Duke-Coulter Projects

We award three to five grants and about $700,000 annually. Since 2006, Duke-Coulter has awarded more than $15 million.

2024-2025

Each project is led by a partnership of biomedical engineers and Duke clinicians.

RNA Editing Platform for Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Aravind Asokan, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Abigail Benkert, PhD, Department of Surgery

BacNav Gene Therapy for Heart Failure: A Preclinical Efficacy Study in Pigs

Nenad Bursac, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Adam Williams, MD, Department of Surgery

Next Gen PEG for mRNA Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccines

Ashutosh Chilkoti, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Michael Hershfield, MD, Department of Medicine

Smita Nair, PhD, Department of Surgery

mHealth Tympanometer – Engineering Design Freeze

Mark Palmeri, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Susan Emmett, MD, Department of Surgery

Precise Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Guidance Using Diffractive Acoustic Tomography

Junjie Yao, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Thuy Le, MD, Department of Medicine

Project Archive

  • RNA Editing Platform for Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Aravind Asokan, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Abigail Benkert, PhD, Department of Surgery

    Selective Degradation of PAX3-FOX01 with Language Model-Derived Guides

    Pranam Chatterjee, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Corinne Linardic, MD, Department of Pediatrics

    Next-Gen PEG for mRNA Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccines

    Ashutosh Chilkoti, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Michael Hershfield, MD, Department of Medicine

    Smita Nair, PhD, Department of Surgery

    Epigenetic Programming of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes to Enhance Durable Anti-Tumor Activity

    Charles Gersbach, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Scott Antonia, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine

    Enhancing Micro-Surgery Workflows via 3D Fourier Light Field Array Microscopy

    Roarke Horstmeyer, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery

    Advancing and Training Duke 4D Intraoperative OCT

    Anthony Kuo, MD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Cynthia Toth, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology

    ElectroGLUE, Upgrading the Specificity, Sensitivity and Stability of Brain-Machine Interfaces

    Michael Tadross, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery

  • Patient-Specific Programming System for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy

    BME Investigator:

    • Warren Grill, PhD, Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, Duke Department of Neurosurgery

    Commercial Translation of Duke 4D Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography

    BME Investigator:

    • Cynthia Toth, MD, Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering (Co-PI)

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Anthony Kuo, MD, Duke Department of Ophthalmology (PI)
    • Lejla Vajzovic, MD, Duke Department of Ophthalmology

    Efficacy and Safety of Novel Intravascular Membrane Oxygenator Catheter Technology in Large Animal Model

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Tobias Straube, MD, Duke Department of Pediatrics

    Ultrasound Enhanced Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

    BME Investigator:

    • Gregg Trahey, PhD, Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Carmelo Milano, MD, Duke Department of Surgery
    • Matthew Hartwig, MD, Duke Department of Surgery
  • Development of a Genetically-Engineered Injectable Drug Depot of Panobinostat for the Treatment of High-Grade Pediatric Brain Tumors through CED

    BME Investigator:

    • Soumen Saha, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    • David Ashley, MBBS, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery

    Novel AAV-circRNA Therapeutics for Myotonic Dystrophy

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Edward Smith, MD, Department of Pediatrics

    Automated Blood Cell Morphology Analysis for Enhanced Diagnostic Insight

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Carolyn Glass, MD, Department of Pathology
    • Jadee Neff, MD, Department of Pathology

    Engineering and Trial of a Device for Tracking Urine and Stool Output

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Anthony Sung, MD, Department of Medicine

    Ultrasound Enhanced Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Carmelo Milano, MD, Department of Surgery
    • Matthew Hartwig, MD, Department of Surgery
  • An Injectable Therapeutic Formulation to Accelerate Bone Fracture Healing

    BME Investigator:

    Shyni Varghese, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    Mark Gage, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery


    Clinical Trial of a Device for Tracking Urine and Stool Output in a Hospital Setting

    BME Investigator:

    Lawrence David, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    Anthony Sung, M.D., Department of Medicine


    Digital Pathology with a Compact Intelligent Microscope

    BME Investigator:

    Roarke Horstmeyer, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Carolyn Glass, M.D., Department of Pathology
    • Jadee Neff, M.D., Department of Pathology

    Multivalent T-Cell Engagers for Targeted Cancer Therapy

    BME Investigator:

    Joseph Bellucci, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    Scott Antonia, M.D., Department of Medicine


    Recombinant Matrix to Improve Autologous Tissue Grafts

    BME Investigators:

    • Bruce Klitzman, Ph.D., departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
    • Stefan Roberts, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    Scott Hollenbeck, M.D., Department of Surgery

  • A High-Throughput Screening Platform for Engineering Next-Generation Gene Therapy Vectors

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Edward Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics

