SBME Graduate Student Paper Selected as Finalist at International IEEE Conference

Yafen Chen, a first-year graduate student in SBME has been selected as a finalist in the Student Paper Competition of the Annual Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Medicine and Biology Society, the largest international organization of biomedical engineers.

Out of 180 student paper entries, Chen's submission was selected as one of ten finalists. She will present her work at the international conference in July at Jeju Island, Korea, where she will compete for three final awards.

Chen's paper focuses on integrating brain imaging with a treatment device of stimulation. Her research is being conducted in collaboration with Yoon-Hee Cha from the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, as well as SBME Associate Professor Lei Ding. Han Yuan, an assistant professor in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, is her Ph.D. advisor.