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Announcements

Michelle Nutescu Undergraduate Michelle Nutescu to Present at 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference

Pre-Med BMED senior Michelle Nutescu will be giving a first author, platform presentation on her research at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2024 National Conference.

Jen Hurley and Liz Blaber Liz Blaber and Jennifer Hurley awarded a Department of Energy Grant

Dr. Xavier Intes Xavier Intes Named the J. Erik Jonsson '22 Distinguished Professor

Dr. Xavier Intes has been named the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An endowed chaired professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member. 

 

BME Data Science New Masters in Biomedical Data Science Approved

The department will offer a new Masters degree on Biomedical Data Science starting this fall. Since this is a new degree program, the institute has extended the application period to March 15, 2024. 

Applications to the program can be submitted here:

https://admissions.rpi.edu/graduate/masters-and-phd-applicants

A brief description of this program is given below:

Condell Eastmond Condell Eastmond named GEM Associate Fellow

Condell Eastmond, a doctoral student in Dr. Xavier Intes’s Functional & Molecular Optical Imaging Lab, has been named a GEM Associate Fellow: https://www.gemfellowship.org/gem-fellowship-program/

BME News Image Congratulations to all Graduates!

The department congratulates the graduates of the class of 2024 who received their degrees during commencement on Saturday, May 18. We were pleased to honor the graduates at the departmental graduation luncheon on Friday, May 17.

Rukmani Cahill Student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

The NSF Graduate Research Fell

Andrés Muñoz-Rojas Andrés Muñoz-Rojas Joins BME Department

Dr. Andrés Muñoz-Rojas will be joining our department as an assistant professor this summer.

Andrés received his BS in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Yale. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Immunology, where he studies the role of regulatory T cells in regulating tissue homeostasis and repair.