    Determining Fractional Flow Reserve from 2D Angiograms

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Manesh Patel, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Schuyler Jones, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Sreekanth Vemulapalli, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Jane Leopold, M.D., Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Enhanced Lesion Evaluation Catheter for Improving Pulmonary Vein Isolation Therapy

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Tristram Bahnson, M.D., Department of Medicine

    Parallelized 3D Whole-Slide Microscopy for Thick Cytopathology Slides

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Sara Jiang, M.D., Department of Pathology

    Recombinant Matrix to Improve Autologous Tissue Grafts

    BME Investigators:

    • Bruce Klitzman, Ph.D., Department of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
    • Stefan Roberts, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Scott Hollenbeck, M.D., Department of Surgery
  • Determining Fractional Flow Reserve from 2D Angiograms

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Manesh Patel, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Schuyler Jones, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Sreekanth Vemulapalli, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Jane Leopold, M.D., Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Enhanced Lesion Evaluation Catheter for Improving Pulmonary Vein Isolation Therapy

    BME Investigator:

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Tristram Bahnson, M.D., Department of Medicine

    Integrated Radio-Frequency/Shim Head Coil Array for MRI with Inherent Localized B0 Shimming

    BME Investigators:

    • Allen Song, Ph.D., Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Neurobiology
    • Trong-Kha Truong, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Brain Imaging and Analysis Center

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Jeffrey Petrella, M.D., Department of Radiology, Brain Imaging and Analysis Center

    Rapid Credentialing of the Drug Responses and Expression Patterns in Single Cells

    BME Investigator:

    • Benjamin Yellen, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Clinical Investigators:

    • Sandeep Dave, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Kris Wood, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

    3D-Printed Implants with Reservoirs for Sustained Drug Delivery

    BME Investigator:

    • Kenneth Gall, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Clinical Investigator:

    • Thorsten Seyler, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Integrated Radio-Frequency/Shim Head Coil Array for MRI with Inherent Localized B0 Shimming

    BME Investigator:
    Allen Song, Ph.D., Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Neurobiology

    Clinical Investigator:
    Jeffrey Petrella, M.D., Department of Radiology

    Intrapulse Spatial Compounding

    BME Investigator:
    Gregg Trahey, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Anna Lisa Crowley, M.D., Department of Medicine

    Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography for Point of Care

    BME Investigators:
    Adam Wax, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    J. Niklas Ulrich, M.D., Department of Opthalmology, University of North Carolina

    Next-Generation Non-Immunogenic PEG-like Protein Conjugates

    BME Investigator:
    Angus Hucknall, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Michael Hershfield, M.D., Department of Biochemistry

    Rapid Credentialing of the Heterogeneity in Single Cell Drug Responses in B Cell Lymphomas

    BME Investigator:
    Benjamin Yellen, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Clinical Investigator:
    Sandeep Dave, M.D., Department of Medicine

    Surgical Image-Guided Robot Assist Device for Partial Thickness Corneal Transplantation

    BME Investigator:
    Joseph Izatt, Ph.D., Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Opthalmology

    Clinical Investigator:
    Anthony Kuo, M.D., Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Opthalmology

  • High-Throughput Screening of Gene Regulator Elements that Enhance T Cell Immunotherapy

    BME Investigator:
    Charles Gersbach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    John Sampson, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurosurgery

    Next-Generation Non-Immunogenic PEG-like Protein Conjugates

    BME Investigator:
    Angus Hucknall, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Michael Hershfield, M.D., Department of Biochemistry

    Novel Technique for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement

    BME Investigator:
    Dale Bass, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Carrie Muh, M.D., Department of Surgery

    Surgical Image-Guided Robot Assist Device for Partial Thickness Corneal Transplantation

    BME Investigator:
    Joseph Izatt, Ph.D., Department of BME and Opthalmology

    Clinical Investigator:
    Anthony Kuo, M.D., Department of Opthalmology

    Ultrasonic Skin Elasticity Imaging

    BME Investigators:
    Peter Hollender, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Mark Palmeri, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Adela Rambi Cardones, M.D., Department of Dermatology

  • Targeted Gene Editing of Skeletal Muscle Progenitor Cells

    BME Investigator:
    Charles Gersbach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Edward Smith, M.D., Pediatrics

    Novel Technique for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement 

    BME Investigator:
    Dale Bass, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Carrie Muh, M.D., Assistant Professor, Surgery

    Program Portable Ultrasound Device for Staging Liver Fibrosis 

    BME Investigator:
    Peter Hollender, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Mark Palmeri, M.D., Ph.D., Asst Res Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Real-Time, In Vivo, Radiation Dose Monitoring for External Beam Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy 

    BME Investigator:
    Michael Therien, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry

    Clinical Investigator:
    Terry Yoshizumi Ph.D., Professor, Radiology

    A Video Analysis Approach for Early Screening and Clinical Trial Monitoring in Child Mental Health

