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news & announCements

july 2014

Philip Bayly was awarded a five-year, $921,040 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health to train four doctoral students in mechanobiology. This is a
developing field that focuses on how forces and changes in cell or tissue mechanical properties contribute to growth,
structure and health. Link: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27100.aspx

A new smartphone app that monitors the heart's rhythm and rate is being trialled at a US hospital to help kids with
cardiovascular conditions. The preliminary study findings were presented at the annual conference at the Heart
Rhythm Society's 35th Annual Scientific Sessions, May 7-10, 2014. Jennifer Silva hopes the results will be published
in the next few months. Link: http://www.alivecor.com

august 2014

Christopher Andrews, a graduate student of Yoram Rudy travelled to London for a collaborative study of
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) with colleagues at the University College London Hospitals.
He and fellow collaborators conducted electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
on a population of 20 ARVC patients over the course of just 12 days.

sePtemBer 2014

Three million Americans are affected by atrial fibrillation, the most common heart rhythm disorder. More common in
older people, a Belleville, IL man was diagnosed at age 24. Phillip Cuculich was able to conduct a catheter ablation
procedure on him. Link: http://fox2now.com/2014/09/05/washington-university-cardiologist-battles-atrial-fibrilla-
tion/

Steven George was named the Elvera & William Stuckenberg Professor of Technology & Human Affairs.
Link: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27428.aspx
oCtoBer 2014

Lihong Wang received a prestigious BRAIN Initiative Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Link: https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27468.aspx

As part of a national effort to predict drug safety and effectiveness, Steven George received a grant from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue developing an integrated in vitro model of perfused tumor and cardiac
tissue. The grant is one of 11 awarded nationwide totaling $17 million over at least three years.

The heart holds its own pool of immune cells capable of helping it heal after injury, according to new research in
mice. The new research and past work by Douglas Mann appear to implicate these immune cells of different
origins as responsible for the difference in healing capacity seen in neonatal and adult hearts, at least in mice.
Link: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27607.aspx

Yoram Rudy was conferred the title of Astor Visiting Professor in Computational Medicine by the University of Oxford,
UK. The appointment is in the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, and in the Department of Comput-
er Science. In this capacity, he will deliver lectures and provide guidance to research at Oxford in computational
biosciences and cardiac physiology.

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