Page 27 - CBAC Newsletter 2014
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News & ANNouNcemeNts
July 2013
Pamela Woodard - Director, Center for Clinical Imaging Research (CCIR) - and her collaborators were awarded the
patent , “Natriuretic peptide-mediated imaging of artherosclerotic plaque,” US Patent #8,436,140 issued on May 7,
2013. She also received a six-month, $137,000 grant from Astellas Pharma for research entitled, “Development of
a PET-MR Myocardial Perfusion Examination Using Regadenoson.”
august 2013
Philip Bayly was awarded a three-year $395,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project,
“Probing the Mechanics of the Axoneme in Genetically Modified Flagella.”
Lihong Wang receives the 2014 IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award, the highest honor, conferred by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in this field. Link: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25693.aspx
septemBer 2013
Pamela Woodard, serving as co-chair, will be completing a twelve-month follow-up of the research entitled,
“Randomized Evaluation of Patients with Stable Angina Comparing Utilization of Noninvasive Examinations
(RESCUE) Trial” (PI: Stillman). The trial was extended to September 29, 2014 via the ACRIN fund. Amount awarded
was $9,666,726 in total.
Lihong Wang was awarded the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award. He was one of only ten recipients of
the award, given to scientists proposing highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in
biomedical research. Link: http://engineering.wustl.edu/newsstory.aspx?news=7473
Philip Bayly was awarded a $430,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project
titled, “Measuring Anisotropy in Fibrous Soft Materials by MRI of Slow and Fast Shear Waves.”
oCtoBer 2013
Igor Efimov’s paper with John Rogers entitled, “3D multifunctional integumentary membranes for spatiotemporal
cardiac measurements and stimulation across the entire epicardium” is published in Nature Communications. Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24569383. Complete media list at: http://efimov.wustl.edu/node/223
novemBer 2013
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offers genetic testing to help diagnose and treat patients with
heart disorders that can lead to sudden death. Phillip Cuculich was involved in the development of the test - dubbed
the Washington University CardioGene Set. Link: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26152.aspx
Members of the CBAC participated in the Amercian Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2013, Dallas, Texas.
Ralph Damiano presented on: “Minimally Invasive Arrhythmia Surgery” and Jean Schaffer gave a presentation
entitled, “Small Nucleolar RNAs and Metabolic Stress.”
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