Clayson receives two awards at the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium

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The Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to congratulate Keyton Clayson for recently placing in two different categories at the Annual OSU Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (IGP) Symposium on May 30, 2018. The 12th Annual IGP Symposium showcases the research of students belonging to the Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs: Biophysics; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB); Neuroscience (NGP); and Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP). This year's event involved the entire life sciences community at The Ohio State University, and is intended to provide opportunities to renew connections, forge new ones, and witness the great science being done by outstanding students. 

Keyton Clayson received the following awards:

Biophysics Outstanding Student Award: presented annually to a current Biophysics student for “outstanding academic achievement “

Outstanding Oral Presentation Award: selected as one of 3 students to represent the Biophysics graduate program as an oral presenter and received a $100 gift card.

Clayson is currently a graduate student in the Biophysics graduate program and is advised by Dr. Jun Liu, Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME).  He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah, where he studied physics and applied mathematics, and started his PhD in August 2014 at Ohio State. 

Clayson’s research is titled “Characterization of Corneal Deformation in Human Donor Globes in Response to Ocular Pulse,” which was co-written with Elias Pavlatos (MS, BME), Dr. Xueliang Pan (Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics), Dr. Yanhui Ma (post-doc, BME), and Dr. Jun Liu.  The presentation focused on a new technique developed in Dr. Liu’s lab, termed “ocular pulse elastography” (OPE), that uses high-frequency ultrasound imaging to measure the mechanical response of the cornea caused by fluctuations in the internal pressure of the eye.  This technique may provide a useful clinical tool for detecting early keratoconus (a disease presumably caused by regional weaknesses in the cornea) or evaluating treatment effects of corneal crosslinking (which increases the mechanical strength of the cornea).

After graduation, Keyton plans to secure an industry position in the areas of medical imaging or medical devices.