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September 30, 2015
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Taekjip Ha joins BME faculty
Taekjip “TJ” Ha is a world leader in single-molecule biology and intracellular imaging. His research area is expected to drive many breakthroughs in the coming decades
September 25, 2015
BME faculty appointment: Assistant Professor Patrick Cahan
Dr. Cahan will teach an undergraduate BME course following a two-year focused effort in developing experimental and computational methods in pluripotent stem cell research.
September 18, 2015
Assistant Professor Nicholas J. Durr joins BME’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation
Inventor and entrepreneur Nicholas J. Durr has joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design as director of undergraduate programs
September 10, 2015
Study finds Parkinson’s symptom improvement with non-invasive brain stimulation
Parkinson's disease patients are less willing to assign force to their affected arm. Now, researchers led by Reza Shadmehr, report that noninvasive cortical stimulation reduced effort costs in the affected arm, and improved motor symptoms.
August 24, 2015
JHU offers undergraduate minor in computational medicine
The course of study exposes students to the fundamentals of computational medicine — a discipline devoted to the development of quantitative approaches to understanding the mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease.
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August 6, 2015
PhD student Qian Cao awarded HHMI research fellowship
Qian Cao has won a 2015 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship for his research that involves the development of new methods for high-resolution imaging and assessment of bone health.
July 16, 2015
Jordan Green named 2015 AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award winner
Department of Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Jordan Green has been selected by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nanoscale Science & Engineering Forum as their 2015 Young Investigator winner.
June 29, 2015
Catalyst Awards granted to early-career researchers
Four of these promising researchers are assistant professors within the Department of Biomedical Engineering including Warren Grayson, Jordan Green, Feilim Mac Gabhann, and Sridevi Sarma.
June 24, 2015
BME graduate student Jennifer Xu, receives 2014 Best Paper Award in Medical Physics
Jen’s research involves breakthrough work in modeling the imaging performance of new x-ray photon counting detectors. Her image quality model gives analytical insight into the benefits of photon counting, low electronics noise, and the potential for high-quality x-ray spectral imaging.
June 17, 2015
Enhanced OCT tissue-mapping technology for safer brain cancer removal
BME researchers have developed a technique of processing optical coherence tomography imaging to help surgeons quickly and safely distinguish healthy from cancerous tissue.
June 15, 2015
Michael Beer improves methodology for predicting disease-enabling genetic mutations
Up to one-fifth of human DNA act as dimmer switches for nearby genes, but scientists have long been unable to identify precisely which mutations in these genetic control regions really matter in causing common diseases.
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June 12, 2015
BME grads develop noninvasive deep brain stimulator to control Parkinson’s symptoms
A promising new in-home treatment for symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease will more efficiently control the debilitating tremors and muscle stiffness without invasive therapy or even a trip to the doctor's office
A student demonstrates how to use the prototype.
June 2, 2015
BME undergrads develop contraceptive implant training kit for global health technicians
Access to long-term, reversible contraceptive in the form of a tiny implant in the arm can be a challenge in areas around the world where medical services are limited and frontline providers have minimal training.
June 1, 2015
Les Tung named interim director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Leslie Tung, PhD, professor and director of undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering, has been named interim director of the department of biomedical engineering.
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May 15, 2015
BME team works to design new protective suit for Ebola caregivers
Youseph Yazdi and his colleagues are overcoming final engineering challenges, financial matters and scale-up issues for their improved Ebola protective suit, moving them closer to their production goal.
May 15, 2015
Aleksander Popel: halting cancer’s spread
When confronted with the bio­ mechanics of cancer’s ability to spread, the engineering prowess of Dr. Aleksander S. Popel kicks in. He is making inroads into novel drug-based approaches that halt angiogenesis and disrupt metastasis.
May 15, 2015
BME alumni team enters wireless home lighting market
At their startup company, Switchmate, recent alumni Peng, Dua and Romano draw on their Design Team training as they probe the automatic light switch landscape, and seek a simple installation solution for consumers.
A student demonstrates how to use the prototype.
May 13, 2015
SpiroSense offers hope to patients with respiratory illness
A low-cost, deskilled spirometer, invented by BME undergraduates, offers hope to patients struggling with respiratory illnesses in low-resource areas.
May 5, 2015
Steven Salzberg named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Steven L. Salzberg, PhD — professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics — has been awarded a Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university.
May 4, 2015
Sound research: Eric Young dissects sound reception and hearing impairment
Since having joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering in 1975 Dr. Eric Young has made significant contributions in the field of neuroscience — specifically in understanding the brains’ sound reception as well as the brains’ response to hearing impairment.
May 1, 2015
Johns Hopkins professor Donald Geman elected to National Academy of Sciences
Don, a researcher with Department of Biomedical Engineering affiliated centers — the Institute for Computational Medicine and the Center for Imaging Science, was recognized for his development of computational methods for solving multi-dimensional and complex problems in machine learning.
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April 24, 2015
BME undergrad Miguel Dias wins at 2015 Social Venture Challenge at CGI U
Dias and his Johns Hopkins team were recognized for their Tanzania-based project, Bright Energy Africa, a social enterprise that works to convert agricultural waste into smokeless fuel briquettes.
April 23, 2015
BME undergrad wins JHU-UMD Research Day
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering sophomore Andrew Tsai took 1st place for his oral presentation on tunable electrospun anti-microbial coatings for orthopedic implants.
April 20, 2015
A two-step defibrillator lessens pain
By using a two-step electrical pulse, researchers Les Tung and Ron Berger found that the first “kinder, gentler” surge, preconditions the skeletal muscles for the second larger pulse.
April 16, 2015
Elisseeff joins National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has welcomed Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff into their esteemed ranks. She joins a prestigious list of fellows from the nation’s research universities and institutes whose innovations benefit humankind.
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April 13, 2015
In memoriam: David Yue, MD, PhD
Dr. Yue instilled in his students and colleagues the wonder and privilege of scientific discovery. His work has profound implications for understanding everything from cognition to exercise to control of the heartbeat.
April 9, 2015
PhD student Sohail Zahid receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Graduate student Sohail Zahid has been awarded a 2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The selection was based on Sohail’s demonstrated potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise.
April 2, 2015
Johns Hopkins CBID design team wins global health design competition
The CBID design team competed with 23 undergraduate teams from top universities and captured first place with their improved spirometer, SpiroSense.
March 30, 2015
President Obama honors Tilak Ratnanather with presidential mentoring award
J. Tilak Ratnanather, an expert in brain mapping and a champion of people with hearing loss, is a recipient of the Presidential Award of Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
March 25, 2015
BME alums Brooke and Rege discuss post-graduate entrepreneurial endeavor
M. Jason Brooke, MSE ’04, and Abhishek Rege, MSE ’05, PhD ’12 recently stopped discussed their experiences in launching a startup company for their portable retinal imager at a recent BME EDGE event in Clark Hall.

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