Design Team Wins NIH Prize for AI-Powered Hemorrhagic Shock Device
A Johns Hopkins undergraduate design team, named ShockSense, won the Krosnick Prize at the National Institute of Health’s 2025 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge.
The team, consisting of undergraduate biomedical engineering students, developed a new device that helps doctors quickly recognize hemorrhagic shock in pediatric patients using AI-powered technology.
About the Award
The award recognizes exceptional undergraduate innovations in biomedical design that produce technological solutions to a broad spectrum of unmet health needs.
- Managed by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell
- Received a $20,000 prize at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual conference on October 10 in San Diego, CA
Hemorrhagic shock is one of the leading causes of preventable death in pediatric trauma, yet early detection remains difficult.
Author's summary: A design team wins a prize for an AI-powered device to detect hemorrhagic shock.