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Greg Bashford’s expertise spans more than 25 years in diagnostic ultrasound, bioimaging, and biosignal analysis, with a focus on developing innovative medical imaging technologies for clinical applications. His research involves cerebral blood flow measurement, health monitoring and medical device development. He holds more than 25 patents related to medical device innovation and has played leading roles at ultrasound and biotechnology companies to help bring academic research into the real world. He received the 2022 NUTech Ventures Breakthrough Innovation of the Year award for his portable
transcranial ultrasound technology, a device that could transform medicine by predicting Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms become evident or better monitor stroke patients’ outcomes. In 2024, Bashford and his Nebraska colleagues developed a groundbreaking wearable ultrasound prototype that demonstrated its capability to measure cerebral blood flow in emergency situations, highlighting its potential as a diagnostic tool. A professor of biomedical engineering, Bashford is chair of the biomedical engineering graduate program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Updated November 2024.)