New CardSS Lab Research: Machine Learning & AI In Cancer Survivorship
October 9, 2024
Check out this new paper from the Cardiac Systems Simulation (CardSS) Lab! This is the first product from our NIH R21-funded project in machine learning-based prediction of heart disease risk in survivors of childhood cancer. Thank you to our incredible collaborators, especially Dr. Lindsay Edwards at Duke in pediatric cardiology and Dr. Eric Chow at…
Congratulations to CardSS Lab 2024 Graduates from the UW Bioengineering Department!
June 6, 2024
2024 CardSS Lab Grads: (L to R) Izzy Kim, Jamie Yang, Pat Boyle (not a grad), Chelsea Gibbs, Nico Longhi, Sheri Oktay Today, our department held its annual graduation ceremony. We are delighted to share that FIVE members of the CardSS Lab were honored: Issac Kim, B.S. (expected), B.A. (intended), who will be staying in…
Izzy Kim is one of this year's Husky 100!!
April 30, 2024
We are very proud to share that our longtime lab member Izzy Kim has been awarded the amazing Husky 100 distinction for the 2023-24 academic year! Izzy is a current senior in our undergraduate program and has been a member of the CardSS Lab since November 2021. She established herself as a strong research presence…
New Review on Biomechanics in AFib Published!
November 1, 2023
We are very proud to share that Dr. Åshild Telle's first paper as a member of the lab was published earlier this week in Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy! The title of our review is "Personalized biomechanical insights in atrial fibrillation: opportunities & challenges". Schematic drawings of fibrotic remodeling on cell-scale and physiological impact on…
New CardSS Lab Research Published in the Journal of Physiology!
April 26, 2023
We are thrilled to share that CardSS Lab PhD Student Chelsea Gibbs has published her first paper as lead author for research related to her dissertation. The article is entitled "Graft–host coupling changes can lead to engraftment arrhythmia: a computational study". This work is a product of our exciting collaboration with Dr. Chuck Murry and…
Congratulations CardSS Lab Members on Many Recent Achievements!
March 17, 2023
We are excited to report many recent successes over the past few months! PhD Candidate Savannah Bifulco was invited to give oral presentations at the 2023 Gordon Research Seminar (!) and then the Gordon Research Conference (!!!) on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms, which was held in Galveston, Tx. Moreover, she earned an Honorable Mention (cash prize!)…
UW Engineering News Story About Pat and his Dad
March 13, 2023
The team at UW Engineering News, led by the amazing Chelsea Yates, has published a touching new article that tells the story of a very scary experience Pat had with the health of his Dad (Mike Boyle) in fall of 2022. This changed the way we think about our research on AFib and stroke, making…
New CardSS Lab Research Published in JCE
January 1, 2023
New CardSS Lab Research Published in JCE
Congratulations to Fima! 1st Place Poster award at WA ACC!
November 21, 2022
Dr. Macheret earned the prize for 1st Place Poster in the Clinical Research Category at the WA ACC 2022 meeting.
Our "Rising Star" at Cascadia 4.0!
November 4, 2022
Chelsea was invited to give a "Rising Star" Lecture at the Cascadia 4.0 Symposium
New paper by Dr. Chahine in Front Cardiovasc Med!
November 1, 2022
New article in Front Cardiovasc Med by Chahine et al., on relationships between epicardial adipose tissue and fibrosis in the left atrium.
Jamie Yang is a Levinson Scholar!
November 1, 2022
Jamie Yang has received a 2022-23 Levinson Emerging Scholars Award!
Best Abstract Recognition for CardSS Lab at ISCRM Fall Symposium
September 16, 2022
Best Abstract award for Chelsea at 2022 UW ISCRM Fall Stem Cell Symposium
Congratulations to our graduating lab members!
June 8, 2022
We are extremely proud of our two graduating CardSS Lab members from the UW Bioengineering Class of 2022: Griffin Scott and Kelly Zhang!!
Alex Ochs is an ISCRM Fellow!
May 24, 2022
Alex Ochs has been named as an ISCRM Fellow for the 2022-23 academic year
Savannah Bifulco receives Outstanding Woman in Innovation award from the UW Society of Women Engineers!!
May 10, 2022
PhD Candidate Savannah Bifulco has been selected as a recipient of a 2022 Outstanding Woman in Innovation award
The CardSS Lab is Presenting New Work at #HRS22!
