Duke Biomedical Engineering

09/20/2023

Did you hear the news? The 2024 U.S. News and World Report just listed Duke BME as the #2 undergraduate BME program in the country!

See the rankings for the best undergraduate biomedical engineering programs at U.S. News.

10/21/2022

Joseph A. Izatt, the globally recognized expert in medical imaging, has been appointed chair of Duke University's highly-ranked Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Joseph A. Izatt, a globally recognized expert in medical imaging, will lead Duke BME through 2025

11/19/2021

In the latest episode of Rate of Change, Shyni Varghese chats about how her lab built a molecule that can rebuild bone, and has the potential to transform osteoporosis treatment. Check out the full episode below!

Duke professor Shyni Varghese has built a new molecule that rebuilds bone and may transform osteoporosis treatment

10/14/2021

Congratulations to Design Health graduates Kevin Rosenthal, Len Assakul, Pratik Doshi, Anish Nigade and Kelly Yang, who were named on the recently announced International Top 20 Shortlist for the 2021 James Dyson Award. The team was recognized for their cardiovascular tool, ArchGuard. Learn more about their impressive work below!

With a device to make cardiovascular procedures safer, Duke’s ArchGuard team was recognized out of 2,000 applicants

09/03/2021

BME's Roarke Horstmeyer developed a portable optical tool that promises to make surgical planning easier and less invasive for children who need surgery for epilepsy will get its first tests in the clinic, thanks to a generous grant from the Hartwell Foundation.

Harnessing Light to Measure Brain Function Breadcrumb Home Why Give Meet Physicians & Scientists Harnessing Light to Measure Brain Function A portable optical tool that promises to make surgical planning easier and less invasive for children who need surgery for epilepsy will get its first tests in....

09/02/2021

We’re thrilled to share the news that University of Michigan Civil & Environmental Engineering chair Jerome Lynch has been named the next Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University! Lynch is a nationally recognized expert in advanced technologies for monitoring and control of civil infrastructure systems and an advocate for community engagement in research.

University of Michigan chair is nationally known for developing smart technologies to improve civil infrastructure systems

08/24/2021

Meet new BME faculty member Timothy Dunn, who uses novel 3D behavior-tracking technologies to better understand how the brain works

New faculty member Timothy Dunn uses novel 3D behavior-tracking technologies to better understand how the brain works

08/23/2021

Outstanding students from eight states, D.C., and Ghana selected to join scholarship program focused on leadership, business, service, and entrepreneurship

08/23/2021

BME's Mark Draelos and a team of researchers and ophthalmologists have developed a robotic imaging tool that can automatically detect and scan a patient’s eyes for markers of different eye diseases.

By removing the need for highly trained technicians, the imaging tool could make it easier to diagnose eye diseases outside of specialized clinics

08/20/2021

BME Professor Charlie Gersbach and a team of collaborators have created two new lines of transgenic mice that will allow novel, widescale investigations into how gene regulation affects health and development by using a "bladeless" version of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9.

DURHAM, N.C. -- A CRISPR-Cas9 variant with deactivated DNA-cutting function – known as “dCas9” - is a powerful tool to help researchers understand what genes do when their expression is dialed up or down, but it has some limitations.

08/20/2021

BME's Kathy Nightingale, Mark Palmeri, Michael Rizk and Eric Richardson were just a few of the 360 Coaching Fellows who will work with incoming freshmen to mentor and advise them as they get started in Duke Engineering! Click through the photos to see how their first meetings went!

08/20/2021