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January 18, 2022
News Brief: Jamie Spangler earns 2022 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Jamie Spangler, the William R. Brody Faculty Scholar and assistant professor in the departments of biomedical engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been awarded a 2022 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
Microscope image of the cells used to test nanoparticles.
January 6, 2022
New Color-Coded Test Quickly Reveals If Medical Nanoparticles Deliver Their Payload
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a color-coded test that quickly signals whether newly developed nanoparticles deliver their cargo into target cells.
December 22, 2021
News Brief: René Vidal receives IEEE Computer Society’s 2021 Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award
Vidal was recognized "for pioneering contributions to subspace clustering and generalized principal component analysis with applications in computer vision and pattern recognition.”
Tanjala Purnell, Casey Overby Taylor, and Roland J. Thorpe Jr.
December 21, 2021
Bridging divides in AI, machine learning
A team of health equity experts from Johns Hopkins have joined a $50 million National Institutes of Health effort to close glaring gaps in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in health care and medicine among underrepresented communities.
December 20, 2021
News Brief: Jordan Green elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Jordan Green has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a distinction that honors academic inventors who have created or facilitated outstanding inventions that have had an impact on society.
3D map of blood vessels and stem cells in a mouse skull. Credit: Alexandra Rindone, Warren Grayson, Johns Hopkins Medicine
November 18, 2021
A stunning 3D map of blood vessels and cells in a mouse skull could help scientists make new bones
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have used glowing chemicals and other techniques to create a 3D map of the blood vessels and self-renewing “stem” cells that line and penetrate a mouse skull.
A male student is working in a wet lab and wearing a white lab coat.
October 29, 2021
Eight from Hopkins BME receive Provost Undergraduate Research Awards
Eight biomedical engineering undergraduates from Johns Hopkins University received the Provost Undergraduate Research Award to help fund their research projects over the coming year.
TJ Ha
October 20, 2021
Taekjip “TJ” Ha elected to National Academy of Medicine
Taekjip "TJ" Ha, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is among ten faculty members from Johns Hopkins University to have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
A computer rendering shows an image of the brain.
October 11, 2021
Targeting epilepsy with surgical precision
Developed by Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineers, a new method of highlighting the most epileptic parts of the brain could enable not only more accurate diagnosis of the seizure disorder, but also help guide more precise surgical treatment.
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September 24, 2021
Four Hopkins BME PhD students named Siebel Scholars
Selected for their exceptional academic performance and outstanding leadership, four Johns Hopkins University PhD students studying biomedical engineering have been named Siebel Scholars for 2022.
September 22, 2021
News Brief: Deok-Ho Kim awarded ISBF Mid-Career Award
Deok-Ho Kim, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a recipient of the International Society for Biofabrication Mid-Career Award.
September 13, 2021
Johns Hopkins undergraduate team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition
A team of Johns Hopkins University students are among the finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition for inventing a device to reduce pain from nerve damage in people with amputations.
Two students are at a table working on a design project.
September 13, 2021
Hopkins BME holds No. 1 spot in ‘U.S. News’ ranking for best undergraduate BME program
The Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering has once again been named the nation’s top undergraduate program in BME by U.S. News & World Report, the longest-running and most widely cited assessment of U.S. colleges and universities.
August 31, 2021
Sarma named a recipient of Thalheimer Fund Grant
Sridevi Sarma, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical engineering, and Khalil Husari, associate professor in the Department of Neurology, have received a technology development grant through the Louis B. Thalheimer Fund for Translational Research.
A computer generated image shows what it looks like for a cancer to metatasize.
August 2, 2021
Startup founders from Johns Hopkins aim to stop spread of cancer
AbMeta Therapeutics, launched by biologist and Provost Denis Wirtz, bioengineer Jamie Spangler, and clinician Elizabeth Jaffee, will combine years of pioneering research to target metastasis.
A model of a patient’s heart is constructed from MRI and PET scans.
August 2, 2021
New tool predicts sudden death in inflammatory heart disease
Johns Hopkins University scientists have developed a new tool for predicting which patients suffering from a complex inflammatory heart disease are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
The Olympic rings are lit up in front of a bridge.