    BME Investigator:
    Guillermo Sapiro, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.., Professor, Psychiatry

    Novel and Predictive Spinal Cord Stimulation Algorithm for Chronic Pain

    Primary Investigator:
    Nandan Lad, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

    BME Investigator:
    Warren Grill, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

  • Genetic Correction of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with Engineered Nucleases

    BME Investigator:
    Charles Gersbach, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Edward Smith, MD, Pediatrics

    The Synergy of Nanoparticle Technology and Retroject Delivery for the Treatment of  Glaucoma

    BME Investigator:
    Jennifer West, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Molly Walsh, MD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

    Prevention of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    BME Investigator:
    G Allan Johnson, PhD, Professor, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    James McNamara, MD, Professor, Department of Neurobiology

    Real-Time, In Vivo, Radiation Dose Monitoring Device for External Beam Radiation Therapy and Brachytherapy

    BME Investigator:
    Michael Therien, PhD, Professor, Chemistry

    Clinical Investigator:
    Terry Yoshizumi PhD, Professor, Radiology

    Anti-infection Urinary Catheter

    BME Investigator:
    Gabriel Lopez, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Howard Levinson, MD, Department of Surgery

  • Image Vaults in the Cloud

    BME Investigator
    G Allan Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    James Provenzale, M.D., Professor, Medical Physics

    Retroject Device and Nanoparticle Technology: A Novel Approach to Glaucoma Drug Delivery 

    BME Investigator
    Jennifer West, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Molly Walsh, M.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology 

    Registration of Multi-parametric MR and Quantitative Shear Wave Elasticity Images for Focal Prostate Cancer Procedures

    BME Investigator
    Mark Palmeri, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Rajan Gupta, M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology

    Prevention of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy 

    BME Investigator
    G Allan Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    James McNamara, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology

    A Real-Time, Pin-Point, in vivo Dosimetry Monitoring Device for Brachytherapy Radiation Treatment 

    BME Investigator
    Michael Therien, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry

    Clinical Investigator
    Terry Yoshizumi Ph.D., Professor, Radiology

    Developing Nucleic Acid Binding Polymers as Molecular Scavengers to Control Aseptic Inflammation

    BME Investigator
    Kam Leong, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Bruce Sullenger, Professor, Department of Surgery

  • Image Vaults in the Cloud

    BME Investigator
    G Allan Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    James Provenzale, M.D., Professor, Medical Physics

    A Prototype Real-Time SLSC Imaging System for Fetal Diagnostic Imaging

    BME Investigators
    Gregg Trahey, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Jeremy Dahl, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Sarah Ellestad, M.D., Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    FEM based Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse and Magnetic Resonance Image

    BME Investigator
    Mark Palmeri, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Rajan Gupta, M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology

    Detecting Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    BME Investigator
    Adam Wax Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Jane Onken, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

    Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use of a Novel Gonioscopic OCT Imaging Device

    BME Investigator
    Joseph A Izatt, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology

    Clinical Investigator
    Anthony Kuo, M.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

    Linearized apoE Peptides are Neuroprotective in Acute Brain Injury

    BME Investigator
    Cameron R. ‘Dale’ Bass, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Daniel Laskowitz, M.D., Associate Professor, Medicine

  • Enhancing Neuromodulation with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

    BME Investigator
    Warren M Grill Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigators
    Sarah Lisanby, M.D., Professor Biological Psychiatry
    Angel Peterchev, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Psychiatry
    Bruce Luber, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    Evaluation of Regional Ventilation in Normal Subjects and Subjects with Airway and Lung Disorders

    BME Investigators
    James R MacFall, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiology
    Cecil Charles, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiology

    Clinical Investigators
    Neil MacIntyre, M.D., Professor, Pulmonary Medicine
    Richard Moon, M.D., Professor, Anesthesiology
    H. Page McAdams, M.D., Professor, Radiology
    Bastiaan Driehuys, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiology
    Brian Soher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology
    William Michael Foster, Ph.D.

    Developing Nucleic Acid Binding Polymers as Molecular Scavengers to Control Aseptic Inflammation

    BME Investigator
    Kam W Leong, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigators
    David Pisetsky, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine
    Bruce Sullenger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Surgery
    Jaewoo Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

    Clinical Development of Porphyrin Therapeutics

    BME Investigator
    Mark W Dewhirst, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor, Radiation Oncology

    Clinical Investigators
    David Warner, M.D., Professor, Anesthesiology
    David Brizel, M.D., Professor, Radiation Oncology
    Christopher Lascola, M.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroradiology
    Ines Batinic-Haberle, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
    Ivan Spasojevic, Ph.D., Postdoc Associate, Oncology
    Greg Palmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

    Gonioscopic OCT: A Novel In Vivo Glaucoma Imaging Device

    BME Investigator
    Joseph A Izatt, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology

