Sonavex, Inc., a startup company originally formed in the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design at Johns Hopkins, received $3 million in funding, including $2.2 million from closing its Series A round. Investors include Grey Sky Venture Partners, CRCM Venture Capital, TEDCO, and the Abell Foundation. The medical device company is dedicated to improving surgical […]
The sights and sounds making up Baltimore’s Light City festival over the next week will include several performers from the Peabody Institute, while others from Johns Hopkins lend their expertise during a series of innovation conferences associated with the event. Excerpted from the Hub.
Johns Hopkins University graduate programs in nursing, education, medicine, and biomedical engineering are again considered among the best in the country, according to the newest U.S. News & World Report rankings of “Best Graduate Schools” for 2018. Read more from JHU WSE…
While many Johns Hopkins undergraduates spent January at home visiting friends and family, 13 biomedical engineering students spent their winter break taking the Design Team Clinical Immersion intersession course. Excerpted from JHU BME
Known to health experts as the most deadly animal on the planet, the minuscule mosquito, with its dreaded whine, is responsible for millions of deaths from multiple diseases each year. CBID’s graduate program director, Dr. Soumyadipta Acharya weighs in. Get the full story from CNN
With the help of a CBID team, plastic and reconstructive surgeon Justin Sacks treats pressure sores that refuse to heal, Get full story from Insight
Glyscend was selected as a winner of the Johnson & Johnson World Without Disease QuickFire Challenge and awarded $500,000 for continuing efforts to bring innovative solutions to patients. Glyscend was selected as one of three winners from over 470 applications from entrepreneurs, researchers, and start-up companies from across the globe. Applications were assessed on the quality of technology, value proposition, […]
Tissue Analytics, which developed a mobile application for tracking wound healing, was among eight startups that presented their business plans to a panel of judges during the Venture Capital Pitch Day at Sagamore Ventures’ City Garage in Port Covington. The pitch competition was part of Beta City, a daylong startup showcase put on by Sagamore Ventures, […]
Five Johns Hopkins University graduate students embarked this summer on a trip to Kenya and Uganda—with a collection of infant-sized medical manikins in tow. The team, all students in the yearlong master’s program in bioengineering innovation and design, spent three weeks field-testing a medical device that could save the lives of newborns by monitoring vital […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today 21 potentially game changing solutions to mitigate the spread and impact of the Zika virus. These award nominees underwent a rigorous review process, and have been selected for accelerated development, testing and deployment. In April 2016, USAID launched the Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge to […]
