The 2024 BME-IDEA (Biomedical Engineering – Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship) Meeting brought together leaders, students, and industry professionals to explore the cutting-edge of biomedical innovation. For the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID), this event reinforced our mission and demonstrated how our work aligns with the dynamic goals of the BME-IDEA community. […]
A few months ago, the CBID’s Head and Neck Surgery Team (CBID Students Class of 2025: Mark Schuweiler, Emma Turner, Sabrina Zhou, Mads Bundgaard Norlov, Amanda Cheung, Ishir Sharma) joined field leaders at the American Academy of Otolaryngology Conference. Here, they attended in-depth discussions on emerging research in oncology and head and neck surgery, networked […]
Our CBID Neurosurgery Team (CBID Students Class of 2025: Arjun Kumar Menta, Shreya Jindal, Sofia Garcia del Barrio, Kenny Nova, Ava Taylor) recently attended the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. At this prestigious conference, they spoke with top neurosurgeons, explored the latest clinical solutions, and got hands-on with advanced tools like […]
HopHacks is a 36 hour annual Hackathon held at the Johns Hopkins University that encourages engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs to explore new ideas and create new applications. Teams of up to 4 university students work on projects from scratch. At the end of the hackathon, teams present their projects to judges and compete for prizes […]
CurveAssure and Somnair were the two teams from Johns Hopkins University that advanced to the final round of the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition. CurveAssure, lead by Evan Hass, was a project that originated from the CBID Master’s Program. Evan and his teammates continued working on the project through their 2023 Abell Fellowship. Somnair, by […]
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Breaking Barriers: Ekyaalo Diagnostics’ Breast Cancer Equity Project In October 2023, Ekyaalo Diagnostics reached a significant milestone by successfully securing a $265,000 grant from the American Cancer Society. The grant was awarded for a groundbreaking project aimed at addressing equity interventions in breast cancer diagnosis in Uganda. This ambitious initiative is set to make a lasting […]
Somnair (previously known as SomnOSA), a novel neurostimulation oral appliance for a highly prevalent, untreated form of obstructive sleep apnea, is spearheaded by Anders Sideris, Mitch Turley, Phoebe Dijour, and Shri Prabha Shivram (CBID class of 2023). Dedicated to this project, Anders Sideris, Mitch Turley, and Shri Prabha Shivram are committed to advancing their work […]
In June, the CBID MSE Class of 2024 embarked on a transformative year-long journey. Designed to empower future leaders in healthcare innovation, these students dove headfirst into an intensive week-long bootcamp. This immersive experience honed their ability to keenly observe, actively listen, and adeptly address challenges faced by clinicians. Following this, students were split into […]
CurveAssure, a spinal innovation startup, was recently awarded $140,000 through the prestigious and first-of-its-kind Johns Hopkins University (“JHU”) President’s Venture Fellowship. This venture is co-founded and led by Evan Haas and Antony Fuleihan, two fellows at JHU’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (“CBID”). Revolutionary Venture Each year, 250,000 patients undergo unnecessary spinal fusion surgery […]
