Rafael Ramos
Biography
Education:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; Syracuse University, M.S.
Year in Program: G3
Mentor: Howard Matthew, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Wayne State University / WSUSOM MD-PhD program
PhD Biomedical Engineering
PhD Candidate
Personal Interests
Born in the United States and raised in Mexico, an engineer by training trying to find a medical niche.
Student Involvement 2019:
Vice President - Latino Medical Student Association/Amigos Medicos
WSU SOM First Aid First - Logistics and Research Co-coordinator
Detroit vs. Addiction - Research Coordinator
myNCBI profile:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/collections/mybibliography/?action=citationadd&status=success
Google Scholar profile:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZyVmdh0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research Interests
Biomaterial Design and Characterization
Additive Manufacturing, Soft Material applications
Tissue Engineering, Lab-on-a-Chip
Liver Tissue Engineering
Vascular Tissue Engineering
Honors and Awards
- WSU SOM 2019 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (05/2019)
- Sandberg Travel Award, 2019 Medical Student Research Symposium (01/2019)
- 1st Place Basic Science Category 2019 Medical Student Research Symposium (01/2019)
- SU Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant (04/2017)
- Graduate Merit Scholarship, Syracuse University (08/2016)
- SU Graduate Engineering Dean’s Discretionary Scholarship (08/2016)
Other Information
Conferences Attended:
- Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting 2017 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Syracuse Biomaterials Institute 2017 Stevenson Biomaterials Lecture and Research Poster Session. March 2017.