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VISE researchers’ novel AI-driven technology aims to revolutionize cochlear implantation
Nov. 24, 2025—Jack Noble always admired his father’s work as a family practice physician, particularly the simple aspect of helping people. It’s a sentiment the Vanderbilt engineer has carried over into his own work of developing innovative technology that aims to not only improve patients’ hearing, but also assist surgeons performing the procedures.
VISE affiliate Daiwei Lu receives grant from National Institutes of Health to create models that improve treatment of kidney stones
Nov. 24, 2025—Daiwei Lu, a third-year Ph.D. student in computer science at Vanderbilt, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study that aims to create computer vision and machine learning models to improve endoscopic treatment of kidney stones.
VISE Fall Seminar with Daniel Gonzales, PhD
Nov. 4, 2025—VISE welcomes Daniel Gonzales, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Daniel Gonzales, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Talk Title: Flexible brain implants for stable recordings across species Abstract: Neurophysiological recordings have traditionally relied on rigid substrates such as silicon, steel, and tungsten....
VISE Fall Seminar with Hao Li, PhD
Oct. 30, 2025—VISE welcomes Hao Li, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Hao Li, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: From Data-driven to Data-centric Medical Image Segmentation Abstract: Recent advances in deep learning have significantly advanced medical image segmentation, evolving from...
VISE Fall Seminar with James Duncan, PhD
Oct. 6, 2025—VISE welcomes James Duncan, PhD, to our Fall Seminar Series. James S. Duncan, PhD Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Statistics & Data Science Yale University Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch,12:00 start Title: Neuroimage Analysis in Autism: from Model-Based Estimation...
VISE affiliate Xiaoguang Dong leads development of novel robotic valve to address acid reflux, other organ system disorders
Sep. 29, 2025—A team of researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University, have developed a magnetic robotic valve to provide minimally invasive intervention for gastroesophageal reflux disease and possibly other organ system disorders
Global CDMO Nissha Medical Technologies to Partner with Vanderbilt and Relocate Engineering & Innovation Center of Excellence to Nashville, TN
Sep. 25, 2025—Nissha Medical Technologies (NMT), the medical devices business unit for Japan’s Nissha Co. Ltd, has officially broken ground on renovations to an existing building on Vanderbilt University’s main campus for its new Engineering & Innovation Center of Excellence (CoE). Renovations are scheduled for completion in mid-March 2026, with an open house planned for summer 2026
VISE Fall Seminar with Angela Crudele, MD 10.2.25
Sep. 25, 2025—VISE welcomes Angela Crudele, MD, to our Fall Seminar Series. Angela Crudele, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, 12:00 start Title: “The Thalamus in Epilepsy: A New Target in Neuromodulation” Abstract: Treatment of drug-resistant idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) remains...
VISE Fall Seminar with Jun Chen, PhD
Sep. 11, 2025—VISE welcomes our first guest speaker of the Fall 2025 Semester. Jun Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Bioengineering UCLA Innovation Fellows UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Date: Thursday, September 11 Location: SVC 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, 12:00 start Title: Discovering Magnetoelasticity in Soft Matter for Bioelectronics Abstract: ...
VISE affiliates recieve grant to support development of head-mounted augmented reality system to guide tumor resection
Aug. 27, 2025—In a collaboration between Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, investigators have received a $2.5 million grant to develop a head-mounted augmented reality system that can guide surgeons in ensuring complete tumor removal in head and neck cancer surgery and potentially reduce the recurrence...
VISE affiliate Jack Noble receives $3.1 million NIH grant to develop an augmented reality surgery system for precision cochlear implant procedures
Aug. 22, 2025—A Vanderbilt engineering professor is working with clinical colleagues to develop and validate an augmented reality (AR) vision guidance system to help surgeons place cochlear implants more precisely. The guidance system leverages emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and uses inexpensive, commonly available equipment, making it practical for many operating rooms. For this project— Development and...
Researchers including VISE affiliate Yuankai Huo receive $1.2 million NSF grant to develop smart microscope system
Jul. 21, 2025—Vanderbilt researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a smart microscope system that uses artificial intelligence to help scientists better understand how cells behave, particularly in diseases like cancer.
VISE affiliate Xiaoguang Dong receives NSF CAREER Award for research advancing magnetic miniature soft robots in precision medicine
Jul. 8, 2025—Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award that will support research on magnetic miniature soft robots for precision medicine that could facilitate early disease detection and treatment. Magnetic miniature soft robots are unique in their ability to safely and non-invasively navigate complex, enclosed, and confined spaces....
Two VISE affiliates awarded Innovation Catalyst Fund
Jul. 2, 2025—Vanderbilt has announced eleven awardees in the latest round of its Innovation Catalyst Fund, an initiative that supports translational research that has promising commercial potential. This initiative, open to all University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, addresses pressing real-world challenges. The fund provides essential support in three key areas: proving ideas can be commercialized, supporting early-stage...
