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Natalia Trayanova named to National Academy of Inventors
Natalia Trayanova is recognized for her work developing 3D virtual heart models for patients with irregular heartbeats
December 3, 2019
Personalized simulations lead to more accurate, successful treatment for common heart rhythm disorder
In proof-of-concept study of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation, personalized models accurately predict where surgeons should destroy diseased heart tissue
August 19, 2019
Natalia Trayanova inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame
This extraordinary honor is conferred only on six women each year from around the world, and Natalia now joins the ranks of this group of scientists, engineers, and CEOs.
May 8, 2019
Natalia Trayanova selected to receive the Heart Rhythm Society's Distinguished Scientist Award
Natalia has been selected to receive the Heart Rhythm Society’s Distinguished Scientist Award. She will be honored at the Society’s 40th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco this May
February 14, 2019
We're hiring! Postdoctoral scholar and research scientist wanted
New positions are available in Dr. Trayanova’s Computational Cardiology Laboratory and the Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation at Johns Hopkins University
February 11, 2019
FDA just approved our 160-patient randomized clinical trial
The trial will demonstrate the utility of computer simulations driving atrial ablation procedure in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and fibrosis.
February 1, 2019
ADVANCE center launch celebration
Academic leadership, engineers and cardiologists celebrate the launching of the new center
December 12, 2018
The Alliance for Cardiovascular and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE) is formally announced today!
Cardiologists and engineers collaborate in new center for heart disease treatments
November 15, 2018
Dr. Trayanova gives keynote speech at the American Heart Association Conference
Titled "On Machine Learning and Simulations Guide Therapies for Arrhythmias"
November 11, 2018
3D Virtual Simulation Gets to the ‘Heart’ of Irregular Heartbeats
Researchers have successfully performed 3D personalized virtual simulations of the heart
September 15, 2018
A simple flash of light to cure a heart problem?
Physiologist Natalia Trayanova and her team are working on a treatment that could become a future cure for offbeat hearts
August 29, 2018
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Farhad Pashakhanloo wins!
May 11, 2018
Julie Shade receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations!
May 10, 2018
Reddit Science AMA Series: I’m Natalia Trayanova
Natalia answers questions submitted live on Reddit
April 1, 2018
Dr. Ali - Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship winner!
Dr. Ali chosen as one of JHU PPF winners!
February 5, 2018
Hopkins Lab Develops Arrhythmia Treatment
Taking out the middle man by directly integrating engineering to provide diagnoses and treatments for individual patients.
February 1, 2018
Imaging-based simulations for predicting sudden death and guiding ablation
Natalia Trayanova envisions the future of cardiology and electrophysiology advancing through personalised medicine and computational simulations.
January 31, 2018
On Capitol Hill
Dr. Trayanova participates in briefing in support for NIH funding.
November 15, 2017
AF Symposium 2017
Prof. Trayanova's talk at AF2017 highlighting the mechanisms underlying persistent atrial fibrillation.
October 2, 2017
TED talk is live!
Dr. Trayanova's TEDx 2017 talk, entitled "Your Personal Virtual Heart," is on Youtube! Check it out!
July 19, 2017
Pashakhanloo wins Young Investigator Award
Farhad wins award at the 44th International Congress on Electrocardiology in Portland, Oregon.
July 11, 2017
The Heart as Art
Dr. Pashakhanloo spent more than 60 hours creating an image of a human heart, which has been chosen to grace the cover of Nature Reviews Cardiology every month for the next year.
May 26, 2017
Using a Personalized, Virtual Heart to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death
A podcast by Dr. Trayanova on using computational tools to prevent sudden cardiac death, presented by United for Medical Research.
April 13, 2017
TEDxJHU 2017
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, Dr. Trayanova gave a thought provoking talk about bringing computational models to the clinic.
April 11, 2017
Say goodbye to a one-size-fits-all approach to health care.
Precision medicine is here. A virtual model of the heart developed by biomedical engineer Natalia Trayanova and her team promises to personalize cardiac treatment and improve care.
February 28, 2017
Farhad Pashakhanloo's image wins the competition for the cover of Nature Reviews Cardiology
The image will appear monthly on the cover of the journal throughout 2017.
January 8, 2017
Early somatic mosaicism is a rare cause of long-QT syndrome
An amazing story of a little girl that got a deadly genetic disorder in only 8% of her cells. We figured out why the disease was so deadly.
September 28, 2016
Melanie Zile wins student poster award
Congratulations our lab member Melanie Zile for beating the competition and winning the Student Poster Award at the Mechanoelecric Coupling and Arrhythmias meeting in Freiburg, Germany.
September 25, 2016
Optical defibrillation in mouse and human hearts
Major advance in cardiac optogenetics research published in JCI
September 12, 2016
Optogenetic defibrillation: Light tames lethal heart disorders in mice and virtual humans
An exciting exploration of emerging technology that might some day harness the power of light to defibrillate hearts. We show how this approach might work in humans.
September 12, 2016
Personalized virtual heart can predict the risk of sudden cardiac death
A non-invasive, 3-D virtual heart assessment tool to help doctors determine a patient's risk of life-threatening arrhythmia and which patients would benefit most from a defibrillator implant
May 10, 2016
MARCC
Our lab now enjoys improved computational resources with the new MARCC system. An article describes how we used it for the purpose of Mending Broken Hearts (scroll down to that title).
January 22, 2016
Trayanova receives Hopkins inHealth funding with collaborator Katherine Wu
"Personalized Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death Using Cardiac MRI and Virtual Heart Electrophysiologic Studies" With Dr. Kathy Wu, Adityo Prakosa, Plamen Nikolov, and Hermenegild Arevalo
December 18, 2015
Developing Computer Simulations of Hearts
Dr. Trayanova interviewed by Hopkins Medicine
June 11, 2015
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