Benchmark Capital Fellowship in Congenital Cardiovascular Bioengineering
About the Fellowship
The Benchmark Capital Fellowship in Congenital Cardiovascular Bioengineering is for fellows at both the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels. The Benchmark Fellow is part of the research program in cardiovascular biomechanics which focuses on congenital cardiovascular abnormalities with specific attention paid to vascular modeling.
The engineering fellows participate in clinical and medical research conferences in addition to formal coursework in the School of Engineering and School of Medicine at Stanford University. Research supervision will be provided jointly by Engineering and Medical School faculty. Applicants will have, in general, a background in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or a closely related field. Pre-doctoral fellows will receive support for the duration of the doctoral training, contingent on sufficient academic progress. They will be required to apply for, but not be required to obtain grant support. Post-doctoral fellows will be funded for one to two years and will then be expected to obtain grant funding for salary and project support.
For additional information,
please contact:
Alison Marsden, PhD, Fellowship Director
- Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease
Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, and by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering - Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering
- Vera Moulton Wall Center Faculty Scholar
- Co-Director CHIP T32 Program
Current Fellow
2025–Present:
Junhyuk (Bryan) Hwang,
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Past Benchmark Bioengineering Fellows
The Vera Moulton Wall Center is proud of its fellowship alumni. Many have gone on to assume academic posts at academic institutions and become leaders in the field.
- YEARS
- 2023–2024
- 2022–2024
- 2020–2022
- 2019–2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018–2020
- 2017–2019
- 2016–2017
- 2012–2014
- 2010–2011
- 2010–2011
- 2008–2010
- 2006–2011
- 2006–2007
- 2004–2005
- 2002–2004
- PROJECT
- Matteo Salvador, Post-doctoral scholar
Current Position: Simulation Intelligence Scientist at Pasteur Labs & ISI - Fanwei Kong, Post-doctoral scholar
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at WashU - Melody Dong, MS, PhD Candidate
Current Position: Clinical Scientist at Abbott - Nicole Schiavone, PhD Candidate
Current Position: Biomedical Engineer at the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) - Jonathan Pham, PhD Candidate
Current Position: Consultant, Bain & Company - Noelia Grande Gutierrez, PhD Candidate
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University - Aekaansh Verma, PhD Candidate
Current Position: CAD Simulation Engineer at Apple - Stephanie Lindsey, Post-doctoral scholar
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCSD - Nicole Schiavone, PhD Candidate
- Hedi Razavi, PhD Candidate
Benchmark Capital Endowed Fellowship in Congential Cardiovascular Bioengineering (2008-10)Hemodynamic and Structural Effects of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis - Swaminadhan Gnanashanmugan, Post-doctoral scholar
- Ga Young Suh
Current Position: Assistant Professor/Advisor, CSU Long Beach - Rashmi Raghu
- Carlos Figueroa Alvarez
- Jessica S. Coogan, MS
Doctoral Student, Department of Bioengineering, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2006-2011)Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations of Aortic Coarctation Comparing the Effects of Surgical-and Stent-Based Treatments on Aortic Compliance and Ventricular Workload - Alison Marsden, PhD, Post-doctoral scholarBenchmark Capital Endowed Fellowship in Congential Cardiovascular BioengineeringSimulation and Optimization of Fontan Surgery for Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
Current Position: Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease, Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, and by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering - Rashmi Raghu, Graduate StudentFulbright Scholar – New Zealand Graduate Award Recipient
- Ryan Spilker, PhD CandidateBenchmark Capital Endowed Fellowship in Congential Cardiovascular Bioengineering (2002-03)Image Based Modeling of Congenital Pulmonary Vascular Disease
About the Center
The Wall Center seeks to enhance the lives of patients with pulmonary vascular disease by providing the highest level of clinical care, providing advanced training opportunities for physicians and other health care providers, and participating in clinical and bench-top research in pulmonary vascular disease.
Contact Us
- Alison Marsden, Bioengineering Fellowship Director
- Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
455 Broadway
Discovery Hall, 1st Fl
Redwood City, CA 94063
MC: 8858 - Phone: (800) 640-9255
- wallcenter@stanford.edu