Past GEM Projects
Since the Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine (GEM) Program began in 2014, this initiative has funded 32 GEM Projects. The GEM initiative has resulted in 243 publications and poster presentations, 32 patents, 7 startup companies, and numerous new collaborations between engineers, clinical faculty, and industry. Read more about the past GEM projects below.
2024

Ann Gaffey
agaffey@ucsd.edu
James Friend
jfriend@ucsd.edu
Nadir Weibel
weibel@ucsd.edu
Michael Sherer
msherer@ucsd.edu
Elsie Ross
e5ross@ucsd.edu
Sheng Xu
shx064@ucsd.edu
Sean Perez
saperez@ucsd.edu
Muyang Lin
m1lin@ucsd.edu
Sai Zhou
saz001@ucsd.edu2023

Shaochen Chen
shc064@ucsd.edu
Anshuman Singh
anshu_singh@hotmail.com
David B. Berry
dbberry@health.ucsd.edu
Charles W. Nager
cnager@health.ucsd.edu
Maziar Ghazinejad
mghazinejad@eng.ucsd.edu
Ghanshyam S. Yadav
gyadav@health.ucsd.edu
Maziar Ghazinejad
mghazinejad@ucsd.edu
Mohammad Eghtedari
meghtedari@health.ucsd.edu
Shengqiang Cai
shqcai@ucsd.edu
Hamed Hosseini-toudeshki
hahossei@ucsd.edu
Pyam Ramnes
pramnes@eng.ucsd.eduLinda Shi
zshi@ucsd.edu
Chengbiao Wu
chw049@health.ucsd.edu
Zhaowei Liu
z4liu@ucsd.edu
Junxiao Zhou
juz095@ucsd.edu
Derek Stuart Welsbie
dwelsbie@health.ucsd.edu
Zhaowei Liu
zhaowei@ucsd.edu
George Cheng
gcheng@health.ucsd.edu2022

Yeshaiahu Fainman
yfainman@ucsd.edu
Dirk-Uwe Bartsch
dbartsch@ucsd.edu
Darren Lipomi
dlipomi@ucsd.edu
Fadel Zeidan
fzeidan@ucsd.edu
Farshad Ahadian
fahadian@ucsd.edu
Frank E. Talke
ftalke@ucsd.edu
Nicole Steinmetz
nsteinmetz@eng.ucsd.edu
Ezra Cohen
ecohen@health.ucsd.edu
Jinghong Li
jil055@health.ucsd.edu
Sheng Xu
shengxu@ucsd.edu
Jyoti Mayadev
jmayadev@ucsd.edu
Milan Makale
mmakale@ucsd.edu
Karcher Morris
k6morris@ucsd.edu
Frank E. Talke
ftalke@ucsd.edu
2021

Vanessa P. Scott

Erin H. Walsh

James Friend

Sharona Ben-Haim

Shadi A. Dayeh
Tony Yaksh, PhD
Francisco Contijoch

Ryan Reeves

Brendan Colvert
2020

Jennifer Graves

Tzzy-Ping Jung

Masaki Nakanishi

Edward Jay Wang

Alison A. Moore

Tala al-Rousan
COVID-19 Rapid Response Awards
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GEM provided COVID-19 Rapid Response Awards to projects addressing the novel coronavirus. The GEM COVID-19 Rapid Response Awards funded projects are listed below. Read more about the COVID-19 Rapid Response Projects.

James Friend

Timothy Morris

Robert Owens
Todd Coleman

Jinghong Li

Sheng Xu

Karen Christman

Mark Hepokoski

Laurel Riek

Leslie Oyama

Alan Card
Lesley Wilson

David Kruman

Jeff Omens

Kurt Hoffmayer

Gordon Ho

Jyoti Mishra

Steve Koh

Dhakshi Ramanathan
Sujit Dey
2019

Robert Schooley

Nicole Steinmetz

Andrew Vahabzadeh-Hagh

Karen Christman

Andrew Kahn

Juan DelAlamo

Kevin King

Todd Coleman

Pranav Garimella

Jesse Jokerst

Antonino Catanzaro

Timothy Rodwell

Joseph Wang
2018

Ryan Orosco

Michael Yip

Michael Bouvet

Yingxiao Wang

Mike Tolley

Fred Spada

Frank E. Talke

Madhu Alagiri

Joseph Clacci

Shadi Dayeh

Vikash Gilja

Eric Halgren

Martin Marsala

Joel Martin
2017

Anna Narezkina

Elliott R. McVeigh

Alexander Norbash

James Friend

Robert Weinreb

Frank Talke

Louise Laurent

Drew Hall

Yu-Hwa Lo
2016

Frank Talke

Thomas Savides

Karen Christman

Marianna Alperin

Sheng Xu

Robert Owens

Bhaskar Rao

Sebastian Obrzut

Bongyong Song
2015

Andrew D. McCulloch

David Krummen

Donald J. Sirbuly

Robert Weinreb

Juan Carlos del Alamo

Andrew Kahn

Gert Cauwenberghs

Gabriel Silva

William Freeman
2014

Douglas Conrad

Drew Hall

Xiangdong Xu

Yingxiao Wang