- Dr. Dabagh joins NSF-Biochemistry; Biophysics; Structural Biology panel field as reviewer for Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
- Our latest research paper is published in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. Our study focuses on how cells and subcellular organelle sense and response to changes in their microenvironment. Read here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10237-023-01743-0
- Pushyan Jhaveri defended his master thesis on June 30th, 2023. The title of his thesis is: CFD-Trained Machine Learning Algorithm to predict hemodynamic features in patient-specific vascular geometries . Congrats Pushyan!
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Pushyan Jhaveri was selected as one of 6 finalists in the CEAS 2023 Graduate Research Poster Competition, on April 22, 2023.
- Dr. Dabagh joins NIH-Biodata Management and Analysis (BDMA) study section as early career reviewer.
- Pilhwan Kim is admitted to Master of Science program in department of Biomedical Engineering. He will start his MSc on fall 2023 after he graduates from undergraduate program on May 2023. Congrats Pilhwan!
- Andrea receives University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Graduate School Advanced Opportunity Program (AOP) Fellowship award for the 2023-2024 academic year. Congrats Andrea!
- Reza passed his qualifying exam. He took the exam on February 2023. Congrats Reza!
- Dr Dabagh is accepted for participation in the Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health (02/16/2023).
- Dr Dabagh has joined as “faculty mentor” the WiscAMP STEM-Inspire Program which is committed to improving the recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented minorities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) majors. Read more here :https://uwm.edu/steminspire/staff/
- Dr Dabagh’s contribution to EnQuest2022 program is now published in the UWM EnQuest / Ansys blog, with the title of: Female High School students Embark on Engineering Quests at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It has been also posted in CEAS NEWS.
- Dr. Dabagh receives “Teacher Excellence Award”. She is recognized for excellent teaching by UWM-Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, , through Student “Shout Out” for Teaching Excellence (December 2022).
- Morgan and Andrea join Dabagh lab as Master of Science students, starting January 2023. Welcome!
- Congratulations to Morgan, Andrea, Kelly, Parker, and Nada on completing their undergraduate studies. All your hard-work and dedication are appreciated!
- Our journal article “Impact of Wound Dressing on Mechanotransduction within Tissues of Chronic Wounds” has been published in “Biomedicines 2022, 10, 3080”.
- News on our new NSF grant appears on UWM Reports:
- Dabagh Lab members participates BMES 2022, San Antonio, TX, October 12-15. Morgan, Kelly, and Pushyan present their research works in BMES!
Dr Dabagh (as co-PI) and her 2 collaborators received a National Science Foundation grant to create three-annual summer schools to teach machine learning, computational methods, high-performance computing, and cyberinfrastructure to support research projects.
- Dr. Dabagh will co-chair two sessions in 2022 BMES Annual Meeting – Biomedical Engineering Society, San Antonio, Texas, October 12-15, 2022:
- “Microengineered Models of Tumor-Stromal Interactions” session on “Cancer Technologies Track”
- “Imaging Tissue, Organs, and Physiological Systems” session on “Imaging and Instrumentation Track”.
- Reza joins our group as doctoral student, starting Fall 2022. Welcome Reza!
- John joins our group as master student, starting Fall 2022. Welcome John!
- Andrea is accepted for accelerated master program to continue her research in the lab, starting Fall 2022. Congrats Andrea!
- Our journal article “Mechanotransduction in Endothelial Cells in Vicinity of Cancer Cells” has been published in “Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering”.
- Our journal article “Association of Hypertension and Organ-Specific Cancer: A Meta-Analysis” has been published in “Healthcare” . This paper emphasizes on the prevalence of hypertension and cancer comorbidity.
- Dr Dabagh joins Frontiers in Medicine as Review Editor on the Editorial Board.
Morgan Suzanne Connaughton wins first place in CEAS 2022 Student Research Poster Competition Award. Congrats Morgan!
- News on Dr Dabagh’s DIG grant In CEAS News!
Morgan Suzanne Connaughton wins “Outstanding Presentation Award” at 2022 UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congrats Morgan!
- Dr Dabagh (PI) and Dr Gopalakrishnan (co-PI) received Discovery and Innovation Grant! This will be active from July 2022 to December 2023.
- Reza has been awarded the CEAS Dean’s Fellowship. Congrats Reza!
