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Treyetech wins $10,000 ‘Cure It!’ Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Team Treyetech won the 2018 “Cure it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize worth $10,000 for its work in developing a new device that will make corneal transplant surgery easier to perform.

Decoding the brain’s learning machine

Uncovering the cerebellum’s “language” reveals workings of a biological learning machine

René Vidal appointed the Herschel L. Seder Professor in BME

René Vidal, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, has been appointed as the Herschel L. Seder Professor in Biomedical Engineering.

AssistENT wins $10,000 ‘Use It!’ Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

A team of undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University win the 2018 $10,000 “Use it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for designing a product that can help those who suffer from chronic nasal obstruction.

Three Hopkins research projects receive $250K grants from Schmidt Sciences

Schmidt Sciences Nascent Innovation Grants support projects that use data science and technology in innovative ways.

A Souped-up Walker to Help Get Pediatric ICU Patients on Their Feet

An undergraduate student design team from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University is developing a walker designed to get young patients in pediatric intensive care units up and moving as quickly as possible.

Hopkins BME students take top prizes at annual JHU Business Plan Competition

Three Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering teams won top prizes at the 19th annual Johns Hopkins University Business Plan Competition in a day-long event Friday that capped months of preparation and prototyping.

Johns Hopkins BME junior named Goldwater Scholar

Alaleh Azhir, a junior biomedical engineering major, is one of three Johns Hopkins students named a Goldwater Scholar for the 2018-19 academic year. Junior Rohan Panaparambil received honorable mention.

When There’s an Audience, People’s Performance Improves

Often people think performing in front of others will make them mess up, but a new study led by a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist found the opposite: being watched makes people do better.

Johns Hopkins Innovator Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Johns Hopkins scientist Steven Salzberg, Ph.D., known for his ability to tackle the most difficult projects in genome sequencing, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Alexis Battle among five Johns Hopkins scientists to receive grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Alexis Battle, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is one of five Hopkins scientists selected to receive funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Through this program, these Hopkins scientists will share a $15 million award with 83 others from 53 institutions in the U.S. and eight other countries.

BME’s Rheeda Ali awarded Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Postdoctoral researcher Rheeda Ali has been awarded a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship as part of the Johns Hopkins Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion. Out of 64 nominations, eight trainees representing various divisions of Johns Hopkins were chosen to receive this fellowship, which provides a year of financial support to awardees.

International student teams compete at Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition

The 2018 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition attracted student teams from universities across the globe to showcase novel engineering and software design solutions to clinical needs.

Two BME researchers honored at Young Investigators’ Day

Two members of the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering were honored today at the School of Medicine’s 2018 Young Investigators’ Day award ceremony.

Two teams of Hopkins BME undergrads among winners at MIT young inventors competition

Two teams of Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering students are among six groups to receive a 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, which recognizes promising young inventors from around the country.

Four Hopkins BME students awarded NSF Fellowships

Four PhD candidates studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University have earned prestigious fellowship awards through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

To Track Environmental Impact on Genome, Don’t Forget the “Epi” in Genetics Research

In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for more integration between two fields of DNA-based research: genetics and epigenetics.

A neuroscientist, a data scientist, and an engineer walk into a lab…

Through the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute's postdoctoral fellowship, researchers from each field are uniting to solve the mysteries of the brain.

A design challenge full of twists and turns

More than two dozen members of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland came to Johns Hopkins University Saturday to design and build miniature roller coasters out of cardboard boxes, pipe insulation tubing, cups, tape, and other household materials—and to learn about the field of engineering along the way.

Meet Alexis Battle, assistant professor of BME

Alexis Battle joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering as an assistant professor in December 2017. In this interview, Battle discusses her experiences as a Google employee, as a researcher at Johns Hopkins, and as a mentor.

Meet Bailey Surtees, BME alumna and research assistant

After earning her degree in 2017, Bailey Surtees joined the department as a research assistant to continue advancing her team’s goal of designing a low-cost treatment for breast cancer. In this interview, Surtees talks about the cryoablation project, her experiences in Africa, and the ways in which BME Design Teams shaped her life.

Meet Tara Blair, BME senior

In this interview, Blair offers an inside look at what it’s like to study biomedical engineering, the opportunities and activities available to students at Johns Hopkins, and advice for incoming freshmen.

Johns Hopkins BME grad program ranked nation’s best by ‘U.S. News’

The program returned to its traditional sole possession of the No. 1 spot in the rankings after sharing the top spot a year ago. The Whiting School of Engineering moved up for the fourth consecutive year to 18th overall.

Green and Vidal speak at TEDxJHU

Jordan Green and Rene Vidal were among the nine researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, artists, and community activists featured at the fifth annual TEDxJHU speaker series. This year’s theme was “Forging the Future.”

Meet Jamie Spangler, assistant professor of BME

Jamie Spangler, assistant professor of BME, discusses her goals as a researcher and mentor, what sparked her interest in science and engineering, and how incoming students can maximize their educational experience at Johns Hopkins.

Meet Shiva Razavi, BME Ph.D. student

In an interview with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Razavi shared details of her journey to become a biomedical engineer, the mentors who helped her pursue this career path, and the importance of supporting women in STEM.

Two students are seen discussing a poster.

Advances in personalized medicine highlighted at fourth annual Computational Medicine Night

Faculty and students gathered recently for the fourth annual Computational Medicine Night. The event attracted more than 100 undergraduate students interested in learning about ICM’s cutting-edge research program and the computational medicine minor.

Sridevi Sarma featured on IEEE Brain podcast

Sridevi Sarma was recently a guest on the IEEE Brain Initiative podcast series, where she discussed her background in electrical engineering and control theory, her current research, and the importance of encouraging young women to pursue careers in engineering.

Pioneering Hopkins scientist Murray Sachs dies at 77

His research on how the brain receives and processes sound paved the way for the development of cochlear implants.

John Hickey stands for a photo.

February 27, 2018

Instructor creates tool that lets teachers know what’s working—and what isn’t

John Hickey, doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, created Tcrunch, an app that facilitates real-time feedback and gives students a stronger voice in the classroom.

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