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Act Fast: Assessing hemorrhagic shock in pediatric patients

A team of undergrads has developed ShockSense, a device that analyzes real-time vitals to identify signs of shock and suggest treatment procedures—streamlining care while clinicians focus on delivering life-saving interventions.

PeriAlert device spots early signs of trouble with dental implants

Student innovation aims to improve dental implant success by catching complications early.

Shalika Subramanian uses virtual reality headset

Back on the gridiron: VR helps athletes safely return to play following concussion

Designed by Johns Hopkins undergrads, new virtual reality game tests athletes for concussion and helps determine when they should resume play.

Alumni Spotlight: Clay Andrews

For his Design Day project, Clay Andrews, Engr ’17, created a non-surgical medical device to treat nasal obstruction. His innovative solution to a common problem went on to become a commercially available product that led to the creation of Hale, a company that sells that device as an over-the-counter breathing aid.

Students look at themselves on a computer screen using a software that maps their faces

More than meets the eye: Stabilizing nystagmus symptoms with AI-powered smart glasses

A student team in the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Design Team course is creating smart glasses to help patients with nystagmus, a condition causing involuntary, repetitive eye movements.

A computer generated photo of a digital mosquito.

There’s a shortage of entomologists. AI can help.

In an evolutionary paradox, one of the world's most ancient predators might meet its match in one of humankind's most modern advances: mosquito vs. artificial intelligence.

Blue arrows point to normal pancreatic ductal mouse cells. Yellow arrows point to cells undergoing acinar-to-ductal metaplasia. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine

Pancreatic cells remember epigenetic precancerous marks without genetic sequence mutations

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic “marks” in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a temporary “memory” of those cancer-linked marks.

Research Matters: America’s med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support

An NIH-funded partnership between Johns Hopkins and Howard University speeds the development of medical devices addressing neurological disorders that affect more than a billion people.

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Johns Hopkins BME graduate programs named No. 1 in the nation by ‘U.S. News’

This marks 33 consecutive years in the top spot.

Hopkins BME undergrad Lance Xu awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Xu wants to devote his career to investigating the mechanisms behind cancer cell progression to find common biomarkers that can lead to more precise and effective therapies.

Jamie Spangler wins two awards for early career contributions

A pioneering investigator in protein engineering, Spangler was recognized for her work designing new technologies to interrogate and manipulate the immune system at the protein level.

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Two Hopkins BME faculty named to AIMBE College of Fellows

Mihaela Pertea and Sri Sarma honored for outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education.

Research Matters: Epilepsy relief relies on research

With NIH support, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma develops neurotechnologies to improve understanding and treatment of epilepsy.

Microscopic to Macroscopic: How changes to our immune cells shape how we age

Now a fourth year PhD student in biomedical engineering, LaDaisha Thompson is studying how our immune system influences cell aging and she is looking for ways to define and measure that influence.

Research Matters: America’s support for cutting-edge research is a smart investment

Federal funding for biomedical research pays off by enabling basic discoveries that lead to lifesaving treatments, writes Jeff Coller, whose lab is developing new ways to treat rare genetic diseases.

Research Matters: Engineering the future of diabetes treatment

Biomedical engineer Joshua Doloff uses federal funding to pioneer immunotherapies that could free diabetes patients from insulin dependence.

Research Matters: Earlier, better treatments for Alzheimer’s

Federally funded research at Johns Hopkins offers new avenues for detecting brain disease long before it strikes.

Scientists design experimental protein booster for rare genetic diseases

Johns Hopkins Medicine laboratory scientists say they have developed a potential new way to treat a variety of rare genetic diseases marked by too low levels of specific cellular proteins.

Rachel Karchin elected ISCB Fellow, featured in Nature Magazine

A leading computational biologist, Karchin was recognized for outstanding accomplishments in research and mentorship.

Research Matters: Science is worth standing up for

What if 30% of the medicines you and your loved ones depend on were never invented? Between 2001 and 2019,...

Bionic hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching, grasps like a human

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers pioneer a bionic hand that carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds.

NIH award supports research on the behaviors of diseased and healthy cells

Jude Phillip, core researcher at the Institute for NanoBioTechnology and assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received an R35 MIRA (Maximizing Investigator Research Award) award from the National Institutes of Health.

February 20, 2025

Research Matters: Harnessing the body’s natural defense to fight illnesses

Biomedical engineer Jamie Spangler and her team at Johns Hopkins develop innovative treatments for autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other complex diseases.

February 19, 2025

Jane Carlton elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

A world-leading geneticist and parasitologist, Carlton was one of 65 scientists elected to the academy this year.

February 10, 2025

A new way to sniff out health problems

Undergrads Mili Ramani and Angela Sadlowski create ScentCare, a device that combines smell testing and training.

February 6, 2025

Balancing Act: New research reveals how the brain keeps you on your feet

New research reveals how special cerebellum neurons work together to keep you steady.

January 28, 2025

Allergy journey sparks BME graduate student’s research

Mission to develop a long-term allergy treatment is deeply personal for BME PhD student Ian McKnight, who has lived with severe allergies most of his life .

January 24, 2025

Pioneering cardiac gene therapy

A pivotal experience in a Hopkins lab inspired Roger Hajjar, '86, to forge a career at the intersection of engineering and medicine.

January 22, 2025

New epilepsy tool could cut misdiagnoses by nearly 70% using routine EEGs

Created by Johns Hopkins researchers, EpiScalp could significantly reduce false positives and spare patients from medication side effects, driving restrictions, and other quality-of-life challenges linked to misdiagnoses.

January 22, 2025

Two Hopkins BME researchers receive Presidential Early Career Awards

Jean Fan and Casey Taylor are among a select group of scientists and engineers to receive a 2025 PECASE award.

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