The Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering proudly congratulates the five students awarded the 2015 Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowships.
This year’s winners are Alex Loiben (Cosgrove lab), Aaron Chiou (Fischbach-Teschl lab), Yudi Pardo (Luo lab), Thong Cao (King lab), and Jeffrey Mulligan (Adie lab).
The focus of this GAANN program is to train graduate students to conduct research in and teach biomedical engineering that will satisfy the increased demand for biomedical engineers who can make explicit and quantitative connections between phenomenon occurring at different scales and use that information to improve human health. It transcends traditional departmental boundaries and encourages interdisciplinary and multiscale approaches.
Spotlight on Cátia Dombaxe, MSc., a Meinig School doctoral candidate from Luanda, Angola, studies molecular mechanisms associated with spinal cord regeneration, is an entrepreneur, diversity champion, and was recently onboarded as a NatGeo Explorer. Read more about Exploring whether goldfish hold the key to spinal cord injury treatment
Ph.D. student Omary Mzava is developing cell-free nucleic acids assays to diagnose and monitor infectious and immune-related diseases. Read more about From Tanzania to Cornell: A biomedical engineer's journey to bridge gaps in global health
From a research focus to an entrepreneurial mindset, Ph.D. student Jon Albo is developing new technology to revolutionize how experiments are done, enabling better treatment of illness in humans and animals Read more about Revolutionizing Research: A drive for real-world impact results in cutting-edge technology
