Past GEM Projects

A Novel Patient Specific Vaginal Dilator to Prevent Radiation Induced Vaginal Stenosis for Cervical Cancer

	Jyoti Mayadev jmayadev@ucsd.edu
	Milan Makale mmakale@ucsd.edu
	Karcher Morris k6morris@ucsd.edu
	Frank E Talke ftalke@ucsd.edu

Plant viruses against cancer

	Nicole Steinmetz nsteinmetz@eng.ucsd.edu
	Ezra Cohen ecohen@health.ucsd.edu

Multirate Tomography for Low Cost Diagnosis and Monitoring of Age Related Macular Degeneration

	Yeshaiahu Fainman yfainman@ucsd.edu
	Dirk-Uwe Bartsch dbartsch@ucsd.edu

Epidermal haptic sensor for closed-loop meditation-based pain reduction

	Darren Lipomi dlipomi@ucsd.edu
	Fadel Zeidan fzeidan@ucsd.edu

Augmented Reality Navigation System for Pain Management Therapies

	Farshad Ahadian fahadian@ucsd.edu
	Frank E Talke ftalke@ucsd.edu

Development of a wearable wireless ultrasonic patch for continuous monitoring of diaphragm thickening fraction in respiratory failure patients

	Jinghong Li jil055@health.ucsd.edu
	Sheng Xu shengxu@ucsd.edu

Design of a non-nutritive suckling system for real-time characterization of suckling efficacy in neonates 

	Vanessa P. Scott, MD, MS, FAAP; Principal Investigator Pediatrician, Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Email: vpscott@health.ucsd.edu
	Erin H. Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, BCS-S; Co-PI Speech-Language Pathologist Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Surgery, Center for Voice & Swallowing Email: ehwalsh@health.ucsd.edu
	James Friend, Ph.D.; Co-PI Medically Advanced Devices Lab, Center for Medical Device Engineering and Biomechanics Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine Email: jfriend@eng.ucsd.edu

Spinothalamic Tract Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain

	Sharona Ben-Haim, MD Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery sbenhaim@health.ucsd.edu
	Shadi A. Dayeh, PhD Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jacobs School of Engineering sdayeh@ucsd.edu
	Tony Yaksh, PhD Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology UCSD School of Medicine tyaksh@health.ucsd.edu

Densitometric Blood Flow Quantification from Invasive Angiography

	Principal Investigators: Francisco Contijoch, Ph.D.1,2 (fcontijoch@eng.ucsd.edu) Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Assistant Adjunct Professor of Radiology
	Principal Investigators: Ryan Reeves, M.D.3 (rreeves@health.ucsd.edu) Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine Radiology
	Participating Investigators: Brendan Colvert, Ph.D.1 (bcolvert@eng.ucsd.edu) Cardiology

MSight: Joint development of a mobile, head-mounted EEG/EOG brain computer interface to concurrently capture afferent and efferent visual dysfunction in people with MS

A 3D Printed Clip that Converts Average Smartphones into Blood Pressure Monitors with No Additional Electronics

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. 

Vacuum-Exhausted Isolation Locker (VEIL) to Facilitate Treatment of Respiratory Compromise from COVID-19 Infection

                                                                                            

                                                                                            

Customized Wearable Wireless Multimodal Sensor for Continuous and Remote Monitoring of COVID-19 Patients

                                                                                                              

Immunomodulatory Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels for Treating COVID-19 Lung and Systemic Inflammation

Mobile Tele-Health Robot System to Improve Healthcare Safety and Patient Well-Being

Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Assessment following COVID-19 Infection

Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Assessment following COVID-19 Infection

Electricidal Urinary Catheter–Preventing Spread of Infectious Diseases within the Urinary Tract

Developing Methods to Optimize Accuracy, Efficiency, and Safety in Telerobotic Surgery

Reengineering Monocytes from Peripheral Blood for Immunotherapy Targeting Pancreatic Cancer

Next-generation Spinal Cord Neuro-electronic Interface Implant for the Potential Treatment of Paralysis

Read more about the 2018 GEM award recipients here.

Development of a Magnetic Nanosensor-based Assay for Real-time Non-invasive Quantification of Protein and Nucleic Acid Biomarkers in Preterm Birth—Point-of-care Testing for Early Identification of Patients at Risk for Pregnancy Complications

Low-dose CT-based Method for Detection of Subclinical Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity

Steerable Tip Microcatheter Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms

Optical Pressure Sensor for Measuring Intraocular Pressure for Keratoprosthesis Patients and Glaucoma Patients

Read more about the 2017 GEM award recipients here.

Compressed Sensing Image Acquisition and Processing for Single Photon Emission Tomograph

Disposable, 3-D Printable Endoscope

Injectable Biomaterial for Treating Pelvic Floor Disorders

Battery-free Wireless Wearable Sensors for Sleep Monitoring

Read more about the 2016 GEM award recipients here.

Micropower Integrated Nano-engineered Retinal Interface

Solution: Development of Patient-specific Indices of Left-ventricular Blood Stasis by Echocardiographic Imaging and Analyses of Intraventricular Flow

Development of a Non-Invasive Quantitative Tool to Detect and Localize Human Ventricular Fibrillation Mechanisms

Continuous and Direct Intraocular Pressure Monitoring via Fluid-sensitive 3D Photonic Crystal Implants

Read more about the 2015 GEM award recipients here.

Smartphone-Based Biosensor to Monitor pH and Pulmonary Exacerbation Biomarkers in Patients with CF

Molecular Biosensors and Machineries for the Engineering and Imaging of T Cell Activities for Immunotherapy for Multiple Myeloma

Read more about the 2014 GEM award recipients here.