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April 14, 2014
2nd Annual JHU–UMD BMES Undergraduate Research Day
The event is designed to showcase student research projects conducted during the past academic year and to encourage and inspire classmates in the biomedical engineering programs to pursue their own research.
April 11, 2014
BME graduate student Kelly Chang awarded JHU ARCS Foundation Scholarship
The prestigious ARCS Foundation Scholarship provides $15,000 for education and research to support select, extraordinary graduate students.
April 8, 2014
BME graduate student Carmen Kut awarded the 2014 Sommerman Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award
This award recognizes outstanding performance as a graduate teaching assistant in the Whiting School of Engineering.
March 28, 2014
BME undergrad Ivan Kuznetsov named 2014 Goldwater Scholar
The coveted Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to extraordinary undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are deemed to have a strong research profile and exceptional promise for a research career.
February 27, 2014
Engineering safer surgery: The LevelCheck algorithm translated to first clinical studies
Advanced 3D-2D image registration leverages high-speed computing to provide surgeons with an on-demand, labeled visual depiction of the spine and surgical target in the operating room.
Michael Miller poses in front of a computer.
February 24, 2014
Johns Hopkins researchers establish a digital search system for pediatric brain MRI data
A searchable digital brain image data library will provide doctors the ability to access thousands of pediatric scans. Finding similar scans to those of their own patient's will enhance diagnosis and treatment of their young patients with brain disorders.
February 17, 2014
Eye movements as a predictor of behavior
Dr. Reza Shadmehr and his team explore the relationship between eye movements and decision making.
A village in a rural area.
January 23, 2014
Collaborative program between JHU and JHMI seeks to solve problems through global outreach
BME faculty and Global Engineering Innovation program director Jennifer Elisseeff plays a pivotal role in defining engineering missions in developing countries. The program is seeded by a grant from the Johns Hopkins Office of the President.
January 20, 2014
Going native — biomedical engineers take biochemistry from the test tube into living cells
Advances made by Dr. Yue’s team reveal how calcium ion channels are properly controlled in the brain, and furnish a powerful new strategy for probing similarly large and complex molecules in the body.
November 13, 2013
BME undergrads win competition with PrestoPatch, cardiac arrhythmia treatment
The 2013 Collegiate Inventor Competition winners plan to use their prize money to help launch a company to commercialize their invention.
November 12, 2013
Brody Scholar Karchin assesses impact of DNA sequence variations
In her lab, the Karchin team aims to computationally model genomic alterations and identify drug targets and biomarkers for disease diagnosis and treatment.
A group of student pose for a photo.
November 7, 2013
JHU-Coulter Partnership funds translational research
Since established in 2011, the Johns Hopkins-Coulter Translational Partnership has awarded $1.3 million to 12 projects, facilitating biomedical innovations to go from concept to commercial reality.
November 4, 2013
Sorger heads up medical research at Intuitive Surgical
BME alumni, Jonathan Sorger, is the director of medical research at Intuitive Surgical — a global leader in minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery.
November 2, 2013
Johns Hopkins launches BME EDGE
BME EDGE will help some of the world’s top biomedical engineering researchers navigate their next career moves into jobs with academia, government agencies, or private industry.
October 30, 2013
Unraveling the genetic underpinning of disease
Dr. Michael Beer has received a five-year NIH grant to build a computational model to identify and predict regulatory elements in the human genome.
October 28, 2013
Rene Vidal directs the Vision, Dynamics and Learning Lab to analyze and interpret vast amounts of data
René Vidal combines biomedical imaging, computer vision, and machine learning to develop systems that will analyze vast amounts of data and unlock previously hidden information.
October 21, 2013
Nitish Thakor and BME alumni spinoff, Vasoptic Medical, secure Phase II funding from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
Commercialization of a low-cost and portable retinal imager that will permit early detection of diabetic retinopathy
October 10, 2013
Jeff Siewerdsen and the I-STAR Lab win the 2013 Spine Technology Award
The LevelCheck algorithm aims to eliminate the incidence of wrong-level spine surgery while improving workflow.
October 7, 2013
Rachel Karchin named William R. Brody Faculty Scholar
Leading-edge achievements in advancing computational methods to interpret genomic data for individualized medicine cited
Natalia Trayanova smiles at the camera.
September 30, 2013
Natalia Trayanova is awarded the 2013 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for her project “virtual electrophysiology laboratory”
The award will provide up to $2.5 million over five years to support the development of a patient-specific heart modeling system.
September 23, 2013
Five Johns Hopkins students named 2014 Siebel Scholars — four from BME
In recognition of their research skills, academic achievements and leadership qualities, five Johns Hopkins PhD students were selected to be honored as 2014 Siebel Scholars.
September 16, 2013
Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Society wins 2013 Student Chapter Commendable Achievement Award
The Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Society has been selected to receive the 2013 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Commendable Achievement Award....
September 16, 2013
Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Society wins 2013 Student Chapter Commendable Achievement Award
Exemplary achievement in fostering interaction among Johns Hopkins BME students and with other student chapters cited
September 13, 2013
Whiting Biomedical Design Studio funded
Provisions for space, materials, and equipment expected to markedly enhance BME design course experience and outcomes
Jordan Green
September 6, 2013
BME researchers testing promising drug therapy delivery method for improved treatment of central vision loss
Time-release coating allows drug for macular degeneration to last longer, decreasing need of unpleasant treatment
Natalia Trayanova
August 29, 2013
BME researchers employ a biophysically-detailed heart model to test optogenentic approaches on cardiac behavior
Cardiac modeling is a key component to testing optogenetics technology, providing an accurate platform for assessing the feasibility of potential optical control strategies.
Natalia Trayanova
August 23, 2013
Virtual 3-D heart model guides defibrillator placement in children
Biomedical engineer, Natalia Trayanova, and pediatric cardiologist Jane Crosson, teamed up to develop a 'virtual heart' that precision-guides defibrillator placement in children with heart defects.
August 14, 2013
Dr. Xiaofeng Jia awarded stem cell research funds from Maryland State
A $200,000 exploratory grant was awarded to Dr. Jia and collaborators for funding of research to advance the field of regenerative medicine.
August 7, 2013
BME earns high honors in medical imaging physics at AAPM 2013
The Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering congratulates department members whose research contributions received three significant awards.
July 26, 2013
Jeffrey Siewerdsen elected to the AAPM Board of Directors
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen has been elected to serve on the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Board of Directors effective January 1, 2014.

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