Medicine

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,… Read More

Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received the inaugural Innovator of the Year Award from the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation in recognition of his achievements in developing and commercializing a magnetic, flexible colonoscopy… Read More

Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University have been diligently working on the creation of an incredibly flexible yet robust robot designed to traverse the intricate landscape of the lung. Their latest achievement, detailed in a recent publication in Science Robotics, showcases the robot’s autonomous capabilities in maneuvering from “Point… Read More

VISE Fall Seminar with Shuo Li, PhD Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: AI-in-imaging: Unlocking the Full Potential of Medical Imaging Abstract: Based on advanced machine… Read More

VISE Fall Seminar featuring the 2023 VISE Summer Fellows Date: August 24, 2023 Time: 11:45 am Lunch, Noon start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Rohan Rashingkar, computer science major, BIEN Lab Research project: Deep Learning Classification of Consciousness-Impairing Seizures in Focal Epilepsy Jiayi Kelly Xu, computer science and mathematics… Read More

A multidisciplinary team at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is working to create a real-time navigational system to decrease residual stone fragments left behind after kidney stone surgery. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are part of an alliance supported by the National Science Foundation that seeks to build on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging in Middle Tennessee. Called the Mid-TN AI for Interdisciplinary Imaging Interpretation Alliance (AI4A), it is comprised of the School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University… Read More

A team of Vanderbilt engineers are working to breach the critical barrier to timely clinical intervention of blindness in preterm infants. One of the major causes of childhood blindness is a rapidly growing retinal vascular disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). “Clinical intervention options for ROP exist, but our limited… Read More

A medical device company co-founded by a Vanderbilt engineering professor recently announced the completion of a successful first-in-human clinical study using its innovative technology that radically improves minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at… Read More

Robert Webster, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at Vanderbilt University, is part of a collaborative team that has received a more than $2.3 million grant to further develop technology that seeks to prevent patients from having invasive colectomies by using steerable… Read More