Associated Lab Members
Professor Dunham’s research focuses on the use of soft materials, 3D printing and nontraditional electronic fabrication to realize novel biomedical technologies. He has a B.S. in materials science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. His current research focuses on cardiac imaging, cardiac electrophysiology and airway interventions.
Lina Sanchez Botero, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Weill Cornell Medicine developing novel soft robotic methods for ablation of cardiac tissue to treat arrhythmias of the heart.
Mousumi Dhara manages purchasing, regulatory affairs and operations for the Biomedical Engineering and Brain Health Imaging Institute in the Department of Radiology. Prior to this, she was the biorepository coordinator in the Head and Neck Cancer Division at Johns Hopkins University, and in Tissue Procurement Services at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Pathology.
The research of Alex Dornback, B.S.E., focuses on 3D modeling, printing, and fluid dynamic assessment of patient-specific coronary artery models. He received his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University with a concentration in biomechanics. Previously, he held a scientist role at Haima Therapeutics formulating and testing platelet-mimetic nanoparticles to prevent life-threatening bleeding, and has worked on other academic research in wearables and software development.
Laya Sam, M.D., is an OBGYN surgeon who assists with various projects involving ex vivo and in vivo animal testing, performing medical image annotations, and interacting with patients for IRB-approved human studies.
Lilia Soriano is working as a research lab assistant in the Dalio Institute for Cardiovascular Imaging. She graduated from Queens College with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a concentration in biochemistry.
The Dunham Lab focuses on efforts to utilize combinations of soft materials, 3D printing, flexible electronics and soft robotics, in order to develop novel diagnostic and/or therapeutic technologies. The lab leverages expertise and soft materials, image analysis, and flexible sensing to develop these tools. While our more mature efforts are centered around treatments for cardiac health, we are beginning to explore more diverse applications of these technologies.
The goal of this project was to develop a patient-specific occluder for the left atrial appendage (LAA), as a stroke prevention device for atrial fibrillation (...
Intubation Procedures: For patients with obstructed airways or difficulty breathing, intubation is a lifesaver...
Atrial Fibrillation and Unstable Cardiac Arrhythmia: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a significant problem for the health care community. ...
