Dr. Frederick Dirbas's research interests are focused on improving therapy of breast cancer by refining existing diagnostic and treatment options, as well as introducing new methods that reduce side effects and improve quality of life for affected patients. Focuses include breast surgical oncology, accelerated partial breast irradiation, intraoperative radiotherapy, radiobiology of breast cancer, identification of markers of resistance to chemotherapy and radiation, and breast cancer stem cells.
Dr. Frank Willett is co-director of the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory. The group develops brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to restore movement and communication to people with neurological disorders. Recent contributions include handwriting and speech-based BCIs that set new records for communication speed and accuracy in people with paralysis. More broadly, they are interested in computational approaches to understanding brain function and recordings, with a focus on how the human brain represents movement and language.
Home Department: Chemistry
Faculty Advisor: Steven Boxer
Talk Title: Ladderane phospholipids form dense, low-polarity membranes with low proton/hydroxide permeability
Event: 256th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition
Awarded in 2017
Talk Title: Nanometer-Scale Lipid Clusters in Model Membranes Revealed by Atomic Recombination in NanoSIMS
Event: 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society
Awarded in 2016
Talk Title: Atomic recombination in nanosims as a method to measure nanometer-scale intermolecular distances in lipid bilayers
Event: 2016 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
Home Department: Radiology
Faculty Advisor: Daniel Rubin
Talk Title: Prediction of radiologist observations using computational image features: Method and preliminary results
Event: Radiological Society of North America 2011
Awarded in 2007
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Craig Levin (Radiology) and Mark Horowitz (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science)
