BME fact sheet

About the Department

The Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering was founded in 1962.

Dr. Elliot McVeigh was appointed Massey Professor and Director of the department in 2007. His vision for the department is to produce new knowledge from outstanding laboratories and facilitate the transfer of that knowledge into patient care at the fastest pace possible.

Academic Divisions: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

Research Areas

• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Cardiovascular Systems
• Cell and Tissue Engineering
• Computational Modeling
• Medical Imaging
• Molecular and Cell Systems
• Systems Neuroscience

BME-Affiliated Research Centers and Institutes

• Applied Physics Laboratory
• Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design
• Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling
• Center for Hearing and Balance
• Center for Imaging Science
• Center for Magnetic Resonance Micro-imaging
• Institute for Computational Medicine
• Mind Brain Institute
• Translational Tissue Engineering Center

Undergraduate Degrees Offered

• B.A. in Biomedical Engineering
• B.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Graduate Degrees Offered

• M.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering 
• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (offered by the School of Medicine)

The Department by the Numbers

• Department Director: Elliot McVeigh, Ph.D., 2007–present
• Primary Faculty: 36 (Professors: 18, Associate Professors: 6, Assistant Professors: 11, Lecturer: 1)
• Research Faculty: 13 (Professors: 2, Associate Professors: 1, Assistant Professors: 7, Research Associates: 3)
• Secondary Faculty: 48 (Adjunct, Affiliate and Part-time)
• Post Docs: ~42
• Graduate Students: ~270 (Ph.D. and MS)
• Undergraduate Students: ~450
  

Department Highlights

• Largest pre-clinical department at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Number one ranked biomedical engineering program in U.S according to U.S. News & World Report
• 9 startups from faculty research work