2012 Coulter Call for Proposals
Application materials are now available for the 2012-2013 Coulter Program. Applications are due no later than February 1, 2012. Please see the Apply to the Program page for more information and the application materials.
U-M - Coulter Success Stories
U-M BME applauds the successes of the Coulter Translational Research Partnership in a feature publication that highlights a small sample of the successful innovations born of this unique partnership. The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation and the University of Michigan College of Engineering and School of Medicine have created a $20 million endowment to support collaborative research between biomedical engineers and clinicians aimed at developing technologies that improve patient care.
2011 Current Funded Projects:
Ellen Arruda, PhD, Lisa Larkin PhD, and Edward Wojtys, MD
"Multi-Phasic Engineered Constructs for Human ACL Replacement Tissue" Second year of funding – 2011 funding: $127,649; funding to date $277,649
Omer Berenfeld, PhD, Hakan Oral, MD
“A method and device for automatic detection of atrial fibrillation” $100,000
Keith Cook, PhD, Robert Bartlett, MD
“A Compact Cardiopulmonary Support Device” $112,060
Scott J. Hollister, PhD, Asheesh Bedi, MD
“Scaffold Based versus Auto/Allo Graft Osteochondral Repair using Surgical Templating Systems” $50,000
Mary-Ann Mycek, PhD, James Scheiman, MD, Barbara McKenna, MD, and Diane Simeone, MD, Jeremy Taylor, PhD
"Method for Optical Detection of Pancreatic Cancer" Third Year of funding - 2011 funding: $129,568; funding to date $354,568
Shuichi Takayama, PhD, Robertson Davenport, MD, and Katsuo Kurabayashi, PhD “Solution Microarray Assay for Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) Diagnosis” Second Year of funding – 2011 funding: $197,858; funding to date $272,858
Euisik Yoon, PhD, Parag Patil MD, PhD “A Bolt‐Shape Wireless Neural Signal Monitoring System” $50,000