Fall 2008 Seminars

October 3
Dielectric Spectroscopy for Biological Applications
Camelia Prodan
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, NJIT
cprodan@ADM.njit.edu
Website: http://web.njit.edu/~cprodan/Site/Welcome.html

October 10
What can you do with a Biomedical Engineering Degree?  One person’s experience
Howard Scalzo
Principal Engineer, Suture Technology R&D, Ethicon
HScalzo@its.jnj.com

October 17
MACHINATIONS OF THE Na,K-ATPase: Understanding the details of ion transport
Joshua Berlin
Professor of Pharmacology, Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology, Graduate school of biomedical sciences, UMDNJ
UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences faculty member
berlinjr@umdnj.edu

October 24
RUBBERY MICROFLUIDICS: PDMS FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND CELL BIOLOGY
Raquel Perez Castillejos
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NJIT
raquelpc@ADM.njit.edu

October 31
Biodegradable Polymers from Bioactives
Kathryn Uhrich
Professor & IGERT Co-Director, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Wright-Rieman Laboratories - Chemistry & Chemical Biology
keuhrich@rutgers.edu
Websites: http://rutchem.rutgers.edu/faculty/uhrich.html
http://www.igert.rutgers.edu

November 7
Red Flags in Brain Injury
Thomas Felicetti
Executive Director, Beechwood Rehabilitative Services, Woods Services
TFelicetti@woods.org

November 14
Introduction to Medical Device Product Development and Respective Regulatory Requirements
Beth Cheney
R&D IAB Project Manager
Datascope Corp- Cardiac Assist Division
Beth_Cheney@datascope.com

November 21
Tools of the Trade
Dennis R. Filippone
Former Chairman of the Department of Surgery
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Surgical Services Consultant
Saint Barnabas Health Care System

December 5
Title
Saul Weiner
New Jersey Dental School
weiner@umdnj.edu

Spring 2008

The following is a list of BME Seminars scheduled for Spring 2008

January 25

D. Kacy Cullen, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Brain Injury and Repair,
Department of Neurosurgery,
University of Pennsylvania

Title: Tissue Engineered Three-Dimensional Neural Constructs for Neurotrauma Investigation, Repair Strategies; and Neural-Electrical Interface Microsystems.

February 1

TBA

February 8

Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University

Title: TBA

February 15

Joseph Benevenia, MD
Professor and Chair (Interim), Department of Orthopaedics,
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

Title: TBA

February 22

Robert F. Heary, M.D.
Professor,Neurosurgery,
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Director of the Spine Center of New Jersey at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School in Newark

Title: TBA

February 29

TBA

March 7

Betty Jean Wagner, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Associate Professor, Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science,
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

Title: TBA

March 28

TBA

April 4

TBA

April 11

TBA

April 18

TBA

April 25

TBA