BIOENGINEERING IN A MEDICAL CENTER

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BIOENGINEERINGIN A MEDICAL CENTER

• Opportunities for
• Training
• Research
• Practice

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Clinical Bioengineering

• Any application of the engineering principles of
  measurement, modeling, or control which impacts
  on health care delivery

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Clinical Bioengineering Encompasses other Areas

• Neural Engineering
• Bioinformatics
• Biomechanics/Rehabilitation
• Imaging
• Cell and Tissue Engineering
• ...

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Clinical Bioengineering Career Settings

• Industry or Clinical (Hospital)
• Research/Development, Production,Quality
  Control, Delivery, Utilization
• Academia
• Laboratory or Clinical Based Activity
• Primary Research and Development of New Methods,
  Devices or Technologies

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Clinical Bioengineering Career Settings

• Academia
• Medical Instrumentation
• Medical Devices and Assistive Technologies
• Biocompatible Materials/Implantables
• Diagnostic Devices and Assays
• Drug Delivery Devices and Vehicles
• Drug Discovery Development

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Clinical Bioengineering Career Settings

• Industry/Hospital
• Medical Instrumentation
• Medical Devices and Assistive Technologies
• Biocompatible Materials/Implantables
• Diagnostic Devices and Assays
• Drug Delivery Devices and Vehicles
• Drug Discovery and Development

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Clinical BioengineeringThe Opportunity

• A common motivation among bioengineers is the
  desire to improve our methods to prevent, detect,
  diagnose and treat disease
• Industry and Academic based job opportunities are
  strong

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Clinical BioengineeringThe Challenge

• The effective clinical bioengineer must serve as
  a LIAISON
• communicate readily with clinicians and
  traditionally trained engineers
• facilitate interactions
• appreciate opportunities for fruitful
  collaboration among disciplines

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Bioengineering The Promise

• Integration of advancing knowledge in molecular
  and cellular biology with nano-scale engineering
  will allow true engineering of biological
  systems

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Clinical BioengineeringTraining at UIC

• Biosciences
• Biochemistry
• Nerve and Muscle Physiology
• Organ Systems and Physiology
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology

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Clinical BioengineeringTraining at UIC

• Bioengineering
• Artificial Organs Laboratory
• Bioinstrumentation
• Biomaterials
• Biomedical Imaging
• Biological Signal Analysis
• Biotransport
• Principles of Cell Tissue Engineering
• Structure of Biopolymers

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Clinical BioengineeringResearch at UIC

• Medical Instrumentation / Monitoring
• Home-based telemetric monitoring of cardiac
  patients(Boaz Avitall, Section of Cardiology)
• Ambulatory monitoring of activity, sleepiness,
  and sleep(Deborah Seawitch, David Carley,
  Respiratory Critical Care
• Methods to assess airway function and
  clearance(Donovan Yeates, Respiratory Critical
  Care)
• Diagnostic utility of pupillometry to assess
  vigilance states(William ONeill,
  Bioengineering Sharon Meritt, College of Nursing
• Bioelectricity
• Lightening-strike and other electrical
  injuries(Wei Chen, Dermatology Mary Ann Cooper,
  Emergency Medicine)

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Clinical BioengineeringResearch at UIC

• Modeling Biological Systems
• Network models for respiratory rhythm generation
• Causes and consequences of sleep apnea(David
  Carley, Respiratory Critical Care)
• Surface potential mapping(Bin He, BioE Arye
  Nehorai, EECS Boaz Avitall, Cardiology)
• Controlled Drug Delivery
• Lipid bilayer formulations for drug delivery(H.
  A-Onyuksel, Pharmaceutics I. Rubinstein,
  Respiratory Medicine
• Aerosol drug deposition(Donovan Yeates,
  Respiratory Critical Care Medicine)
• Biocapsules for regulated drug release(Tejal
  Desai, Bioengineering Cristiana Rastellini,
  Surgery)