Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Data science workshops open to Vanderbilt community

    The Vanderbilt Data Science Institute is offering a number of workshops this fall open to students, faculty and community members to familiarize them with data science tools. Workshops take place in Classroom 2001A of the Sony Building located at 1400 18th Avenue South. Some sessions also may have a… Read More

    Sep. 17, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    School of Engineering announces 14 faculty appointments

    Ten CS faculty join school in first year of Destination Vanderbilt: Computer Science initiative The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of 14 faculty members to its full-time teaching staff, which includes 10 new computer science faculty members appointed during the first year of the Destination Vanderbilt: Computer Science initiative, part… Read More

    Sep. 16, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Engineering is 36th in 2022 ‘U.S. News’ rankings

    The Vanderbilt School of Engineering is No. 36 in the 2022 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges rankings released today. The school rose one spot from 2021 and is tied with Arizona State University, Brown University, North Carolina State, University of Notre Dame and the University of Virginia. MIT is… Read More

    Sep. 13, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Team awarded $2.3 million NIH grant to evaluate new, more accurate ultrasound methods

    New acquisition and reconstruction solutions for ultrasound imaging developed by a Vanderbilt team aim to fundamentally improve the ability to obtain high quality, clinically relevant images, especially in cases of heart disease. With a new, $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, the researchers will evaluate their advances on a… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    $1.9 million NIH project to investigate effects of shear stress on cancer cells

    A biomedical engineering professor has received a $1.9 million NIH grant to investigate the effects of mechanical stimuli such as shear stress on the behavior of cancer cells in blood flow. J. Lawrence Wilson Professor Mike King and his research group will develop the devices for the study as well… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Research Snapshot: BME team demonstrates potential for 1st clinically successful osteoarthritis drug

    THE IDEA Post-traumatic osteoarthritis—caused by degraded cartilage that cushions the ends of bones in joints—occurs after a joint injury. With the knowledge that PTOA will lead to earlier onset and faster progression of osteoarthritis following an injury, researchers including Craig Duvall, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, set out to develop… Read More

    Sep. 2, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering doctoral students experience paradigm-shifting clinical training in surgery and intervention

    Trainees gain big picture knowledge plus work closely with surgeons Michael Miga (right) and Robert Labadie (left) lead a Clinical Interactions lecture that is part of a training program for engineering students. The results are in: Five cohorts of Vanderbilt engineering doctoral students have experienced ‘paradigm-shifting training’ in surgery and… Read More

    Aug. 27, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Discovery points to new avenues to kill aggressive cancer cells

    Chemoresistant SW480 colon cancer cells stained for lipid rafts (green), death receptor 4 (red) and cell nuclei (blue). Image taken by Joshua Greenlee using a Zeiss LSM 880 from the Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource Center. By Marissa Shapiro THE IDEA Vanderbilt faculty and researchers are looking for the “Achilles’… Read More

    Aug. 3, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Grissom awarded inaugural Course Improvement Grant to support teaching excellence

    Biomedical engineering associate professor William Grissom is the recipient of a Course Improvement Grant. The Office of the Provost today announced the inaugural round of recipients for two new internal funding sources. Ten faculty members across three of Vanderbilt’s schools and colleges will receive support for their teaching. The Educational… Read More

    Jul. 26, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Three engineering faculty awarded Seeding Success Grants in inaugural funding round

    The Office of the Provost has announced the inaugural round of grant recipients for the Seeding Success Grant program established in March. Three engineering faculty members are among 15 faculty members across four Vanderbilt schools and colleges who will receive support for their work. They are: David Braun, assistant… Read More

    Jul. 14, 2021