University of Virginia Scientist Brian P. Helmke, Ph.D., Receives Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 04:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Brian P. Helmke, PhD, associate professor of biomedical engineering at UVA, hopes to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in children by using fluid propulsion technology to engineer the surface of the tube so that it mimics the natural surface of the trachea. Helmke is the recipient of a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award for his project "Ciliated Pediatric Endotracheal Tube for Active Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia."
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