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Biomedical engineering

Jean Fan
Research matters
University labs help power America's biotech innovation ecosystem
Published July 30, 2025
Hopkins researcher Jean Fan and her team create open source tools that help bridge the gap between academic discoveries and lifesaving treatments. Cuts to federal funding threaten to break this critical research and development pipeline.
Annie Kathuria and her research team have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism.
Biomedical engineering
Hopkins scientists grow novel 'whole-brain' organoid
Published July 25, 2025
Advance could usher in new era of research for schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases
artistic rendition of a tumor microenvironment
Breast cancer
Environment near tumors may hold key information
Published July 16, 2025
By using AI to analyze tissue patterns, researchers gain new insights into why some patients respond better to specific treatments
Abstract low poly red human heart
Artificial intelligence
AI predicts patients likely to die of sudden cardiac arrest
Published July 2, 2025
The federally funded work led by Johns Hopkins researchers could save many lives and spare many people unnecessary medical interventions, including the implantation of unneeded defibrillators
Close-up image of a dancer standing on her toes in ballet pointe shoes; a black control board is wrapped around her right ankle and connected into the toe of the shoe
Biomedical engineering
A smart solution for safer pointe work
Published June 17, 2025 Video
Two dancers teamed up with fellow Hopkins master's students to create a smart toe pad and ankle band designed to help prevent injuries in ballet dancers who perform en pointe
Anway Pimpalkar, left, and Junjun Chen
Research matters
Game-changing lab in a shoe
Published May 9, 2025
Designed by Johns Hopkins bioengineers, Re-Kinesis was named a finalist in the National Institute on Aging's 2025 Start-Up Challenge, which recognizes researchers' innovative, science-driven interventions for age-related diseases
Kathleen Cullen
Voices
Research cuts imperil critical insights into our 'silent sense'
Published April 29, 2025
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among seniors in the United States. Johns Hopkins researcher Kathleen Cullen studies the vestibular system in our inner ear, integral to maintaining balance.
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red.
Biomedical engineering
Are 'zombie' skin cells harmful or helpful?
Published April 25, 2025
Hopkins researchers identified three types of zombie skin cells; only one gets worse with age
Muyinatu 'Bisi' Bell
Research matters
Sharper, safer, more inclusive medical imaging
Published April 10, 2025 Video
Backed by NIH funding, Muyinatu 'Bisi' Bell's innovative work is enhancing diagnostic accuracy, improving surgical precision, and ensuring equitable health care for all patients
Youseph Yazdi
Research matters
America's med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support
Published April 4, 2025
An NIH-funded partnership between JHU and Howard University speeds the development of medical devices addressing neurological disorders that affect more than a billion people