January 20, 2017 Hans Chaudhry, PhD
Research Professor
Vetha Center for Transdisciplinary Studies
NJIT Title:Establishing Coordinating Center (CO) to Provide Care for Patients from Military Personnel, War Veterans and Their Families
January 27, 2017 Eric Perreault, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chair of Biomedical Engineering
McCormick School of Engineering
Northwestern University Title: The interplay between neural control and body mechanics in the human motor system
February 3, 2017 Barry Kappel, PhD, MBA
President and CEO
Sapience Therapeutics, Inc. Title: Scientist to Biotechnology Entrepreneur
February 10, 2017 Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, PhD
Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Rice University Title: Self-Assembling MultiDomain Peptide Nanofibers For Angiogenesis, Neurogenesis and Wound Healing
February 17, 2017 Lina Reiss, PhD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-HNS and Biomedical Engineering
Oregon Hearing Research Center Title: Binaural pitch fusion in hearing aid and cochlear implant users: adults and children
February 24, 2017
CANCELLED Paul Booth, MS
Section Head, Biomedical Systems
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
March 3, 2017 Vince DeCaprio, PhD
President (Ret.)
Vyteris, Inc. Title:Building Your Career in Biomedical Engineering: An Industry Perspective
March 10, 2017 Kevin Wang, PhD
Director, Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research
University of Florida Title: Blood-Based TBI Biomarkers As Tools To Support Therapeutic Development: From Animal Models To Clinical Studies.
March 24, 2017 Paul Booth, MS
Section Head
Biomedical Systems
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Title: Biomedical Engineering in a Healthcare Institution
March 31, 2017 Saul Weiner, DDS
Professor
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine Title: The mysteries of dentistry - a study in empiricism
April 7, 2017 Tracy Tran, PhD
Assistant Professor
Federated Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University Title: Diverse Mechanisms of Semaphorin-Neuropilin Signaling During Development and in the Adult Nervous System Influencing Complex Behaviors
April 21, 2017
Speaker: Long-Jun Wu, PhD
Editor-in-chief
International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University Title: Microglia-neuron communication in normal and diseased brain