Join us at the 6th annual Military Vision Symposium on Ocular and Vision Injury hosted by Harvard Medical Center. Dr. Coats will be presenting an overview of the temporal progression of eye injury following blast exposure. Full itinerary for the symposium can be found here....
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Jourdan Colter’s abstract titled, Coefficient of friction between carboxymethylated hyaluronic acid (CMHA-S) films and the ocular surface, was selected for a podium presentation at the ARVO national meeting to be held in Baltimore Maryland May 7-11. The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) is the largest gathering of eye and vision...
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Jourdan Colter successfully defended her Master’s thesis today to her graduate committee as well as family and friends. Her thesis, Design Optimization of a Hyaluronic-Acid Based Hydrogel Drug-Delivery Device for Immobilization in the Eye, set the foundation for identifying geometrical designs and findings on the optimization of a drug delivery system for individuals with eye injuries. Congratulations on...
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Big congratulations to Kiffer Creveling, and Boston Terry who presented their research at the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, & Biotransport conference at National Harbor, Maryland. Kiffer presented his work on the adhesion between the vitreous and the retina in his first podium talk. Boston presented his work developing a voxel-wise algorithm to better detect mild TBI for the undergraduate...
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Jourdan Colter and Dr. Brittany Coats attended the 2016 ARVO conference to present research from our lab to other ophthalmologists around the world. Jourdan’s work is currently optimizing a drug delivery system to patients through the use of hydrogels on the surface of eyes. She has been using computer models to figure out which...
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Undergraduates Kendall McMillan and Boston Terry presented their research to over 70 clinical faculty from around the world at the International Conference on Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma. Kendall’s presented his research measuring tortuosity in retinal vasculature following a retinal vein occlusion. Boston presented his research developing voxel-based analysis methods to detect DTI changes following repetitive head...
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Dr. Coats and Dan Shedd attended the 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Conference, which was held May 3rd– 7th in Denver. This conference attracts researchers and clinicians in ophthalmology from across the country and the globe. Dan presented his research in a podium presentation titled “Visual Dysfunction following Low...
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Jourdan Colter presented her research this Wednesday in an industry and academic collaborative seminar co-hosted by ANSYS, Inc. and Dr. Coats. Jourdan’s talk titled, “Medical Simulation & Modeling” gave a great overview of her thesis project with Jade Therapeutics Inc. The event had both academic and industry representatives speaking about the role of simulation and modeling...
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Much thanks to the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at the University of Utah for sponsoring two of our undergraduates! Mckenna Drysdale presented her research at the annual undergraduate research symposium on measuring the material properties of a novel hydrogel designed for ocular drug delivery. Boston Terry presented his work creating voxel-based analysis methods for...
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Members of the Developmental Head Injury Biomechanics group presented their work at the recent World Congress of Biomechanics in Boston, MA. Held every 4 years, this conference attracts biomechanical engineers and scientists from around the world. Dr. Coats chaired a session on head injury biomechanics, as well as presented her and...
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