BME Translational Research Fellowship
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman's "President's Donor Challenge" is currently contributing one dollar for every two dollars donated to graduate student support.*
BME has established a new endowed fellowship that will support BME graduate students working on translational research. Visit the BME Graduate Translational Research page to see profiles of some of our students and their innovative projects.
Your support-especially during the President's Donor Challenge - will help us provide fellowships to talented BME students like these. Please consider making a contribution to the Michigan Difference and BME before the Challenge ends to help ensure U-M BME graduates continue to be the "leaders and best."
BME professor James Ashton-Miller is featured for his most recent paper published in the Journal of Biomechanics. Professor Ashton-Miller conducted research to determine the most effective way to fall. "A hip fracture can mark the beginning of a downward spiral. If you fall and break a hip and you're over 65, you have a 20 percent chance of not surviving another year and another 20 percent chance of not regaining your mobility," says Professor Ashton-Miller. The study explains that falling like a skydiver can reduce the risk of a hip fracture by nearly 70 percent in senior citizens.
For the full article with pictures and video please see: Learn how to fall like a skydiver to reduce risk of hip fracture.
Luyun Chen, a Ph.D. student in BME working with Dr. James Ashton-Miller, won the Journal of Biomechanics Award from the American Society of Biomechanics at their annual meeting in conjunction with the Fourth North American Congress on Biomechanics held in Ann Arbor, MI August 5-9, 2008 for her paper entitled: "A 3-D Finite Element Model of Anterior Vaginal Wall Support for Evaluating Mechanisms Underlying Cystocele Formation."
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