Marcella Woods

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Box 1631, Station B
Nashville, TN 37235

Office: (615) 343-1645

Email: marcella.c.woods@vanderbilt.edu

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   Education:

  • August 1997 to present: Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; GPA: 3.94/4.0
  • August 1993 to May 1997: Bachelor of Science with Honors in Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University; GPA: 3.61/4.0

   Honors and Activities:

  • Best Poster Award at Third Tennessee Conference on Biomedical Engineering - 2000 Cardiovascular Training Grant Recipient - 1999
  • IBM Fellowship Award - 1997 to present
  • All-American Scholar Collegiate Award - 1997
  • Alpha Eta Mu Beta, Biomedical Engineering Honor Society - 1996 to 1997
  • Dean's List, seven semesters - 1993 to 1997
  • M. H. Rykoski Scholarship - 1994 to 1996
  • $5000 Ten for the Future Scholarship - 1993
  • Biomedical Engineering Society, Secretary
  • Society of Women Engineers, Secretary

   Manuscripts:

  • Roth, B.J. and M.C. Woods (1999). "The Magnetic Field Associated with a Plane Wave Front Propagating Through Cardiac Tissue." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 46(11): 1288-1292.
  • Woods, M.C. (1997). "Action Potential Repolarization in a Computer Model of Ventricular Cells." Unpublished Honors thesis, Tulane University.

   Conference Presentations:

  • Woods, M.C. and J.P. Wikswo (2000). "Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of External Electrical Shocks on Rabbit Myocardium." Poster Presentation, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting.
  • Woods, M.C. and J.P Wikswo (2000). " Quantitative Analysis of Cardiac Optical Mapping." Poster Presentation, Third Tennessee Conference on Biomedical Engineering.
  • Pitruzzello, A.M., M.C. Woods, J.P. Wikswo, and S.F. Lin (1999). "Differences in Cardiac Activation Times for Endocardium and Epicardium in Response to External Electric Shock." Oral Presentation, First Joint BMES/EMBS Conference.
  • Woods, M.C., A.M. Pitruzzello, S.F. Lin, and J.P. Wikswo (1999). "Effects of Field Stimulation on Rabbit Endocardium." Poster Presentation, Second Tennessee Conference on Biomedical Engineering.
  • Woods, M.C. (1998). "Extracellular Potential of a Meandering Spiral Wave."Poster presentation, Biomedical Engineering Society Fall Meeting.

   Work Experience:

  • August 1998 to present Research Assistant for Dr. J. P. Wikswo, Jr. Department of Living State Physics, Vanderbilt University
    Duties: Cardiac electrophysiology experimentation with excised rabbit hearts. Examine effects of field stimulation on rabbit endocardium and epicardium using isolated right ventricle preparation by utilizing optical techniques.
  • July 1997 to August 1998 Research Assistant for Dr. Bradley J. Roth Department of Living State Physics, Vanderbilt University
    Duties: Computational modeling of cardiac tissue using the two-dimensional bidomain model with FitzHugh-Nagumo membrane kinetics. Examined magnetic fields associated with plane wave front propagation and ECG signals of spiral waves.
  • May 1996 to May 1997, May 1995 to August 1995 Student Researcher for Dr. Andrew E. Pollard Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
    Duties: : Studied action potential repolarization in a computer model of ventricular cells and assisted in experimental procedures examining diastolic threshold in rabbit myocardium.

   Teaching Experience:

  • August 1995 to December 1995 Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University Duties: Assisted students with Mathematica, TurboCad, and HTML; graded homework assignments and projects; loaded software and configured Apple Macintosh PowerBooks.

   Relevant Computer Experience

  • Computer Languages
    • C, FORTRAN, HTML, Assembly Language
  • Computer Systems
    • IBM RS/6000(UNIX), Sun Workstations, Apple Macintosh, IBM personal computers
  • Software
    • MATLAB, Mathematica, LabView, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, TurboCAD

   Relevant Coursework

  • Cardiac Electrophysiology, Electrophysiology, Image Processing, Image Registration, Medical Imaging, Laser-Tissue Interaction, Signal Measurement and Analysis, Physiology, Excitable Membranes, Mathematical Models in Biology, Medical Science for Engineers, Biostatistics, Biomaterials

   References

  • Dr. John P. Wikswo, Jr. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN 37235
  • Dr. Bradley J. Roth, Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309
  • Dr. Andrew E. Pollard, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
  • Dr. Natalia A. Trayanova, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118


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