Career Conversations: Q & A With Biomedical Engineer Elizabeth Wayne
Courtesy of Dr. Elizabeth Wayne.
“It’s so fun to try to make meaning from a confusing experimental result and talk to other scientists who are excited by the same questions you are,” says Elizabeth Wayne, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We talked to Dr. Wayne about her career trajectory, research on immune cells, and belief that scientists can change the world.
Q: How did you first become interested in science?
A: I was introduced to atoms during 6th grade science class. The idea that we’re ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 19, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cellular Imaging Profiles Source Type: blogs
Nanorobots Release Reactive Oxygen Species to Kill Fungal Biofilms
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanorobots that can travel to the site of a fungal infection under the influence of an external magnetic field, bind to the fungal cells, and then release reactive oxygen species to completely destroy the fungus. The tiny particles are an example of catalytic nanoparticles, which the researchers have dubbed ‘nanozymes’. Made using iron oxide, they are maneuverable under the influence of magnet fields, allowing the researchers to localize them in a specific part of the body. In tests so far, the nanorobots have been shown to destroy fungal biofilms, which are ...
Source: Medgadget - June 19, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine nanozymes upenn Source Type: blogs
Investigating Bacteria ’ s CRISPR Defense System to Improve Human Health
Credit: Adrian Sanchez Gonzales.
The earliest Andrew Santiago-Frangos, Ph.D., remembers being interested in science was when he was about 8 years old. He was home sick and became engrossed in a children’s book that explained how some bacteria and viruses cause illness. To this day, his curiosity about bacteria persists, and he’s making discoveries about CRISPR—a system that helps bacteria defend against viruses—as a postdoctoral researcher and NIGMS-funded Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) scholar at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman.
Becoming a Biologist...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 31, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Bacteria Cellular Processes COVID-19 DNA Profiles Source Type: blogs
Podcast Episode Recommendation: The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health with Mark Cuban and GoodRx Co-Founder Doug Hirsch
The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania (you know, the Colonial-era Ivy League school which has a massive endowment due to the fact that the school began when Pennsylvania was still a colony back in 1740) has a health podcast. Those not in-the-know sometimes mistake University of Pennsylvania for Pennsylvania State University, which is the Keystone State ' s massive public university), so allow me set the record straight on that. The University of Pennsylvania ' s business school known as The Wharton School which is regularly ranked among the best business schools in the country and it has a price-tag to match, al...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 27, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 GoodRx mark cuban Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company podcast episode recommendations The Pulse Wharton Wharton Digital Health Wharton School Source Type: blogs
Podcast Episode Recommendations: The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health with Mark Cuban and GoodRx Co-Founder Doug Hirsch
The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania (you know, the Colonial-era Ivy League school which has a massive endowment due to the fact that the school began when Pennsylvania was still a colony back in 1740) has a health podcast. Those not in-the-know sometimes mistake University of Pennsylvania for Pennsylvania State University, which is the Keystone State ' s massive public university), so allow me set the record straight on that. The University of Pennsylvania ' s business school known as The Wharton School which is regularly ranked among the best business schools in the country and it has a price-tag to match, al...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 27, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 GoodRx mark cuban Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company podcast episode recommendations The Pulse Wharton Wharton Digital Health Wharton School Source Type: blogs
Bounded Extraterritoriality
Ruth Mason (University of Virginia), Michael S. Knoll (University of Pennsylvania), Bounded Extraterritoriality, Virginia Pub. L.& Legal Theory Paper No. 2023-20 (2023): Politics in the United States is ever more divided, stymying federal legislation. States have responded to this... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 29, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
After 504: Training the Citizen-Enforcers of Disability Rights
Karen Tani (University of Pennsylvania), After 504: Training the Citizen-Enforcers of Disability Rights, Disability Stud. Q. (Forthcoming): This draft article, forthcoming in the Disability Studies Quarterly, chronicles and analyzes an underexplored episode in the history of civil rights law and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 14, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
What Would John Henry Rauch Do Today As A HIT Entrepreneur?
