their new app BoBo which revolutionizes how we live with roommates. Congrats!

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October 2023

"Equitable hiring strategies towards a diversified faculty" now available in Nature biomedical engineering

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez and the BME UNITE group publish a guide on how to increase diverse of engineering faculty.

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August 2023

Fall 2023 Dissertations and Distillations

We had our largest science communication event yet!

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September 2023

Andrew Robinson gave an excellent presentation at the Biointerfaces Annual Meeting.

Andrew presented his work on engineering heart valves to industry researchers.

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September 2023

Sarah passed her proposal exam!

Sarah Jones successfully passed her proposal exam this summer. Dissertation here we come!

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June 2023

Congratulations Dr. Lan!

Ziyang Lan successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation!

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July 2023

Congratualations Dr. Jenkins!

Dana Jenkins successfully defend her Ph.D. dissertation this summer.

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August 2023

Neha won 3rd place at the GURU undergrad poster competition.

Congrats Neha! April 2023

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April 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez for being selected as a 2023 PMSE fellow

The ACSPMSE fellowship recognizes the great contribution of top-tier PMSE members to the science and engineering of polymeric materials

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February 2023

Dr. Green received the Cockrell DEI grant: Emerging Leaders in Engineering Seminar Series

Congratulation to Dr. Green on his well-deserved grant!

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January 2023

Science News highlighted our Conductive Hydrogel project

A Science communication journalist wrote an article on our injectable conductive hydrogel project: Cosgriff-Hernandez lab in collaboration with the Razavi lab at the Texas Heart Institute have created a "liquid wire" that, when injected into pig hearts, can guide the organs to a normal rhythm

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March 2022

Andrew Robinson received American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to Andrew on winning the AHA Fellowship!

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December 2022

Congratulations Dr. Wancura!

Megan Wancura (Meg) successfully defended their Ph.D. dissertation this summer

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August 2022

Congratulations Dr. Rodriguez-Rivera!

Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation this summer

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August 2022

Maddie Laude concluded her summer work with an excellent poster presentation

Maddie presented her summer research work in the Texas Materials Institute REU poster session

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August 2022

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez starts her term as President of the Society for Biomaterials

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez will serve as President of the Society for Biomaterials during the year 2022-2023

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April 2022

Dana Jenkins received Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship

Dana Jenkins received Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin (July 2022)

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July 2022

Aparajith Kannapiran Received UEPS Award

Undergraduate student Aparajith Kannapiran (Jeetu) received the Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship

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June 2022

Dr. Green elected as DEI chair for the SFB Young Scientist Group

Dr. Green will serve as the DEI chair for the SFB Young Scientist Group for the year 2022 to 2023

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May 2022

Gabriel inducted into EOE program Academic Leaders Hall of Fame

Gabriel was recognized as a devoted student activist by Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program and entered the Academic Leaders Hall of Fame

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May 2022

Arian elected as Secretary/Treasurer-Elect of the SFB National Student Chapter

Arian Veyssi will serve as 2022 SFB secretary/treasurer-elect and fulfill the duty of SFB secretary/treasurer in 2023

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April 2022

Dr. Green won first place in 2022 SFB Postdoctoral Recognition Award (SFB-PRA)

Dr. Green shared his exciting work on developing injectable hydrogel carrier to improve bone marrow transplantation and won first place in 2022 SFB-PRA

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April 2022

SFB 3-minute thesis competition winners: Gabriel and Sarah

Gabriel and Sarah won the second and third places in the SFB 3-minute thesis competition.

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April 2022

Andrew received the 2022 student leader award

Andrew Robinson received the 2022 student leader award for his excellence in academic performance and leadership

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March 2022

Faraday Teaching Award For Megan wancura

Recognized by the UT chemistry department, Megan Wancura received the Faraday Teaching award for the best teacher-student interaction and education passion

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October 2021

Dr. Green in The National Academies Podcast

Dr. Green was invited to share his experience on The Science of Mentoring episode of The National Academies Podcast

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September 2021

Best poster award for Dana

Dana Jenkins awarded best poster at the UT BME Annual Retreat

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August 2021

Research highlights - EP Lab Digest

Our research collaboration with the Texas Heart Institute highlighted on the EP Lab Digest journal

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July 2021

Dr. Mykel Green joined Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez's Lab

Dr. Mykel Green joined the lab from the UT Austin Provost Early Career Fellowship program He will receive support for three years to develop a research and teaching portfolio in the area of health care disparities

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June 2021

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez elected as president of SFB

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was elected 2021-2022 President-elect of the Society for Biomaterials

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April 2021

Introducing Dr. Dhavalikar and Dr. Buie

Prachi Dhavalikar and Taneidra Buie graduated after successfully defending their PhD dissertations this year (2020-2021)

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May 2021

Congratulations to our seniors and new biomedical engineers

Undergraduate students from our lab received their degrees in Biomedical Engineering (right to left): Megan, Jason Shenoi, Christina Waldron, Robnit Kar, Anupryia Jose and Nicholas Ray (not in the photo)

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May 2021

Annika Balakrishnan received UEPS award

Undergraduate student Annika Balakrishnan received the Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship.

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April 2021

Gabriel Josue received the Ford Foundation Dissertation Award

Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Rivera received the Ford Foundation 2021 Dissertation Fellowship. This fellowship is administered by the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

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April 2021

Jason Shenoi received Undergraduate Research Fund

Jason Shenoi received Undergraduate Research Fund to build a Lateral Translation Device for Precise Coil Fabrication of Kink Resistant Vascular Grafts

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April 2021

Dana Jenkins earned her Master Degree in BME

Dana Jenkins earned her Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering.

