Farewell and gratitude

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.

$14.3M grant from the National Cancer Institute

🎉 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!

Visit from our undergrad students at Utah Asia Campus

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.

 

Our lab awarded an Innovation in Cancer Engineering Grant!

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.