VISE affiliate Yayun Du aims to improve detection of sleep disorders with AI-enhanced wearable sleep monitoring device
Jun. 27, 2025—We spend nearly one-third of our lives asleep, yet sleep disorders often go undiagnosed, despite their strong links to cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, and depression. A next-generation wearable device developed by researchers could change that. Yayun Du, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, is the lead author of a pioneering study, “A...
VISE Summer Seminar with Dimitris Metaxas, PhD 6.12.25
Jun. 11, 2025—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Dimitris Metaxas, PhD Board of Governors and Distinguished Professor in the Computer and Information Sciences Department Rutgers University Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 PLEASE NOTE THE UNUSUAL TIME: 12:45 pm for lunch; 1:00 pm start Title: Explainability, Generation, Physics and Dynamics in ML for Biomedical...
Two VISE Faculty Recognized Among 11 Awardees of 2025 Chancellor Faculty Fellows Program
May. 1, 2025—Eleven outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2025 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise.
VISE Spring Seminar with Alison Pouch, PhD 4.24.25
Apr. 15, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Alison Pouch, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Computational Image-Based Modeling for Personalized Bicuspid Aortic Valve Surgery Abstract: The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a congenital heart defect in...
VISE Spring Seminar with Jon Heiselman, PhD 4.10.25
Apr. 4, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Jon Heiselman, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director, Master of Engineering in Surgery and Intervention Program Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Precision across the Surgical Care Continuum Abstract: In the continuum of surgical care, advances...
VISE Spring Seminar with Yayun Du, PhD
Mar. 10, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Yayun Du, PhD Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Health Monitoring: Wearable and Implantable Bioelectronics for Cardiovascular, Sleep, and Neurological Insights Abstract: Advances in bioelectronic sensors are transforming health monitoring and...
VISE students win esteemed best paper awards at SPIE international medical imaging forum
Mar. 6, 2025—Four Vanderbilt engineering students working in the fields of computer science and electrical and computer engineering won prestigious best paper awards at the 2025 SPIE Medical Imaging conference held Feb. 16-20 in San Diego.
VISE to host screening of ‘Rule Breakers,’ the true story of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team
Mar. 3, 2025—Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is hosting a screening of the upcoming film Rule Breakers, inspired by the true story of an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan that defied politics and tradition to compete in events around the world.
VISE Spring Seminar: Stephen Aylward, PhD 2.27.25
Feb. 7, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Stephen Aylward, PhD Global Developer Relations Manager for Medical Technologies NVIDIA Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Simulation and MONAI: The futures of MedTech Abstract: From the hospital-scale to the molecular-scale, simulations will drive the future medtech AI. This...
Michael Miga named as Chair of Department of Biomedical Engineering
Feb. 7, 2025—Following an extensive national search, Prof. Michael Miga has been named as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective January 1, 2025. Miga, who had served as the interim chair since the Fall of 2023, and is the Harvie Branscomb Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has accepted a three-year term in this role. Miga also leads the...
VISE Seminar: VISE Vision Hosts VISE Alumni Panel
Jan. 30, 2025—This week, our VISE Vision team hosts a VISE Alumni Panel. Our guests include: Sarah Goodale, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow in the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Dept of Neurology, VUMC Vishwesh Nath, PhD Sr. Research Scientist, NVIDIA Philip Swaney, PhD Manager, Licensing and Strategic Initiatives, Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization Vanderbilt University Margaret Rox,...
Virtuoso Surgical earns up to $12M award as part of robotics and AI program
Jan. 21, 2025—Virtuoso Surgical Inc. yesterday announced that it has participated in a multi-institution award from the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program. The up to $12 million award brings together robotics and artificial intelligence experts from many of the top surgical robotics and computer science labs in the U.S.
VISE Seminar with Nanshu Lu, PhD
Jan. 10, 2025—Our first Spring 2025 Seminar will be led by Nanshu Lu Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Wireless E-Tattoos for Mobile and Comprehensive Cardiovascular Monitoring Abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause...
VISE Fall Seminar with Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D.,11.7.24
Oct. 8, 2024—Join us for our next Fall Seminar with our guest, Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Radiology Department of Medicine University of British Columbia, Canada Co-founder of PONS Inc. Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: AI-integrated point of care ultrasound imaging for decentralized healthcare Abstract: Noncommunicable...
Quest to develop fully autonomous surgical robot attracts award up to $12 million from ARPA-H
Sep. 24, 2024—A surgical robot capable of performing an entire surgery without human intervention: That’s the goal of a landmark, multi-institution project being led by a Vanderbilt engineer that recently received an award up to $12 million in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
VISE Fall Seminar with Victoria Morgan, PhD
Sep. 19, 2024—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Neurology and Neurological Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: MRI network neuroplasticity in focal epilepsy: biomarkers and beyond Abstract: Patients...