April 19, 2022
CardSS lab presentations at HRS
Jamie Yang is a Mary Gates Research Scholar!
April 1, 2022
Jamie has earned an MGRS
HRS Travel Awards for Two CardSS Lab Trainees
March 10, 2022
Alex and Chelsea won Travel Scholarships
New Paper on Deep Learning Analysis of COVID-19 Patient ECGs
December 31, 2021
Our COVID-ECG-ML paper is out!
Congratulations to Fima!!
December 1, 2021
Fima matched to the UW Cardiac EP Fellowship
CardSS Lab Research Available for Online Viewing at #AHA2021!!
November 14, 2021
We highlight four presentations from the CardSS Lab at the AHA 2021 meeting, which is being held online.
Congratulations to Alex – Best Poster at the Cascadia 3.0 Meeting!
October 27, 2021
Alex Ochs won the award for best poster at the Cascadia 3.0 meeting, which was held virtually.
Farewell and Best of Luck to Amber!
October 4, 2021
Congratulations Amber! We wish you a long and successful career working as a bioengineer!
Huzzah! New Cardiac Optogenetics Paper is Published
August 30, 2021
new paper, published today in Front Physiol! Huge congratulations to 3rd-year PhD student Alex Ochs
CardSS Lab AI Research Team Receives Major Abstract Award at HRS21!!
July 29, 2021
Congrats to Amber Zih-Hua Chen, B.S., M.S., Jacob Mayfield, B.S., M.D., and Sarah Atkinson! We were just informed that our COVID-ECG-AI project received the award for highest scoring abstract in the Digital Health category at HRS 21 in Boston!
Whoa! Kelly Zhang is a 2021 ISCRMU Fellow!
May 19, 2021
Kelly Zhang has been awarded a 2021 ISCRMU fellowship
Farewell to Lab Undergrad Kirsten Kwan, the newest hire at HeartFlow!
May 17, 2021
Kirsten Kwan has accepted a position as a Case Analyst at HeartFlow Inc
Dr. Boyle and Dr. Akoum Enter the Podverse
May 11, 2021
Dr. Boyle was a guest on this week's episode of the BMJ talk medicine podcast.
Congratulations to the CardSS Lab's First Graduate Student to Defend: Zih-Hua (Amber) Chen!!
May 10, 2021
We are extremely excited to report that our very own Amber Zih-Hua Chen, B.S., M.S. passed her thesis defense this afternoon!! This is the first ever gradate student defense in the CardSS Lab and it was very impressive indeed. The title of Amber's thesis is "Machine Learning Approach to Predict Life-threatening Outcomes with Admit Electrocardiograms of…
Many new papers!
May 5, 2021
We have some new papers, please download them and read them
Two Lab Abstracts Accepted to HRS21 Meeting in Boston!
April 9, 2021
Congrats to Amber and Alex on their accepted HRS abstracts!
Congratulations to NSF GRFP Winner Chelsea Gibbs!!
March 23, 2021
Huge congratulations to 2nd-year PhD student Chelsea Gibbs, B.S. who was awarded an extremely prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
New Europace Paper Out Today!
March 5, 2021
New paper out today in Europace about sensitivity to mesh resolution and pacing protocol in personalized models of atrial fibrillation
December 2020 Updates: Papers! Funding!
December 16, 2020
December 2020 Updates: Papers! Funding!
e-Posters from HRS2020
May 7, 2020
Summary and links to CardSS lab e-Posters from HRS2020.
CardSS Lab Receives COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant from UW PHI
April 30, 2020
Our team received funding to support our work from the University of Washington Population Health Initiative on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to study electrocardiogram (EKG) signals in COVID-19 patients!
CardSS Lab at AHA19
November 21, 2019
Details about the lab's presence at AHA19.
New paper published in Nature Biomedical Engineering!
August 19, 2019
We published a new paper in a high-impact journal!
Abstract accepted at 2019 AHA Scientific Sessions!
August 5, 2019
The CardSS Lab will be presenting exciting new research at #AHA19!
Two CardSS Lab Undergraduates on their Admission to the UW BioE Program!
August 5, 2019
Kelly and Griffin were admitted to the BioE program at UW
Congratulations to Savannah!
June 9, 2019
Savannah selected for 2019 BCTG fellowship slot
Article about Pat in UW BioE's newsletter
December 4, 2018
A very nice welcome from the department
