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Shu Chien,M.D., Ph.D Peter Farrell, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering Chief Executive Officer, RESMEDTitans of Industry, Academia Team Up to Advance Engineering in Medicine
Titans of Industry, Academia Team Up to Advance Engineering in Medicine
Generosity of Shu and K.C. Chien and Peter Farrell to be recognized through named research collaboratory in Franklin Antonio Hall
Generosity of Shu and K.C. Chien and Peter Farrell to be recognized through named research collaboratory in Franklin Antonio Hall
When renowned UC San Diego bioengineer Shu Chien completed medical school in 1953, he wanted to find ways to make technological advancements in healthcare that would improve human lives. To do so, he had to find an engineer to collaborate with, since physicians and engineers were largely siloed professions at the time.
Peter Farrell, founder of sleep-disordered breathing medical device company ResMed, experienced something similar when completing his bioengineering Ph.D. research into treatments with the artificial kidney, working under the guidance of two advisors: one a nephrologist, and the other an engineer.
Bioengineering Alumnus on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill Development Team
Bioengineering Alumnus on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill Development Team
Jacobs School of Engineering alumnus Britton Boras earned a Ph.D. in bioengineering in 2015, conducting research with Professor Andrew McCulloch on multi-scale modeling of biological systems. Now a Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer, Boras uses the modeling skills he honed at UC San Diego to predict the most effective dosage of new therapies in development. Most recently, Boras was part of the team at Pfizer that developed the Paxlovid COVID-19 antiviral pill, the first oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA emergency use authorization.
Britton Boras, Ph.D. '15
Senior Principal Scientist at PfizerBritton Boras, Ph.D. '15
Elizabeth Heyde, M.S. '21
Research & Development Engineer II at MedtronicElizabeth Heyde, M.S. '21
Bioengineering Alumna Earns SWE Outstanding Collegiate Member Award
Bioengineering Alumna Earns SWE Outstanding Collegiate Member Award
Recent UC San Diego alumna Elizabeth Heyde, who earned her master’s in bioengineering in 2021, is one of 10 students in the country honored with the Society of Women Engineers’ Outstanding Collegiate Member Award.
Niema Moshiri, Ph.D. '15
Teaching Professor (LPSOE) of Computer Science , UC San DiegoNiema Moshiri, Ph.D. '15
2022 UC San Diego Integrity Champion
2022 UC San Diego Integrity Champion
The UC San Diego Integrity Award acknowledge the contributions of community members unafraid to live by their principles and manifest one of the university’s most important core values: integrity.
Dr. Moshiri, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, devised data-driven frameworks to prevent cheating in emergency remote learning initiatives.
Moshiri developed a data-driven approach to detecting exam collaboration, drawing heavily on the material taught to his own students.
“In an attempt to maintain academic rigor during remote exams, many courses have imposed various forms of surveillance, often in the form of remote proctoring services in which students are monitored by strangers and are sometimes even recorded, which has eroded trust,” Moshiri said. “Importantly, the tool is open-source and utilizes many computer science principles my students use in their own coursework, so I demonstrate the tool to them as a teaching moment as well as an exercise to solidify their trust in the process.”
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