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Headshot of Raymond Fu (left) and Srinivas Sridhar (right).

From facial recognition to nanomedicines, these Northeastern inventors are transforming health care and technology

Northeastern professors Srinivas Sridhar and Raymond Fu have been named to the National Academy of Inventors.
Hands wearing purple-colored gloves place a vial into a container in a blue-lit room.

Nanomedicine could reduce the frequency of breast and ovarian cancer treatments, research finds

Northeastern professor Needa Brown’s research explores the use of nanomedicine to deliver time-release immunomodulatory drugs.
Srinivas Sridhar demonstrating a NeuroVEP headset.

These goggles scan your brain to detect neurological and vision function loss

By analyzing and isolating brain signals, NeuroVEP can identify potential problems. The researchers also envision the technology being used on people who have had strokes or traumatic brain injury.
headshot of Guohao Dai (left), Aileen Huang-Saad (middle) and Srinivas Sridhar (right)

Three Northeastern professors elected fellows, join prestigious group of medical and biological engineers

Srinivas Sridhar, Aileen Huang-Saad and Guohao Dai have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows, which draws from the upper 2 percent of medical and biological engineers.

Northeastern University’s Cancer Nanomedicine Co-ops for Undergraduate Research Experiences program is training the researchers who could transform cancer treatments

A Northeastern program that enables students to do cancer research on co-op has influenced the researchers behind a mobile app that delivers personalized treatment information to people with breast cancer. It helped another student earn a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct cancer research in Botswana.

Professor on a mission to create crystal-clear images of the human brain

An intricate network of vessels pumps blood and oxygen through our brains, fueling our ability to think, feel, and function. What if doctors could learn more about this network by seeing it in brightly illuminated, crystal-clear detail?

Northeastern faculty spark a sea change in the nanomedicine field

Professors Srinivas Sridhar and Thomas Webster launched the Nanomedicine Academy of Minority Serving Institutions to bring a diverse workforce into this emerging field and cutting-edge medical advances into the world.

From cameras to computers, new material could change how we work and play

Northeastern physicists Swastik Kar and Srinivas Sridhar led a research team whose novel work has potential applications for improved cellphone cameras and tiny transistors that when multiplied by the billions could fuel computers.

Students explore nanomedicine research on CaNCURE co-ops

Students in the first cohort of an exciting new cancer nanomedicine research co-op program are wrapping up their experiential learning opportunities, which they say have been nothing short of career-defining.

New grant supports co-ops in cancer nanomedicine

With support from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, Northeastern University will partner with the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center to provide co-op experiences to undergraduate students, who will receive training to study and conduct cancer nanomedicine research.