Biomedical Engineering

Audrey Bowden A team of Vanderbilt researchers has been chosen to receive the 2023 Incyte Ingenuity Awards in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The award program aims to support the U.S. GVHD community by funding two innovative initiatives annually that address specific needs of people impacted by GVHD, including patients and their… Read More

This past summer, 13 Vanderbilt undergraduates were selected to work on projects focused on epilepsy, miniature soft climbing robots, stroke treatment, kidney disease research, cancer resection and surgical skill assessment as part of the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s Summer Fellows Program (VSF). Read More

by Kathy Whitney André Churchwell, MD André Churchwell, MD, Levi Watkins Jr. MD Professor of Medicine and professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, has been recognized as a diversity leader and a recipient of Modern Healthcare’s Luminary Award. “The Diversity Leaders Luminary Award was created to… Read More

Professor Audrey Bowden by Lucas Johnson There was a time when Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, questioned whether to pursue a doctorate. The desire was there, she just needed some guidance. “Nobody in my family had a… Read More

The Office of the Vice Provost of Research is partnering with editors from Nature Communications and Nature Biomedical Engineering for a workshop to help researchers get published in top journals. Professor Audrey Bowden. The workshop follows on the heels of the Nature Conference on Bioengineering for Global Health conference… Read More

Michael R. King, the J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2024 BMES CMBE Christopher Jacobs Award for Excellence in Leadership for his work in the cellular and molecular bioengineering community. Professor Michael R. King. King holds a secondary appointment in radiology and… Read More

By Amy Wolf Today’s fight against infectious diseases is being waged in the computer lab as much as the wet lab. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Vanderbilt researchers and students like School of Engineering undergraduate Karen Pu are expanding the power of computer modeling to identify mutating viruses—and… Read More

Robert Webster (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University’s Robert Webster and Charleson Bell, BE’07, MS’09, PhD’15, will receive $12 million to establish and manage the Mid-South Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub. REACH will focus on accelerating real-world impact of biomedical innovations… Read More

Franz Baudenbacher, associate professor of biomedical engineering and physics and deputy director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE), is one of four Vanderbilt entrepreneurs and innovators recognized by the university’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (CTTC) recognizes excellence in innovation through… Read More

Senior leadership from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently visited Vanderbilt University to learn more about the innovation ecosystem in Nashville and about translational research being conducted on campus. Read More