On Thursday, November 10, 2011, The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted the Donald D. Harrington Symposium in Biomedical Engineering.
On Thursday, November 10, 2011, The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted the Donald D. Harrington Symposium in Biomedical Engineering. The event, open to campus attendees and the public, brought in seven internationally known scientists and engineers to speak on their latest work in the field and present their views about major changes in health care, medical devices, and the future of medical research.
Presenters included Dr. Michael Strano from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Sarah Heilshorn from Stanford University, Dr. Surya Mallapragada from Iowa State University, Dr. Todd McDevitt from Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Justin Hanes from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Michael McShane from Texas A&M University, and Dr. Hamid Ghandehari from University of Utah.
Dr. Ali Khademhosseini, a 2011 Harrington Fellow and visiting researcher closed the event. Dr. Khademhosseini is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and holds additional appointments at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology and at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. While at The University of Texas at Austin, he has performed collaborative research with faculty on merging microfabrication techniques and biomaterials for regenerative medicine and drug discovery applications.
Created by Sybil B. Harrington as a tribute to her late husband, the Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program supports gifted and ambitious scholars who, in turn, share their knowledge and success with future generations. The program selects five Fellows each academic year and is designed to attract outstanding faculty that are near the beginning of their professional careers. The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program is one of the most well-endowed visiting scholars and graduate fellow programs in the nation, and the most prestigious at The University of Texas at Austin.
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