July 23, 2021
The games go on, but without fans. Will athletes’ performance suffer?
Vikram Chib, whose research at Johns Hopkins focuses on the brain processes behind motivation and incentive and how they relate to motor actions, discusses what to expect from participants in the Tokyo Olympics.
A computer rendering shows virus and DNA.
July 19, 2021
Researchers partner with industry to create better gene therapy tools
A team from the Institute for NanoBioTechnology has streamlined the creation of new viral vectors for delivering gene therapy to patients.
The image shows a computer rendering of a back x-ray.
July 6, 2021
Back(s) to Life
Those with spinal cord injuries are often plagued by pain and paralysis. An ultra-high-tech spinal implant being developed by Johns Hopkins engineers could dramatically improve that bleak reality—and transform clinical medicine.
Alaleh Azhir is dressed in a yellow coat and black hat, and is standing in front of snow-covered trees.
June 30, 2021
Alaleh Azhir ’19 is researching ways of improving health care delivery for women
When one meets Alaleh Azhir, a Rhodes Scholar and Goldwater Scholar who graduated from Hopkins in 2019 with a perfect GPA, the word "rebel" may not immediately spring to mind. But Azhir's refusal to accept the barriers imposed on her has played a critical role in her path to success—and she wears the mantle of rebel proudly.
Two headshots are side-by-side. Rene Vidal at left, and Noah Cowan at right.
June 28, 2021
Safety first: Project aims to make AI-based autonomous systems more reliable and secure
Using a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, a multi-university team that includes Johns Hopkins engineers is tackling one of today's most complex and important technological challenges: How to ensure the safety of autonomous systems, from self-driving cars and aerial delivery drones to robotic surgical assistants.
Scanning electron microscope image of a silicone breast implant. Credit: Josh Doloff
June 23, 2021
Study suggests that smoother silicone breast implants reduce severity of immune system reactions
According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Rice University, silicone breast implants with a smoother surface design have less risk of producing inflammation and other immune system reactions than those with more roughly textured coatings.
Three student headshots are in a line.
June 23, 2021
Three from Hopkins BME join new class of Fulbright grant winners
After the announcement of a record-breaking 48 finalists earlier this spring, Fulbright grants have been awarded to three students and alumni of the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering in the face of a pandemic and limited availability of placements.
This is a stock photo of sequencing genetics.
June 17, 2021
Study adds to evidence that most cancer cells grown in a dish have little in common genetically with cancer cells in people
Johns Hopkins scientists report they have developed a new computer-based technique showing that human cancer cells grown in culture dishes are the least genetically similar to their human sources.
A professor is in a lab teaching virtually to a screen of students on Zoom.
June 15, 2021
Hands-on learning in a virtual world
When the COVID-19 pandemic required campus activities to shut down, BME faculty came up with creative solutions to continue teaching their hands-on courses in a virtual format.
Jean Fan
June 8, 2021
Jean Fan receives NSF Early CAREER Award
Jean Fan, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Award, which recognizes early stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence.
Exterior view of the FastForward U sign.
May 19, 2021
Hopkins BME students win at FastForward U’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Challenge
FastForward U has announced the winners of its inaugural Innovation & Entrepreneurship Challenge, which awarded more than $100,000 to eight student startups.
Three student headshots appear side by side.
April 26, 2021
Innerva wins $10,000 “Cure It!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
The Innerva team, made up of undergraduate students from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, were awarded the 2021 $10,000 “Cure it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for their work with peripheral nerve injuries.
An eviction notice is shown next to a surgical mask.
April 22, 2021
Pandemic Eviction Bans Found to Protect Entire Communities from Covid-19 Spread
A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania uses computer modeling to suggest that eviction bans authorized during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the infection rate and not only protected those who would have lost their housing but also entire communities from the spread of infections.
Headshots of Min Jae Kim and Shiker Nair appear side-by-side.
April 19, 2021
Two Hopkins BME juniors named Goldwater Scholars
Two juniors studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for their research and achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math

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