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The DVJ Lab attends Summer of Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biotransport (SB3C). Podium presentations were given by Becky Hardie, Kristen Garcia & Giuditta Monti. Yufan Lin and Steven Hui had poster presentations.

Dr. Valdez-Jasso is named a Prebys Research Heroe by the Conrad Prebys Foundation, an initiative to improve medical research through diversity. For more details on the award, click on this link

Hao defends his PhD thesis on December 6th 2023!

Vaishali on August 25th and Jessica on September 5th, 2023.

The DVJ Lab attends Summer of Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biotransport (SB3C).

Becky Hardie wins best poster award at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) in Calgary, Canada.

The DVJ Lab attends Cardiac Physiome 2023 at Edwards LifeScience, where we met former lab member Sarita Giri.

• Michael Bennington, former undergraduate student in the DVJ Lab is awarded the highly prestigious NSF Graduate Student Fellowship- Congrats, Michael!
   
• Allen Yesin, undergraduate student in the DVJ Lab, is going to Stanford University to pursue his PhD in Bioengineering!

Dr. Valdez-Jasso is the Dr. Kitty Fronek and Dr. Arnost Fronek Lecture Awardee

Dr. Valdez-Jasso is the 2022 GEMINI Faculty Mentor Awardee (YouTube video) 

Dr. Valdez-Jasso is the 2022 BIC Shu-Chien Early Career Lecture Awardee

Dr. Valdez-Jasso is promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure) of Bioengineering

The DVJ Lab leads the Biomechanics Project of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at UC San Diego

Dr. Valdez-Jasso is a recipient of the 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award on Mechanical and Structural Adaptations of Blood Vessels in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

The DVJ Lab gets new NIH grant on Multiscale Modeling of Right Ventricular Fibrotic Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Jacobs School faculty, student, staff honored with Inclusive Excellence Awards

- Dr. Valdez-Jasso awarded American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant for July 2016 – June 2019.

- Erica Pursell, Daniela Vélez-Rendón, Jesse Gerringer, and Julie Wagner will present at SB3C and compete in the student poster competition.

- DVJ Lab will participate in the UIC BEST Summer Program.

- Daniela Vélez-Rendón is invited to participate in the Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students at North Carolina State University.

- Daniela Vélez-Rendón wins SB3C travel award of $500.00.

- Daniela Vélez-Rendón wins 3rd place poster award at the Masters level at SB3C in Snowbird, UT.

- Dr. Valdez-Jasso is awarded the UIC College of Engineering Seed Fund for May 2015 – June 2016.

- Jesse Gerringer is awarded UIC Honors College Undergraduate Research Grant for the second consecutive year.