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, Ph.D.
Fellowship Director

Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, and by courtesy of Mechanical Engineering 

Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering

Vera Moulton Wall Center Faculty Scholar

amarsden@stanford.edu

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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 become leaders in the field.

Years

Project

2020-? Melody Dong, MS, PhD Candidate
2019-2020 Nicole Schiavone, PhD Candidate
2019 Jonathan Pham, PhD Candidate
2018- Present Stephanie Lindsey - Post-doctoral scholar
2019 Noelia Grande Gutierrez, PhD Candidate
2019 Aekaansh Verma, PhD Candidate
2017-2019 Nicole Schiavone, PhD Candidate

2016-2017    

Hedi Razavi – PhD Candidate

Benchmark Capital Endowed Fellowship in Congential Cardiovascular Bioengineering (2008-10)

Hemodynamic and Structural Effects of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis    

2012-2014 Swaminadhan Gnanashanmugan - Post-doctoral scholar
2010-2011 Ga Young Suh
2010-2011 Rashmi Raghu
2008-2010 Carlos Figueroa Alvarez
2006-2011

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

2006-2007    

Alison Marsden, PhD – Post-doctoral scholar

Benchmark Capital Endowed Fellowship in Congential Cardiovascular Bioengineering

Simulation and Optimization of Fontan Surgery for Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease    

2004-2005    

Rashmi Raghu – Graduate Student
Fulbright Scholar – New Zealand Graduate Award Recipient    
 

2002-2004

Ryan Spilker – PhD Candidate

Benchmark 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

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