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Twelve times a day for 14 years – starting at 3 a.m. – Cameron Crouse checked his blood sugar with finger pricks from a glucometer.  Diagnosed a month shy of his third birthday with type 1 diabetes in 2003, Crouse said administering 12 pricks a day became second nature. But for many people, especially those […]

Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, has been named a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Donald Trump. The PECASE, established in 1996, is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are at […]

Dr. Blanka Sharma, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award Winner. Sharma’s achievement will allow her to develop biomaterials and engineering approaches to understand and direct immune responses in both cancer and tissue regeneration. This […]