VOTE for the OTO-COATI Lab in the 2026 STAT MADNESS Competition

A collaborative research project conducted by Boston Medical Center’s OTO-COATI Lab and Boston University College of Engineering’s BMO Lab is competing in STAT MADNESS – a nation-wide March Madness bracket-style competition, but for innovative scientific research instead of basketball. Please support our labs by voting for our project after logging into or creating your account on STAT News.

In this first round of the competition, our project, listed under Boston Medical Center as “PRECISION FOR ORAL CANCER SURGERY” is facing up against University of Iowa’s “A NEW TOOL FOR BLADDER CANCER”. Please help us beat University of Iowa and advance to Round 2 of the competition by voting every day this week and spreading the word to your friends and colleagues.

Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this project and made this recognition possible, including clinical team leaders Dr. Gregory Grillone & Dr. Gintas Krisciunas; engineering team leaders Dr. Irving Bigio & Dr. Ousama A’amar; machine-learning expert Dr. Eladio Rodriguez-Diaz; and the many collaborators and contributors from the OTO-COATI Lab, BMO Lab, BMC Departments of Otolaryngology, OMFS, Pathology, Tufts Medical Center, and VA Boston Healthcare System!