CIMIT Consortium Institution: Boston University

Consortium Institution: Boston University

Boston University’s excellence in biomedical engineering has made it invaluable for furthering CIMIT’s efforts in medical device development and engineering in medical environments. BU joined CIMIT’s consortium in 2006, and in 2007, BU and CIMIT started a graduate student engineering fellowship program, which offers multi-year support for graduate engineering students to work in highly innovative yet classically under-funded areas of healthcare research.

Recent CIMIT-Funded Projects Awarded to Boston University Investigators

YEAR	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	PROJECT TITLE	PROGRAM AREA
2011	Saukkonen, Jussi	Low-Cost, Low Maintenance Mechanical Ventilator for Developing World or Mass Casualty	Inhalation Technology
2011	Saukkonen, Jussi	Development of an interactive, clinical algorithm-driven interoperable smart ventilator.	Inhalation Technology / Integrated Clinical Environment
2010	Bigio, Irving, PhD	Validation of colon cancer screening by optical sensing of field effect in rectal mucosa	Optical Diagnostics
2010	Mazumder, Malay, PhD	Electrostatic dry powder inhaler for constant dose respiratory drug delivery	Inhalation Technology
2009	Bergethon, Peter, PhD	Multi-Optode Probe for Evaluation of Diabetic Neuropathy	Neurotechnology
2009	Denis, Gerald, PhD	Ultrasound-directed Delivery of Cancer Chemotherapeutic Drugs	Image Guided Therapy
2008	Klapperich, Catherine, MD	Integrated Microfluidic Platform for Detection and Diagnosis of Avian Influenza	Global Health Initiative
2009	Klapperich, Catherine, PhD	A Microfluidic System for Monitoring Sepsis at the Point of Care	Biodetection & Sepsis Control
2008	Horenstein, Mark, PhD	Transdermal Injection of Nano Particles via Electrospray and Pulsed-Field Assist	Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
2008	Mertz, Jerome, PhD	Hybrid-Illumination Fluorescence Macroscopy with Out-of-Focus Blur Rejection	Optical Diagnostics

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CIMIT RESPONSIBILITIES
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CIMIT RESPONSIBILITIES
Site Miner, Boston University Medical Campus and Boston Medical Center

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