    Clinical Investigator
    Anthony Kuo, M.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

    Linearized apoE for Treatment of Acute Brain Injury

    BME Investigator
    Cameron R. ‘Dale’ Bass, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator
    Daniel Laskowitz, M.D., Associate Professor, Medicine

  • Evaluation of Regional Ventilation in Normal Subjects and Subjects with Airway and Lung Disorders

    BME Investigator:
    James MacFall, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiology

    Clinical Investigators:
    Cecil Charles, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiology
    Neil MacIntyre, M.D., Professor, Pulmonary Medicine
    Richard Moon, M.D., Professor, Anesthesiology
    H. Page McAdams., Professor, Radiology

    Real-time Visualization of Injected Regional Anesthetics Using Ultrasonic Decorrelation

    BME Investigators:
    Mark Palmeri, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Kathy Nightingale, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    David Macleod, M.B., Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
    Stuart Grant, M.B., CH.B., Professor, Anesthesiology

    MicroRNAs for the Diagnosis of Lymphomas

    BME Investigator:
    Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Sandeep Dave, M.D., Assistant Professor, Oncology

    Detection of Disease-Specific Whole Blood mRNA Expression Signature using Molecular Sentinel Nanoprobe Technology

    BME Investigator:
    Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigators:
    Aimee Zaas, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
    Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
    Chris Woods, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

  • SDOCT Keratometer for Improving Cataract Surgery Outcome in Post-Laser Refractive Surgery

    BME Investigator
    Joseph Izatt, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Anthony Kuo, M.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

    Detection of Disease-Specific Whole Blood mRNA Expression Signature using Molecular Sentinel Nanoprobe Technology

    BME Investigator:
    Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Aimee Zaas, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
    Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
    Chris Woods, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

    Development of a Transfusion Catheter to Restore the Oxygen Delivery Capabilities of Banked Blood

    BME Investigators:
    James Reynolds, Ph.D., Anesthesiology
    Fan Yuan, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Jonathan Stamler, M.D., Department of Medicine

  • Clinical Validation of a/LCI for Detecting Pre-Cancerous Lesions in the Esophagus

    BME Investigator:
    Adam Wax, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Nicholas Shaheen, M.D., Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

    Oral Drug Delivery Design for Mn Porphyrins as Anticancer Therapeutics and Radioprotectors

    BME Investigators:
    Mark Dewhirst, Ph.D., DVM, Department of Radiation Oncology
    Ines Batinic-Haberle, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology
    Kam Leong, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Zeljko Vujaskovic, M.D., Radiation Oncology

    Knowledge-Based Optimization of Radiation Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer

    BME Investigators:
    Joseph Lo, Ph.D., Professor, Radiology
    Shiva Das, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Radiation Oncology

    Clinical Investigator:
    Robert Lee, M.D., Professor, Radiation Oncology

  • A Bladder Amplifier to Treat Urinary Retention

    Primary Investigator:
    Warren Grill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor in Surgery

    Clinician(s):
    Cindy L. Amundsen, M.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    A Novel Technology Platform for Efficient Vaccine Development

    Primary Invesigator:
    Jingdong Tian, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Clinicians:
    Larry Liao, MD., Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of Duke Human Vaccine Institute
    Jae-Sung Yu, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke Medical Center

    Ultra-Sensitive Microarray Platform for the Detection of Serum Markers of Prostate Cancer

    Primary Investigator:

    Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Associate Director of the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Materials Systems (CBIMMS)

    Clinician(s):
    Philip Febbo, MD, Ph.D.; Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy

    Oral Delivery of Factor VIII Gene for Hemophilia A Therapy

    Primary Invesigator:
    Kam Leong, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Bioengineering Initiative

    Clinicians:
    Thomas L. Ortel, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine

  • Intra-Articular Drug Delivery Based on Thermally-Responsive Biopolymers

    BME Investigators:
    Lori Setton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Virginia Kraus, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Rheumatology and Medicine

    An Optical Assay System for Intra Operative Assessment of Tumor Margins in Patients with Breast Cancer

    BME Investigator:
    Nimmi Ramanujam, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    Lee Wilke, M.D., Associate Professor, Surgery
    Joseph Geradts, M.D., Adjunct Professor, Pathology

    ELP for Targeted Delivery of Cancer Therapeutics

    BME Investigators:
    Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Mark Dewhirst, Ph.D., DVM, Department of Radiation Oncology

    Clinical Investigator:
    Michael Colvin, M.D., Professor, Hemotology/Oncology

    Tissue Engineered Cartilage for Joint Resurfacing

    BME Investigators:
    Farshid Guilak, Ph.D., Professor, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
    Kam Leong, Ph.D., Professor, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering

    Clinical Investigator:
    T. Parker Vail, M.D., Professor, Surgery