2Jun

Sri Sarma joins Mark Mattson on his Brain Ponderings podcast

Sri Sarma joins Mark Mattson on his Brain Ponderings podcast to discuss:

Neurological disorders involve aberrant neural network activity. New technologies are needed for establishing at a fine spatial and temporal resolution the nature of the altered network activity – and for restoring activity to or towards a healthy state. Professor Sri Sarma is an electrical engineer and neuroscientist who is at the forefront of this research field. Her research combines learning theory and control systems with neuroscience to develop novel approaches for understanding normal brain function and then developing brain – computer – electrophysiology feedback control systems to improve performance in health and disease. Her research and technology development is advancing personalized treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, chronic pain, and depression.

Watch here on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/39HsoeK8o7DtXIhepNCvfL

or here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brainponderingswithmarkmat648/videos

4Apr

America’s med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support — Youseph Yazdi, NTH PI, profiled

America’s med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support

An NIH-funded partnership between Johns Hopkins and Howard University speeds the development of medical devices addressing neurological disorders that affect more than a billion people

As American industrial might is increasingly challenged and bested by global competitors, the medical technology field remains a bright spot.

“Med tech is one of the few industries where America leads,” says Youseph Yazdi, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering and the School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID). “It’s a more than $500 billion industry that America primarily owns. But Europe and China are catching up fast. This program helps America maintain that lead.”

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3Apr

Sri Sarma, NTH Director, named to AIMBE College of Fellows

Sri Sarma, NTH Director, along with four Johns Hopkins faculty members—Xun Jia, Rajat Mittal, and Mihaela Pertea—have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). They are among 171 engineers and researchers in this year’s class who were at an induction ceremony on Monday in Arlington, Virginia.

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28Mar

Epilepsy relief relies on research — NTH Director Sri Sarma profiled

With NIH support, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma develops neurotechnologies to improve understanding and treatment of epilepsy.

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineer Sri Sarma is developing new technologies to pinpoint the exact origin of seizures in the brain—life-changing work for the roughly 21 million epilepsy patients worldwide whose seizures aren’t relieved by medications.

Removing the specific brain region where seizures originate is the last resort when medication fails. But current clinical tools make precisely locating the epileptogenic zone (EZ) extremely difficult, rendering surgery effective in only about half the cases. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Sarma and her team help surgeons determine if and where they should operate, improving the success rate of epilepsy surgeries.

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America’s med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support

An NIH-funded partnership between Johns Hopkins and Howard University speeds the development of medical devices addressing neurological disorders that affect more than a billion people

With NIH support, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma develops neurotechnologies to improve understanding and treatment of epilepsy.