News Type: Faculty

Jeff Coller, a pioneering RNA biologist and a professor at Johns Hopkins University, has spent the past year vehemently advocating for the lifesaving promise of research in the face of federal cuts.

These award programs, launched in tandem more than a decade ago, represent an $85 million university commitment to faculty-led research by university leadership and the deans and directors of JHU's divisions.

Yang develops bioelectronics and biomaterials for broad applications in brain-machine interfaces, regenerative medicine, and the study of human neural development and diseases.

Ratnanather was selected for his leadership in advancing accessibility at OHBM conferences and in neuroimaging research environments.

Pertea was recognized for her contributions to transcriptome assembly, most notably as creator of StringTie, a groundbreaking tool that redefined the field when it launched in 2015. 

Kalhor’s research addresses a fundamental challenge in medicine: understanding how early-life biological signals influence disease decades later.

The award honors researchers who apply basic scientific principles to solve critical challenges in biomaterials.

This award recognizes and supports innovative research by early career faculty members in the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences by providing them with funding to pursue their most creative ideas.

Feinberg is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Epigenetics in the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences and director of the Division of Molecular Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Stephanie Hicks and Jamie Spangler honored for outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education.

Two Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering researchers are among 449 distinguished scholars elected to the newest class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world's largest general scientific society.

Leveraging advanced gene sequencing and proteomics, Timp’s team will map the complex interactions between the virus and the host to drive next-generation treatments.

Xia was elected for his “research and leadership in the invention and rational development of advanced materials for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine.”

The translation into practical applications is a key part of Xia's work, which bridges the gap between laboratory research and real-world solutions, creating nanomaterials that benefit society.

Battle is the director of the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare and the director of research for strategy and partnerships for the Data Science and AI Institute. She specializes in unlocking secrets of the human genome, using machine learning to analyze large-scale genomic sequencing data to understand the impact of genetic variation on the human body.

Spangler was delightfully surprised with $300,000 in research funding for her groundbreaking work in molecular immunoengineering.

Chellappa received this award at the 2025 International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) in recognition of his major contributions to the field of computer vision.

Biomedical engineer Jordan Green talks with The Associated Press about his research to alter dysfunctional immune systems.

Hopkins BME faculty Mihaela Pertea, Steven Salzberg, and Winston Timp were named to Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list for pioneering genomics software.

'With continued investment in mRNA research, Donald Trump could turn the stalemate against cancer into a decisive breakthrough,' writes Johns Hopkins expert Jeff Coller in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.

Yang was named to the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) Asia Pacific list in the “Inventors” category.

The Cancer AI Alliance has been recognized in TIME magazine’s TIME100 AI 2025 for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence and cancer research.

The award supports promising young faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Renowned epidemiologist and Johns Hopkins alum Derek Cummings has joined the university as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics.

In this Q&A, Yang shares what drives her research, the potential impact she hopes to make, and what excites her most about being a part of the Hopkins community.

The Discovery Awards are intended to spark new interactions among investigators across the university rather than to support established projects.

Rama Chellapa and Joel Bader received funding for AI-related projects in the convening category.

Trayanova has pioneered the development of patient heart digital twins and deep learning approaches to predict risk of cardiac arrest and the precise delivery of catheter ablation.

Hicks was recognized for her professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistics.

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.