JHU CBID team takes second in business plan competition with corneal surgery enhancement
May 1, 2017
Treyetech team wins $15,000 at TCU’s Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition.
News: Bioengineering Innovation & Design
CBID Startup, Sonavex, receives $3 million in funding
April 24, 2017
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 […]
Johns Hopkins engineering students design retractable umbrella for wheelchair users
April 17, 2017
Two Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students won the mobility and transportation category last month at the Abilities Hackathon, an event held for the second year at the Digital Harbor Foundation’s Baltimore location.
Dr. Youseph Yazdi to present “Designing Health” at Light City Festival
March 31, 2017
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.
‘U.S. News’ again ranks JHU BME graduate program #1
March 15, 2017
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…
How soap, chairs, and clothing could stop mosquito bites
February 16, 2017
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
Johns Hopkins launches new one-year biomedical design program for med students
January 12, 2017
The Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, which specializes in medical device design, has launched a one-year gap program with funding for medical students studying at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
CBID start-up, Glyscend Inc., is awarded $500,000
November 16, 2016
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, […]
Johns Hopkins undergrad team wins bronze in Collegiate Inventors Competition
November 7, 2016
A reusable cryotherapy system that could bring low-cost breast cancer treatment to women in rural South Africa has won the bronze prize for a Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering team in the undergraduate category of the 2016 National Collegiate Inventors Competition. Prize winners were announced Friday at an event in Washington, D.C. The Johns Hopkins […]
Johns Hopkins undergraduate team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition
September 30, 2016
An undergraduate team from Johns Hopkins University has been named a finalist in the 2016 Collegiate Inventors Competition, which will take place in Washington, D.C., in November. The team, all students in JHU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, improved on a cryotherapy device developed by Johns Hopkins students for use in rural Africa, where women who […]