- Our abstract “Role of mechanotransduction in promoting intracellular and intercellular transmigration of cancer cells through endothelium in microvasculature” has been accepted for oral presentation at the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS), London, UK on 21-23 June 2022.
- Dr. Dabagh is nominated by students as “Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2022!
- Morgan (Modeling of Organ-Specific Tumor Microenvironment To Analyze Cell-To-Cell Interactions) and Andrea’s (The Impact of Disturbed Flow Induced Arterial Stiffness on Mechanotransduction in Endothelial cells) abstracts have been accepted to the 2022 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C2022), June 21-23 at Cambridge, Maryland. Congrats Morgan and Andrea!
- Kelly’s abstract has been accepted for oral presentation at the UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity at UW-Whitewater on Friday, April 22, 2022.
- UWM- College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) supports Dr. Dabagh’s application for recruitment of one postdoctoral researcher.
- Dr Dabagh and her collaborators innovative idea is accepted to Milwaukee I-Corps program (Funded by the NSF as an I-Corps Site of Southeastern Wisconsin).
- News on Dr Dabagh and her collaborators NSF grant In UWM Report
- Dr. Dabagh is selected to serve as an application evaluator for the SMART Scholarship Program, starting January 2022.
- Kelly join Joins the lab starting Spring 2022. Welcome Kelly!
- Our abstract has been accepted for an oral presentation on APWCA’s Wound Week 2022, February 24-27 at Philadelphia . Congrats Joshua, Kelly, and Alessandra!
- Our NSF funding news appears in UWM Research Foundation, Inc news
- Joshua and Arwa will graduate on December, 2021. Congrats to both of you. I really appreciate your hard work and contribution to the research projects!
- Our NSF funding news appears in CEAS news feed:
- Dr Dabagh has been selected as a mentor for XSEDE EMPOWER program (Expert Mentoring Producing Opportunities for Work, Education, and Research).
- Alessandra graduated on August 2021. Congrats Alessandra! Thank you for hard work and great contributions to research projects of the lab.
- Arwa Joins the lab. Welcome Arwa!
Dr Dabagh (as co-PI) and her 3 collaborators received a National Science Foundation grant, titled” CC* Compute: A Balanced Cluster For Science and Engineering in the Great Lakes Region”.
- Dr Dabagh is selected as a member of CEAS- Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC).
- Dr Dabagh is selected as a member of CEAS-Academic Policy Committee (APC).
- Dr Dabagh is nominated to BMES’ Board of Directors as an Academic Director.
- Aleksa and Madison graduated on May 2021. Congrats! Thank you for hard work and great contributions to research projects of the group.
- Morgan Suzanne Connaughton wins CEAS 2021 Student Research Poster Competition Award. Congrats Morgan!
- Annalise, Madison, and Morgan are selected as the finalists for College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) 2021 Student Research Poster Competition. Congrats everyone!
- Dabagh’s lab receives second XSEDE Startup award supported by NSF in advanced computing infrastructure for U.S.
- Madison Rose Schillinger wins “Outstanding Presentation Award” at 2021 Virtual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congrats Madison!
- Dr. Dabagh joins the topics board editors of the journal Applied Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/topic_editors).
- Aleksa, Andrea, Matthew, and Morgan join to the group starting January 2021. Welcome!
- Adeda, Eisa, and John graduated on December 2020. Congrats! Thank you for hard work and great contributions to research projects of the group.
- John Quinn wins the Department Award in The College of Engineering & Applied Science annual Student Research Poster Competition 2020, in his undergraduate research . Congrats John!
- Dr Dabagh has been accepted to attend the 2020 Advancing Cancer Biology at the Frontiers of Machine Learning and Mechanistic Modeling Innovation Lab, August 10-14 at Skamania, Oregon. The Innovation Lab is hosted by the National Cancer Institute and Carnegie Mellon University.
- Dabagh lab is participating the 2020 UWM Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Adeda, Alessandra, Eisa, John, and Samantha are presenting their research work in the Research Symposium, May 1st, 2020.
- Dr. Dabagh’s work on Cancer Metastasis has been published in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12195-020-00610-7
- Dr. Dabagh’s work on Aneurysm Treatment has been published in operative neurosurgery: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31665489
- Congratulations to Sam for receiving College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) Academic Excellence Award, 2019!
- Dr. Dabagh’s work on aneurysm has been published in Neurological Focus. https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/47/1/article-pE13.xml
- Dr. Dabagh’s work on cancer has been published in PLOS ONE. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211418