As we close out the 2016-2017 academic year, we offer our best wishes to Dr. Robert Allen on his retirement from the faculty, and celebrate his career here. Dr. Allen enters into retirement with a lifetime of achievements, many of which occurred during his time at Johns Hopkins. He came to the university as a […]
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.
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.
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.
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, […]
Four teams of researchers from Johns Hopkins University will be awarded grants from U.S. Agency for International Development’s Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge.
Together, CBID Alums Neil Shah and Maxim Budyansky founded Avitus Orthopaedics to create new technologies that both improve clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs. Both graduated from CBID at Johns Hopkins University in May 2012. Get the full story here…
Three Johns Hopkins BME-associated medical technology companies have been selected by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) Life Science Investment Fund for financial investment. TEDCO’s Life Science Investment Fund is specifically designed for companies that are beyond the technology validation stage and further along in product development. They invest up to $200,000 to support milestone-based […]
For health workers in the field treating people stricken with Ebola and other diseases, a protective suit is the first defense against infection. The suit and head covering itself, however, can hamper the ability to help by impeding breathing, or heating up so quickly in high temperatures and humidity that workers can scarcely wear the […]
A device to treat persistent and reoccurring sinus infections took the top award in the first-ever Student Healthcare Design Competition, which was held on Johns Hopkins University’s East Baltimore campus on Tuesday and sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design. Except from the Hub. Read more here…
