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The Knights Templar Eye Foundation has generously awarded Dr. Coats with an Early Career Grant for Pediatric Ophthalmology Research. The funds will be used to set the foundations for characterizing pediatric ocular material properties. A presentation of the check will occur sometime in June for a grant start date of July 1. The award...
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Biological sample preparation for SEM imaging of porcine retina by P. Moran and B. Coats published in March issue of Microscopy Today...
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Congratulations to lab member Alex Williams and his Biodesign team for winning the High Design Award! The team designed a hand-operated mechanical nebulizer to deliver isotonic saline for use in treating vocal fold dehydration. The project followed FDA Design Control outlined in FDA 21 CFR 820.30 and was inspired by research performed by Dr. Kristine...
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We will be presenting our work at the San Diego International Conference for Children and Families. The talk is in collaboration with Safe and Healthy Families at Primary Children’s Hospital. The talk is titled Video recorded reenactment of inflicted head and other injuries to a three-week-old infant: Biomechanical, clinical and psychosocial observations and perspectives....
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Finite element model predictions of intracranial hemorrhage from non-impact, rapid head rotations in the piglet by B Coats, SA Eucker, S Sullivan S and SS Margulies published in a special pediatric issue of International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience...
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Great news this month! TWO small grants were awarded! Pediatric TBI from repetitive head rotation was funded by the generous support of the Primary Children’s Medical Center Foundation.Quantification of collagen dissolution in the immature eye from plasmin protealase was funded by the generous support of the University of Utah Research Foundation. Both grants will provide funding for preliminary data...
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We will be presenting a workshop, “Using Biomechanics to Understand AHT” at the 11th International Conference on Abusive Head Trauma to be held in Atlanta, GA on Sept. 11-13....
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Our first publication detailing the occurance of ocluar hemorrhages in a porcine model from rapid head rotations is now available online in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS). Work is in collaboration with Gil Binenbaum, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. ...
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Recently published in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering:In Situ deformations in the immature brain during rapid rotations by Ibrahim, Natesh, Szczesny, Ryall, Eucker, Coats & Margulies. This communication quantifies brain strain and brain/skull displacement during rapid head rotations in an immature brain....
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