Department of Biomedical Engineering

A technology most often used for medical imaging is being repurposed to treat damaged tissue in a range of applications.

The program provides early-career scientists four years of funding to explore some of the most pressing questions in human health and medicine.

Rochester students invent solutions for project sponsors ranging from major league sports teams to researchers in Costa Rica.

An optics professor explains how eclipse glasses protect your eyes from the sun’s light during an eclipse.

Rochester researchers are developing multimodal, non-invasive ways to study the brain’s physiology and reduce neurological issues associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy.

As we make the leap into March, enjoy a look back at how we spent February at the University of Rochester—from snow to sun and everything in between.

Rochester is one of four NIH-sponsored centers that aims to produce tissue-on-chip devices as FDA-qualified drug development tools.

Whitney Gegg-Harrison, Jack Downey, and James McGrath approach undergraduate teaching at Rochester in distinctive ways that resonate with their students.

The biomedical engineering professor’s approach has spillover effects beyond the signature undergraduate course he’s taught for 20 years.

Biomedical engineering student Sophea Urbi Biswas explores how the brain processes speech syntax—and discovers the benefits of conducting research as an undergraduate.