Jon Silva won first place and Subham Ghosh won third place. Leonid Livshitz and Thomas Hund presented posters and Dr. Rudy gave a talk.
Category: Announcement
Rudy Received the Chancellor’s Award (Links to an external site)
Professor Yoram Rudy received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on November 8, 2019. He gave a presentation on his work during the award ceremony and Chancellor Andrew Martin presented him with the award afterwards.
Yoram Rudy named to National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Professor Yoram Rudy was one of two WashU faculty members named to the National Academy of Inventors this year. The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows Program highlights inventors who demonstrate a “prolific spirit of innovation.”
Graduate Student Jiajing Xu Successful Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Jiajing Xu who successfully defended her PhD dissertation on Friday, September 14, 2018.
Graduate Student Chris Andrews Successful Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Chris Andrews successfully who successfully defended his PhD dissertation on Wednesday, August 29, 2018.
Grad Student Smiruthi Ramasubramanian Successfully Defends Thesis
Smiruthi Ramasubramanian successfully defended her PhD dissertation on Thursday, August 9, 2020.
Professor Yoram Rudy Keynote Lecture at IDSS 2018
Dr. Yoram Rudy gave the keynote lecture at the 14th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS) on Innovations in Cardiac Arrhythmias & Heart Failure, October 18-31, 2018 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Graduate Student Ramya Vijayakumar Successful Thesis Defense
Ramya Vijayakumar successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation on Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
Graduate Student Junjie Zhang Successful Thesis Defense
Junjie Zhang (JJ) defended his PhD dissertation on Friday, August 21, 2015. We celebrated that evening in Hadas and Yoram Rudy’s home.
Alumnus Jordi Heijman Receives the CARIM Dissertation Award
Jordi Heijman received the prestigious CARIM Dissertation Award 2011-2012 during the evening program of the CARIM symposium 2013 on October 30, 2013.
Rudy Lab at 2013 Heart Rhythm Society’s 34th Scientific Sessions
Members of the Rudy Lab participated in the Heart Rhythmn Society meeting in Denver, Colorado May 8-11. They included Graduate Student Ramya Vijayakumar, Clinical Fellow Phillip Cuculich, Dr. Jordi Heijman (alumnus) and Dr. Yoram Rudy
Dr. Yoram Rudy gives keynote talk at David S. Rosenbaum Symposium
Dr. Yoram Rudy, The Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor and Director, Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center gave the keynote address entitled: “Cardiac Repolarization: From Molecule to Human Heart”
Graduate Students Smiruthi and Jiajing Receive Merit Award
Congratulations to Smiruthi Ramasubramanian and Jiajing Xu, who received a Merit Award for their poster presentation!
Pan Li and Junjie Zhang Awarded for Best Poster Presentations
Graduate students Pan Li and Junjie Zhang awarded for best poster presentations in the 2011 Gordon Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms (Galveston, February 13-18).
Dr. Yoram Rudy Receives the HRS Distinguished Scientist Award
Yoram Rudy, the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor and Director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC) is the recipient of the 2010 Heart Rhythm Society Distinguished Scientist Award. The award ceremony will take place in May, during the Annual Heart Rhythm Society scientific sessions in Denver, Colorado.
Professor Yoram Rudy Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Professor Yoram Rudy received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Case Western Reserve University for his contributions to basic science in biomedical engineering. The award was presented on October 22, 2009, during the biomedical engineering department’s 40th year celebration ceremony.
Yoram Rudy lectures in Japan, Taiwan, celebrates Luo-Rudy model
Yoram Rudy delivered the Tawara Lecture in Kyoto, Japan, on July 30, 2009. From August 2 – 13, Professor Rudy presented a series of invited lectures in Taiwan. On August 2, 2009 a National Workshop celebrated the 18 year anniversary of the Luo-Rudy model of the cardiac cell.
Graduate Student Yong Wang successfully defends his PhD Thesis
Congratulations to Yong Wang who successfully defended his PhD thesis (more accurately, passed with flying colors…..)!
The title of Yong Wang’s thesis was: “Contributions to the Methodology of Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) and Application of ECGI to Study Mechanisms of Atrial Arrhythmia, Post Myocardial Infarction Electrophysiological Substrate, and Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients.”
Graduate Student Subham Ghosh successfully defends his PhD thesis
Congratulations to Subham Ghosh who successfully defended his PhD thesis (more accurately, passed with flying colors…..)! The title of Subham Ghosh’s thesis was: “Electrocardiographic Imaging: Development Of A Non-Smooth Regularization Method And Clinical Application In Patients With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome And Heart Failure.”
Dr. Hund Receives the JMCC Author’s Prize
Dr. Thomas J. Hund, an alum of the Yoram Rudy Lab (PhD 2004) won the 2008 Early-Career Authors Prize, designed to recognize outstanding papers published by early-career authors in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.
Dr. Rudy to be the Hein JJ Wellens Distinguished Professor
Professor Yoram Rudy was elected to be the Hein J.J. Wellens Distinguished Professor in Cardiology at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Professor Rudy conducted workshops on cardiac electrophysiology at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM) during September 2008 and May 2009.
