Ms. Ankita Bhat, a doctoral student in the Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips laboratory of TEES Research Professor, Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, has received a prestigious Goa Scholars Award from the Government of Goa, India. The Goa scholars scheme was started in the year 2003-04 and since its inception, around 20 Goan students have been awarded the prestigious 'Goa Scholar' scholarships each year. The Goa Scholars Award is accompanied by a one-time US $20,000 award for studies at Texas A&M University. Ms. Bhat’s doctoral work focuses on the development of minimally-invasive, multi-analyte biosensor arrays and data fusion for the management of trauma associated hemorrhage. Her multi-disciplinary engineering and medicine research allows her to apply engineering principles and know how to address pressing problems in patient care. “Our goal is to better understand hemodynamics of the bleeding patient so that we may develop better and even personalized approaches to resuscitation and reanimation,” said Prof. Guiseppi-Elie. “The prestige associated with this award is great, it is a great honor and responsibility” said Ankita.
