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BVIS students win top honors In March, two outstanding students finishing the program in biomedical visualization received notable awards from the Vesalius Trust, an organization that supports research and education in visual communications of medical and life sciences. Amani Al-Tarouti was named a Vesalian Scholar, the organization’s highest recognition
Caroline O’Driscoll (left) and Amani Al-Tarouti
for students, for her research, “Transformation of complex data from the multi-electrode electroretinogram into a comprehensible visual display.”
Both young women, who graduated in May, will be honored at the Association of Medical Illustrators conference in Salt Lake City in July.
Caroline O’Driscoll earned a Vesalius Trust Research Grant for her work, “Development and use of a 3D digital model illustrating ocular changes during human spaceflight.”
For her work, O’Driscoll visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Check out her post about the experience at uicbvisstudents.wordpress.com.
PT prof aids Mark Kirk’s recovery
George Hornby speaks at a press conference regarding the recovery of Sen. Kirk.
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Sen. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) return to work in the U.S. Senate in January 2013, one year after suffering a massive stroke, was a headline story on every major news outlet in the country.
under his care throughout my rehabilitation,” Sen. Kirk said of Hornby. “AHS students are lucky to have the opportunity to study under such a brilliant, dedicated and innovative scientist.”
Behind the scenes of that story was T. George Hornby, PhD, AHS associate professor of physical therapy and a leading therapist on Kirk’s care team at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where Hornby has a clinical appointment.
Happily, Sen. Kirk later accepted the college’s invitation to deliver the 2013 commencement address (which he prerecorded due to a scheduling conflict). In it, he congratulated the graduates on their choice to serve others and told them with confidence, “You’re going to be difference-makers.”
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