Dr. John Hickey

Assistant Professor

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Biography

John Wirthlin Hickey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. He leads Hickey Lab, which focuses on interface engineering in immunology. His research involves the development of systems immunology tools to investigate tissue structure in situ, utilizing multiplexed imaging and computational techniques to characterize spatial cellular responses linked to the effectiveness of anti-cancer cell biomaterial therapies. John completed his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 2019 and has received several prestigious awards for his work, including the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, ARCS Scholar, Siebel Scholar, National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, and American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research interests prominently include utilizing systems biology tools and technologies to describe and control the spatial relationships among cells within tissues, particularly in the context of cell therapies.

Research Interests

Awards

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American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

Courses

EGR 393: Research Projects Engineering BME 792: Continuation Graduate Independent Study BME 791: Graduate Independent Study BME 590: Special Topics Biomedical Engineering BME 494: Projects Biomedical Engineering (GE) BME 493: Projects Biomedical Engineering (GE) BME 394: Projects Biomedical Engineering (GE) BME 260L: Modeling Cellular Molecular Systems

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)