Press Releases
| May 4, 2009 | Stanford Researchers Tackling H1N1 Virus on Variety of Fronts |
| Aug 28, 2008 | Bilal Shafi, 2005-2007 Innovation Fellow, named Top Innovator by TechReview. (pdf) |
| May 28, 2008 | Biodesign shares in large NIH Grant |
| January 10, 2008 | Report on Medical Device Regulation released |
| November 8, 2007 | SBIR Phase I awarded to Fellowship team (pdf) |
| June 1, 2007 | Stanford-India Biodesign Initiative Announced (pdf) |
Stanford Biodesign in the Press
November 17, 2009 Peter Frykman, former Biodesign Teaching Assistant, and his startup, Driptech, have been selected by Businessweek as one of their "Most Intriguing Startups" for 2009.
November 12, 2009 Craig Milroy, Biodesign faculty and Sr. Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, is featured in a story on "Tinkering" in the Wall Street Journal. See the photos from the story (Milroy is photo 12/15).
November 12, 2009 The Jaipur Knee, designed by students in Tom Andriacchi's class, has been selected as one of Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions for 2009. Congratulations to the students: Ayo Roberts, Joel Sadler, Angelo Szychowski, Eric Thorsell and Ellis Garai (2009 Biodesign Fellow).
October 15, 2009 The California Healthcare Institute highlights our new textbook in their bi-monthly bulletin.
October 5, 2009 Stanford Medicine magazine highlights the publication of our new textbook, Biodesign: The Process of Innovation Medical Technologies.
September 9, 2009 The Indo-US Science & Technology Forum's newletter, Connect, features an article about the Stanford-India Biodesign program.
September 9, 2009 The Times of India reports that the Stanford-India Biodesign team took first place in the India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2009
August 31, 2009 One of the projects from the 2009 Stanford-India Biodesign fellows, the IntraOz, is mentioned in the Hindu Business Line.
August 21, 2009 Paul Yock is mentioned in the article Creative Leadership Can Make All The Difference in the Times of India.
August 7, 2009 The Biodesign Program's graduate course is mentioned in an article in naturejobs.com.
July 30, 2009 livemint.com (of the Wall Street Journal) discusses device development in India. Stanford-India Biodesign is mentioned.
May 20, 2009 Biodesign: Curing with Innovation(pdf) Biodesign is featured in the Stanford Report insert called InterAction.
May 4, 2009 Stanford Researchers Tackling H1N1 Virus on Variety of Fronts Matthew Callaghan, and Joelle Abra, 08-09 Fellows, are featured in this article from MarketWatch about their low-cost ventilator project.
April 29, 2009 Coulter Grants Paul Yock is mentioned in an article in the Stanford Report regarding the recent grants provided to Stanford faculty via the Coulter Translational Research Grant Program.
April 29, 2009 India gets ready to test innovations in medical technology LiveMint, a subsidiary of the Wall Street Journal, features the Stanford-India Biodesign program and quotes Paul Yock, Balram Bharagava and Raj Doshi.
April 26, 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition Elevator Pitches Miret Surgical, the company formed around the technology of the 08-09 Fellows White Team, was selected to compete in the Rice University Business Plan Competition. Hear their elevator pitch.
April 23, 2009 Entrepreneurship Education Report (pdf) A report of the Global Education Initiative. Biodesign is mentioned as an example of an entrepreneurship training program within higher education.
April 16, 2009 Fantastic Voyage: Technology is making health care more portable, precise and personal Paul Yock is quoted in this article in The Economist.
April 16, 2009 Flying blind: Digital medicine will improve medical care—and possibly revive drug discovery too Paul Yock is quoted in this article in The Economist.
April 16, 2009 Health care in India: Lessons from a frugal innovator Paul Yock is quoted in this article in The Economist.
April 15, 2009 Jaipur Knee part of Cool Products Expo The Stanford Report highlights work done by Joel Sadler, Ayo Roberts, Angelo Szychowski, Eric Thorsell in designing an inexpensive, artificial knee.
April 15, 2009 Need U 4 CPR 2nite: Study of texting seeks participants Biodesign fellows launch a study on public response to local emergencies.
February 10, 2009 Paul G. Yock elected to National Academy of Engineers
January 28, 2009 Stanford-India Biodesign opens center in New Delhi
December, 2008 The Stanford-India Biodesign program is highlighted in the Times of India and the Hindustan Times.
October 2, 2008 Christine Kurihara and Uday Kumar (fellow, 07-08) are quoted in an article about Stanford Biodesign on the america.gov website.
October 1, 2008 Paul Yock is quoted in The Scientist article about the Medical Device industry.
September 16, 2008 Joelle Abra, 2008-09 Fellow is now blogging about the fellowship. Read more at the MaRS website.
February 26, 2008 NBC News features EWeek event: A panel discussing childhood obesity draws 120 engineers, scientists, technologists and doctors to think about the problem. See news video.
June 6, 2007 Stanford, India join to train medical technology innovators Stanford News Service reports on the SIB initiative.
Fall, 2006 Professor Gadget Stanford Medicine Magazine discuss Paul Yock's initiatives in medical device innovation.
Fall, 2006 Stanford Medicine: Re-inventing Invention (includes video)
October 19, 2004 Innovation fellows save lives with Biodesign Stanford Daily reports on the Innovation Fellowship.