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BME Fact Sheet
Mission: The Institute’s mission is to improve human health through excellence in research and education at the interface of engineering, biology and medicine.

Founded: 1962
Academic Divisions: School of Medicine, School of Engineering
Research Areas:

  
  • Medical Imaging
  • Computational Modeling
  • Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • Cell and Tissue Engineering/Biomaterials
  • Cardiovascular Systems
  • Molecular and Cell Systems
  • Systems Neuroscience
Affiliate Centers:  
Department Director: Elliot McVeigh, Ph.D.

Primary Faculty: 35 (Professors-15, Assoc. Professors-6, Assist. Professors-13, Instructors-1)
Secondary Faculty: 45 (Adjunct, Affiliate and Part-time)
Post Docs: ~36
Graduate Students: ~ 198 (Ph.D. and MS)
Undergraduate Students: 440
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
  • 26 ongoing translational research projects
  • 9 startups from faculty research work
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