2027 recipients of Halcomb Family Endowed Fellowship in Medicine and Engineering announced

The Halcomb Family Endowed Fellowship in Medicine and Engineering was awarded to two graduate students in the Stanley and Pigman College of Engineering to incentivize the development of patient-centered clinical solutions that advance health care and improve patient outcomes. 

Recipients are selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants by the dean of the Pigman College of Engineering, based on recommendations from a multidisciplinary advisory committee of research-active faculty. The fellowship includes an annual stipend of $30,000 (12-month duration) with the option of renewal for a second year.

2027 Halcomb Family Endowed Fellowship in Medicine and Engineering Recipients 

Fatemeh Hamedi, doctoral candidate in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering

• Fellowship Project: Optimization of an Innovative scDCT Device for Continuous Monitoring of Pulsatile CBF Variations to Predict ICP Changes in Preterm Infants
• Faculty Co-Mentors: Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D., Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, F. Joseph Halcomb III, MD Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Randaline R. Barnett, M.D., M.P.H., College of Medicine, Department of Neurology

David Graf current graduate student in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Fellowship Project: Development of a Library Preparation Microfluidic Chip and Integrated Operating System for Antimicrobial Resistance Detection
• Faculty Co-Mentors: Scott Berry, Ph.D., Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Jamie Sturgill, Ph.D., College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Heather Thompson, a graduate student in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, MD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Nusrat Munia, a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science, were finalists for the fellowship. 

The Halcomb Family Endowed Fellowship in Medicine and Engineering, established in 2009 through a generous gift from Dr. F. Joseph and Mrs. Joan Halcomb III, M.D., and Kentucky’s Research Challenge Trust Fund, honors the late Dr. Francis Joseph (“F.J.”) Halcomb, Jr., and the Halcomb family.