Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare

09/04/2026

Learn more about this project headed by Malone Center affiliate Nilanjan Chatterjee in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-026-02601-2

UVA's Ziqiao Wang, PhD, and Johns Hopkins collaborators have developed PGS-TRI, a framework that uses genetic data from autistic children and their parents to separate direct genetic effects from parent-driven environmental ones.

Studying more than 18,000 family trios, they found genetic risk scores for autism are generally accurate, though less so for African and East Asian ancestry families, highlighting the need to include people of diverse backgrounds in genetic research. They also identified CADM2 as a promising gene target for future prevention work.

"This tool gives us opportunities to study ... how nature and nurture work together to influence a child's health," says Wang.

Read more about Wang's research: https://bit.ly/4wAlVQB

09/03/2026

Congratulations to our faculty on winning 2026 Johns Hopkins University Discovery Awards! Learn more about their proposed projects below:

Winning projects—chosen from 324 proposals—will accelerate the research of 132 individuals from across the university.

09/02/2026

Saria is a John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University:

Sepsis is the third leading cause of death in US hospitals.

09/01/2026

Read about John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science Suchi Saria’s groundbreaking research on for detection:

Headlines across the Whiting School of Engineering feature discoveries and honors that will speed the pace of innovation. Applied Mathematics and Statistics Understanding the Unpredictable A Hopkins engineering alum is…

08/31/2026

Will AI robots perform surgery better than humans? 🔪

Mathias Unberath, CTO and co-founder of Inner Logic and Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University, explains how AI could help surgical robots understand their surroundings, adapt to unexpected situations, and eventually perform carefully defined procedures with greater autonomy.

Inside the conversation:
💪 Why soft-tissue surgery is much harder to automate than bone or eye procedures
🚨 How AI helps surgical systems perceive and respond to changing conditions
🤖 Why simulation is critical for preparing robots for rare surgical scenarios
🏥 How autonomous surgery could expand access to healthcare
🧑‍⚕️ What needs to happen before surgeons and patients can trust AI-powered systems

Discover what's next for AI-powered surgery:
📺 YouTube: https://link.theneurondaily.com/r/chM2Y0
🎧 Spotify: https://link.theneurondaily.com/r/Rn3mPJ
🎙️ Apple Podcast: https://link.theneurondaily.com/r/PayBUE

08/28/2026

A major milestone for lead developer and John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science Suchi Saria:

The AI system detects deadly infections faster than doctors, saving thousands of lives from a condition that claims more than 250,000 lives each year in the U.S.

08/26/2026

At a joint event between Johns Hopkins University and Fast Company, John C. Malone Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jeremy D. Brown gave his expert predictions about tech and healthcare.

A joint Johns Hopkins and Fast Company event explores expert predictions about tech and healthcare.

08/25/2026

Last fall, SFI External Professor John Krakauer was named director of the Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology (CRN) at Lisbon's Champalimaud Foundation, a center he helped create. Krakauer has been connected to Champalimaud for more than a decade, first as a visiting scientist at its Centre for the Unknown.

His research spans motor control and learning, stroke recovery, and the design of new neuro-rehabilitation approaches, much of it aimed at treatment, not just understanding. The CRN extends that line with a transdisciplinary approach.

Krakauer has been part of SFI's external faculty since 2019, recently co-organizing a working group on the nature of intelligence in biological and machine systems.

https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/john-krakauer-named-director-of-champalimauds-centre-for-restorative-neurotechnology

08/24/2026

Featuring chief technical officer Mathias Unberath and chief robotics officer Axel Krieger:

Inner Logic has raised $11.5 million in seed funding to develop simulation and data infrastructure for designing, testing and validating procedural medical devices. General Catalyst and Bison Ventures co-led the round. J2VP, Defined, PTX, Valia Ventures, Page One, Alumni Ventures and Flare also part...

08/21/2026

A study finds that the new equation matches the accuracy of the original and is available for laboratories to use at no cost through a transparent, single line of code.

A study finds that the new equation matches accuracy of the original and is available for laboratories to use at no cost through a transparent, single line of code.