{"623455":{"#nid":"623455","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sendi Tapped for Bobby Jones BME Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMohammad Sadegh Eslampanah Sendi has been named the recipient of the Bobby Jones BME Award, which is presented each year to a biomedical engineering (BME) graduate student for exceptional research accomplishments as identified by the faculty. Sendi is a Ph.D. student double-majoring in BME and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Bobby Jones Biomedical Engineering Fellows conduct\u0026nbsp;groundbreaking research and lead the fight against debilitating diseases like Parkinson\u0026rsquo;s disease, Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s disease, cancer, and syringomyelia, the rare neurological condition that Bobby Jones suffered from at the end of his life.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESendi is advised by\u0026nbsp;Babak Mahmoudi (Neuroinformatics and Intelligent Systems Lab, Emory University), Robert E. 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