BY MIKE MAGEE
Health entrepreneurs today tend to give themselves very high grades, and seem surprised when their creations fall short of expectations due to a disconnect with funders or regulators with legal authority. But Medicine isn’t fair, and genius is not that common.
What other conclusion can you draw from the thousands of references and citations featuring Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush and his wild ideas on how to heroically treat Yellow Fever in 1793, but likely never heard of Dr. John Henry Rauch. The former signed the Declaration of Independence but directly or indirectly contributed to many an un...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech Benjamin Rush John Henry Rauch Mike Magee public health sanitation Source Type: blogs
MedEd in an AI Era
BY KIM BELLARD
I’ve been thinking a lot about medical education lately, for two unrelated reasons. The first is the kerfuffle between US News and World Report and some of the nation’s top – or, at least, best known – medical schools over the USN&WR medical school rankings. The second is an announcement by the University of Texas at Austin that it is planning to offer an online Masters program in Artificial Intelligence.
As the old mathematician joke goes, the connection is obvious, right? OK, it may need a little explaining.
USN&WR has made an industry out of its rankings, including for col...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: The Business of Health Care Harvard Medical School health in ai Kim Bellard medical schools Source Type: blogs
The Disability Frame
Jasmine Harris (University of Pennsylvania), Karen Tani (University of Pennsylvania), The Disability Frame, 170 U. Pa. L. Rev. 7, U. Pa. L. Sch. Pub. L. Res. Paper 22-44 (2022): This essay is the Foreword to the 2022 University of Pennsylvania... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Disability Cost Narrative: A Roundtable Discussion (Transcript)
Discussion (Transcript), 170 U. Pa. L. Rev. (2022): The dominance of “cost narratives” in disability law and discourse... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Disability Benefits as Poverty Law: Revisiting the'Disabled State '
Karen Tani (University of Pennsylvania), Disability Benefits as Poverty Law: Revisiting the ' Disabled State ' , 170 U. Pa. L. Rev. 7 (2022): This essay, a contribution to " The Disability Frame " symposium, uses the history of a famous and influential disability benefits... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 15th October, 2022.
This article uses the one that divides providers into groups depending on the life cycle stage the clinic is at the given moment. According to this classification, medical providers fall into three groups:BeginnersGrowing clinicsWell-established providersHealth care providers are business entities, so their life cycle, like that of any business, consists of the early stage or launch, growth and maturity. At each stage, providers have different priorities and goals, and the choice of medical software solutions should be made accordingly.Medical software for beginnersThe launch phase can be tough. At this stage, the profits ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 8th October, 2022.
This report aligns with the reality that healthcare organizations are facing in terms of the effects to patient safety, " said Anahi Santiago, chief information security officer at Delaware-based ChristianaCare.She and other healthcare cybersecurity leaders spoke withHealthcare IT News about the connection between cyber hygiene and patient safety and how to prepare for healthcare cyber attacks. -----https://ehrintelligence.com/news/meaningful-use-ehrs-may-be-key-to-improved-quality-of-care‘Meaningful Use’ EHRs May Be Key to Improved Quality of CareHospitals that meet the “Meaningful Use” EHR requirements were ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
What Does It Mean To Be Human?
By MIKE MAGEE
“These are unprecedented times.”
This is a common refrain these days, from any citizen concerned about the American experiment’s democratic ideals.
Things like – welcoming shores, no one is above the law, stay out of people’s bedrooms, separation of church and state, play by the rules, fake news is just plain lying, don’t fall for the con job, stand up to bullies, treat everyone with the dignity they deserve, love one another, take reasonable risks, extend a helping hand, try to make your world a little bit better each day.
But I’ve been thinking, are we on a downward spiral rea...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Physicians Uncategorized AIDS C. Everett Koop HIV/AIDS Humanity Mike Magee Source Type: blogs