Dr. Rudy at the Hatter Inst. for Cardiovascular Research, Africa
Dr. Rudy participated in a symposium entitled, “Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sudden Death: From Genes to Prevention” at the Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute of Cape Town University in South Africa.
Jonathan Silva completes PhD
We are pleased to announce that Jonathan Silva successfully completed his PhD research. The title of his dissertation is: “Linking Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels to the Cardiac Action Potential: Simulations of Wild Type and Mutant Iks.”
Alumni Charu Ramanathan and Ping Jia elected to “forty under 40” (Links to an external site)
Charulatha Ramanathan and Ping Jia, co-founders of CardioInsight Technologies, were elected by Crain’s Cleveland Business to “2007 forty under 40”. CardioInsight is developing Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) as a clinical diagnostic tool. Charu and Ping are former PhD students in the Rudy Lab.
Livshitz at Intl. Symposium: Cell/Biodynamics Simulation Project
Leonid Livshitz participated in the 4th International Symposium of Cell/Biodynamics Simulation Project. The symposium took place in Kyoto, Japan, November 12-13, 2007.
Leonid Livshitz wins first prize at Gordon Research Conference
Leonid Livshitz wins first prize at the Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms.
Dr. Yoram Rudy appointed to the Board of Directors of ISCE
Dr. Yoram Rudy appointed to the Board of Directors for the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE).
Charu Ramanathan & Ping Jia establish CardioInsight Technologies (Links to an external site)
Charu Ramanathan and Ping Jia, our former PhD students, established CardioInsight Technologies, a startup company for developing Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) as a clinical diagnostic tool for cardiac arrhythmias.
Gregory Faber completes PhD research
We are pleased to announce that Gregory Faber successfully completed his Ph.D. research. The title of his dissertation is: “A Model of L-type Ca2+ Channel – Ryanodine Receptor Interaction in the Restricted Space in a Cardiac Ventricular Myocyte”.
Lina El-Esbe receives the Dr. Yoram Rudy Scholarship
Congratulations to Lina El-Esber who received The Dr. Yoram Rudy Scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year. Contributors to this scholarship fund are Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Brasch.
Rudy give keynote & presentations in England, Germany and France
Yoram Rudy, the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC), delivered two keynote presentations describing his work on noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging at the annual meetings of the International Society for Heart Research (United Kingdom) and the International Congress on Electrocardiology (Germany).
Yoram Rudy delivers the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Keynote
Dr. Yoram Rudy delivered the Keynote Presentation “Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI): a new noninvasive imaging modality for cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia” at the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference in San Diego , February 11-16, 2006.
Congratulations to Raja Ghanem!
Raja Ghanem is a winner of the Heart Rhythm Journal Outstanding Publication Award for Young Electrophysiologists for the paper “Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI): Comparison to Intraoperative Mapping in Patients” in the Heart Rhythm Journal.
Dr. Yoram Rudy delivered the Kazuo Yamada Lecture
Dr. Yoram Rudy PhD, FAHA, delivered the Kazuo Yamada Lecture titled “Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia” to the Japanese Society of Electrocardiology in Toyama, Japan and conducted a workshop on the molecular and genetic basis of cardiac arrhythmias in Nagoya, Japan.
Congratulations to Lina El-Esber
Congratulations to Lina El-Esber who received The Dr. Yoram Rudy Scholarship for the 2005-2006 academic year [contributors to this scholarship fund are Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Brasch]. Lina is a graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University; she works on her Ph.D. thesis in our laboratory.
Dr. Yoram Rudy gives lecture to the Technion Chapter of St. Louis
Presentation on “Research Towards Understanding and Preventing Irregular Heart Rhythms and Sudden Death” given by Dr. Yoram Rudy to the Technion Chapter of St. Louis.
Dr. Yoram Rudy visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Yoram Rudy was The Reynolds Visiting Professor at the Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University . Yoram presented recent work on Electrocardiographic Imaging in humans.
Yoram Rudy Lab Move From Case Western to Wash U
Our lab moved from Case Western Reserve University to Washington University in St. Louis.
Ping Jia Dissertation
We are pleased to announce that Ping Jia successfully passed her PhD dissertation defense.
Jon Silva MS Thesis
We are pleased to announce that Jonathan Silva successfully passed his MS thesis defense.
Subham Ghosh MS Thesis
We are pleased to announce that Subham Ghosh successfully passed his MS thesis defense.
Commencement Day!
Dr. Rudy had three students that received their PhD degrees. They are: Raja Ghanem, Tom Hund, and Charulatha Ramanathan.
Systems Administrator Li Li Receives Masters Degree
Our systems administrator, Li Li, has received her Master’s degree in computer science.
Tom Hund PhD Dissertation
We are pleased to announce that Thomas Hund successfully passed his PhD dissertation defense.
Raja N. Ghanem PhD Dissertation
We are pleased to announce that Raja N. Ghanem successfully passed his PhD dissertation defense.