Category: News

Going forward, please make sure to check out the happenings of my lab at: sanchez.lab.uic.edu

 

Today marks my final day at the University of Utah. These past four and a half years have been incredible. It has been both an honor and a privilege to grow and learn alongside such talented colleagues and students ?. I am deeply grateful for the opportunities and the support from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, which has made this chapter of my life so memorable.

Successful meeting with our collaborators at MD Anderson Cancer Center to discuss progress on our funded NCI grant to detect of subclinical dysphagia. And I won a Dundie Award!

I have been awarded the Innovation in Cancer Engineering Partnership Seed Grant to test a painless BioZ technology for diagnosing and monitoring treatment in patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. More info

Benjamin Sanchez Terrones Receives HCI Engineering Award

? We have been awarded a $14.3M grant from the National Cancer Institute, marking a fantastic multidisciplinary collaboration between MD Anderson Cancer Center and my lab at the University of Utah. This project will improve long-term quality of life and health outcomes for oropharyngeal cancer survivors. A huge congratulations to the entire team for their hard work and dedication in making this possible!

We are thrilled to announce that today our dedicated clinical collaborators at MD Anderson Cancer Center tested our high-density electromyography (EMG) device on our first tongue cancer survivor!

 

Today, my lab had the pleasure of hosting a group of enthusiastic students visiting from Utah Asia Campus. It was an inspiring experience to share our research with such a bright and inquisitive audience. One particularly exciting aspect of today’s visit was seeing that the majority of the students were women, all passionate about engineering. Their insightful questions reminded me of the global impact of collaboration and the importance of fostering cross-cultural exchanges in the field of education and research. A big thank you to everyone who made this visit possible.

 

The diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia,  the most common leukemia in adult patients with only about 30% long term survivors, and evaluation of response to therapy are done using bone marrow aspirates and biopsies. These are invasive procedures with potential serious complications. The goal of this project is to test non-invasive, painless bioimpedance technology to serve as an adjunctive and convenient biomarker to standard bone marrow biopsies.

Excited to share that our project, REMOTE SKIN, aimed at enhancing access to advanced skin cancer evaluation in underserved regions, has been chosen for the Remote and Austere Challenge competition!