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January 2021

Gabriel Josue received the Graduate Student Leadership Award

Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Rivera received the Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Student Leadership Award for his work with G.U.M.

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March 2021

Discrimination in Health Research Funding

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez joined a group of biomedical engineers in a commentary that argues that racial funding disparity by the NIH remains a significant barrier to the success of Black biomedical engineers

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February 2021

SFB Student Award for Outstanding Research - Taneidra Buie

Taneidra received the 2021 SFB Student Award for Outstanding Research

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December 2020

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was inducted as Fellows of Biomaterial Science and Engineering (FBSE)

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was inducted as Fellows of Biomaterial Science and Engineering (FBSE) at the World Biomaterials Congress held virtually from Glasgow, Scotland, on December 2020

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December 2020

Prachi Dhavalikar completed her PhD in BME

Prachi Dhavalikar successfully completed her dissertation: Development of PolyHIPE Scaffolds for Improved Bone Regeneration. Cogratulations Dr. Dhavalikar.

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November 2020

Taneidra Buie completed her PhD in BME

Taneidra Buie successfully defended her dissertation: Development of Multifunctional Electrospun Wraps for Bone Healing. Congratuations Dr. Buie

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November 2020

Meg received Faraday Teaching Award for 2020

Meg was awarded for her exemplary performance as an introductory chemistry Teaching Assistant

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October 2020

Taneidra received Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship

Taneidra Buie received Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin

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August 2020

Ale Perez-Nava completed her research experience at Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez Lab

Alejandra Perez-Nava is a visiting scholar from the Michoacana University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo (Mexico). Her research was related to the development of electrospun scaffolds for cardiovascular applications

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August 2020

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez selected for the BMES Class of Fellows 2020

The award is a professional distinction conferred by the BMES Board of Directors to a member that has made significant contributions within the biomedical engineering field and exhibit leadership within the field but also has served within the Society.

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August 2020

Ronit Kar awarded semi-finalist in University Co-op Mitchell Scholarship

Undergraduate Ronit Kar (Papai) placed as semi-finalist in University Co-op Mitchell Scholarship based on electrophysiology research

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May 2020

Anupriya, Nicholas and Christina received UT Scholarships (UEPS)

Three undergraduates students from ECH lab received Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS).

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May 2020

Dana Jenkins and Josh McCune received NSF-GRFP award

We are proud to announce that Ph.D student, Dana Jenkins, and undergraduate, Josh McCune, have been offered the 2020 NSF-GRFP award

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April 2020

Gilbreth Lecturers at the NAE

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was selected to be one of the Gilbreth Lecturers at the National Academy of Engineering's National Meeting on February 13, 2020 at the National Academies Beckman Center

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February 2020

CMBE 2020 Conference Award

Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera won a Graduate Student Travel Award to present his research at the CMBE 2020 Conference at Rio Grande, PR.

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January 2020

BME Fall 2019 Symposium

Our undergraduates students presented their research at the BME Fall Symposium

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December 2019

Pathways Symposium 2016 Award

Taneidra Walker won the first place for graduate student poster competition during the symposium

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November 2016

NSF Louis Stokes Alliance Symposium Award

Taneidra Walker won the first place on the graduate student poster contest at the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium

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March 2017

TAMU NSF Louis Stokes Alliance Fellowship

Taneidra Walker and Stacy Cereceres received the TAMU NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Fellowship

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August 2015

Regenerative Medicine Award

Allison Post won the award for best oral presentation at the 2017 Gulf Coast Consortia on Regenerative Medicine! Taneidra Walker and and Alysha Kishan from our lab also won second and third place.

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April 2017

Pathways Symposium Poster Awards

Taneidra Walker won first place in the graduate student poster competition at the Pathways Annual Symposium

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November 2016

Poster Presentation Award

Taneidra Buie won the 1st place graduate student poster awardee at the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium

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September 2017

Gulf Coast Consortia

Taneindra Buie won 2nd place in the graduate student poster presentation

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October 2017

NSF Research Fellowship

Stacy Cereceres and Taneidra Walker awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

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April 2016

Undergraduate Poster Competition

Michael Talanker, Karim Salhadar, Jennifer Yoon, and Joshua McCune participated in the Spring BME Poster Competition with Michael winning 3rd place.

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May 2018

Undergraduate Poster Competition

Congratulations to Joshua McCune and Anupriya Jose for placing 1st and 3rd at the annual BME poster competition!

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May 2019

Biointerfaces Poster Award

Prachi Dhavalikar wins first place in at the Biointerfaces Poster Session! Congrats Prachi!

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October 2016

SFB Awards

Alysha Kishan, Karli Gold, and Allison Post were awarded first place in the Education Challenge, as well as the People's Choice Award at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting

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April 2017

Presidential Service Award

Alysha Kishan and Allison Post were awarded the Presidential Service Award for our work in teaching Biomaterials to underserved middle school students with Citizen Schools

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June 2017

Dissertation Fellowship

Mike Whitely was awarded the TAMU Dissertation Fellowship (2017-2018). A fellowship awarded by the Texas A&M Office of Graduate and Professional Studies to support students in the final stages of their doctoral program.

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August 2017

Ford Foundation

Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera was awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship in Spring 2018

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February 2018

SFB Award

Alysha Kishan was presented with the Student Award for Outstanding Research, PhD Candidate at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting

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April 2018

Orthopedic Research Society

Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez presented this January at the Orthopedic Research Society Annual Meeting in Austin.

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February 2019

Society for Biomaterials

Our graduate students attended the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition this April

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April 2019

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