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Biomedical engineering

Close-up of prosthetic hand with sensory sleeve on fingertips
Biomedical engineering
Bringing a human touch to prosthetics
Published June 20, 2018 Video
When layered on top of prosthetic hands, e-dermis device brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips
Team PneumoNIX
Biomedical engineering
Students take 2nd in national competition
Published June 18, 2018
PneumoNIX team develops approach to reduce risk of collapsed lung during lung biopsy
A physician in scrubs instructs a group of undergrads
Biomedical engineering
Medicine's problem-solvers
Published May 23, 2018
Biomedical engineering program empowers undergrads to develop real-world solutions for improving patient care
Three students demonstrate a walker built to help ICU patients
Biomedical engineering
Souped-up walker helps get pediatric ICU patients back on their feet
Published May 2, 2018
The AmbuMate could help ailing children out of bed—and the hospital—faster
Steven Salzberg
Faculty honors
Salzberg elected to American Academy
Published April 27, 2018
Hopkins gene hunter among 213 individuals selected to join honorary society
Stadium seats
Brain science
An audience might make you perform better
Published April 20, 2018
Performing a task in front of an audience triggers parts of the brain associated with social cognition, reward, and motor skills, study finds
Representatives of Team Treyetech and Team AssistENT
Undergraduate research
Teams of young inventors recognized
Published April 10, 2018
Two teams of Hopkins biomedical engineering students are among winners at MIT competition
An all-seeing eye in the sky is a computer
Computer, P.I.
Published Spring 2018
If computers could analyze the contexts and relationships of photographs, videos, audio, text documents, and internet activity, they could become digital detectives / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Murray Sachs
In memoriam
Pioneering scientist Murray Sachs dies at 77
Published March 5, 2018
His research on how the brain receives, processes sound paved the way for the development of cochlear implants
Rong Li
Hopkins-led cancer research team shortlisted for £20M award
Published Feb 13, 2018
Team led by Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Rong Li among 10 finalists in Cancer Research UK's Grand Challenge