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March 20, 2018
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.
March 20, 2018
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.
March 16, 2018
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.”
Jamie Spangler
March 16, 2018
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.
March 15, 2018
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.
March 13, 2018
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.
March 9, 2018
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.
March 5, 2018
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.
February 26, 2018
Huge Hopkins presence at SPIE Medical Imaging symposium
The annual SPIE Medical Imaging symposium held in Houston, TX featured 14 talks from faculty and students from the Johns Hopkins Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Orthopaedic Surgery.
February 24, 2018
Barclay students become biomedical engineers for a day
To wrap up National Engineers Week, Warren Grayson, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, encouraged students at Barclay Elementary/Middle School to think like an engineer for an afternoon.
February 22, 2018
Johns Hopkins Engineering students introduce middle school girls to engineering
Engineering students spent part of last Saturday guiding and mentoring local middle school girls in ReadySetDesign’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering event, held as part of JHU’s 2018 National Engineers Week celebration.
February 21, 2018
Teams showcase engineering know-how at annual Tower of Power contest
The annual Tower of Power event challenges teams to construct the tallest towers from uncooked pasta and marshmallows.
February 12, 2018
Johns Hopkins-led team of cancer researchers shortlisted for £20 million award
An international team led by Johns Hopkins researcher Rong Li, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of cell biology and chemical and biomolecular engineering, was selected as one of ten finalists in the second round of Cancer Research UK’s £20 million Grand Challenge.
Jennifer Elisseeff
February 9, 2018
Jennifer Elisseeff elected to National Academy of Engineering
Jennifer Elisseeff awarded one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers for her 'outstanding contributions'
Two professional ice skaters are falling.
February 8, 2018
Why do some athletes choke under pressure? The answer lies deep in the brain
Olympians most likely to bring home the gold are those who find a way to stay focused, even when the stakes are high.
February 8, 2018
Lights, camera, action! New endomicroscopic probes visualize living animal cell activity
Johns Hopkins researchers report they have developed two new endoscopic probes that significantly sharpen the technology’s imaging resolution and permit direct observation of fine tissue structures and cell activity in small organs in sheep, rats, and mice.
Two figure skaters are skating together on the ice.
February 7, 2018
Spinning for the win: Repetition helps Olympians stay oriented
Kathleen Cullen explains why years of practice allow elite athletes to train their brains so they can stay on balance after elaborate maneuvers.
February 5, 2018
Hopkins lab develops arrhythmia treatment
Natalia Trayanova and her team of scientists and engineers, have developed personalized 3D computational heart models. But these aren’t just the average, stagnant 3D models. These computational models can show a heart in rhythm.
January 23, 2018
New Johns Hopkins center aims to unlock genetic mysteries of breast cancer
Biomedical engineer Joel Bader and cell biologist Andrew Ewald have joined forces to make sense of some of the genetic mysteries behind breast cancer.
January 22, 2018
Single Blood Test Screens for Eight Cancer Types
Researchers in the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a single blood test that screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the cancer.
January 19, 2018
Bringing the textbook to life: High school students spend a day at Johns Hopkins BME
The Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted 16 high school students from the Park School of Baltimore to help fuel their passion for science and engineering.
January 18, 2018
Partnering with Industry for Better Education in Drug Discovery
Inez Lam and Natalia Majewska were the first two students selected to participate in the Johns Hopkins-MedImmune Scholars Program and have recently begun their research projects.
January 4, 2018
23andMe for Trees
Johns Hopkins researchers are part of an ambitious plan to fully sequence the coast redwood and giant sequoia genomes for the first time.
January 3, 2018
Students showcase design projects and compete in annual Shark Tank contest
The Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design held its fifth annual Fall Healthcare Innovation Showcase and Shark Tank where students presented their ongoing work to develop innovative solutions to unmet health care needs.
December 21, 2017
Changing Environments
Andrew Feinberg ’73, MD ’76, MPH ’81, the director of the Center for Epigenetics at Johns Hopkins, recently finished his first semester teaching at the Whiting School and he says “it’s been a fantastic adventure.”
December 20, 2017
Upstarts: For Heartburn…And More
Patients with chronic acid reflux and other esophageal issues run an increased risk of cancer. A fiber-optic endomicroscope developed from research done by Xingde Li is likely to significantly improve diagnosis and treatment.
A group of students stand together for a picture.
December 19, 2017
Two BME student teams receive O’Connor Entrepreneurship Funding
Founded by Johns Hopkins alum Ralph O’Connor and his wife, Becky, the O’Connor Fund program awards each team a $5,000 grant with the opportunity to earn $5,000 more by reaching certain milestones.
December 12, 2017
So Long, Trial and Error
Natalia Trayanova explains why computer simulations are key to the future for better health care.
November 30, 2017
BME graduate and team named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list
A four-person team of Johns Hopkins alumni behind the startup Healthify was named to the 2018 Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the health care category.

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