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Professor Benjamín Castañeda ’09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology. The project is emblematic of Castañeda’s career: bringing medical technology to people who would otherwise not have access.

Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the , the Nicholas George Professor in Optics, and a professor of ophthalmology at Rochester, was selected as the 2025  by Optica. The award is presented to an individual who has performed distinguished work in the field of vision, including but not limited to the optics, physiology, anatomy, or psychology of the visual system.

ºÚÁÏÍø researchers , and , have earned a $3 million grant to investigate a complication that befalls more than half of all abdominal surgery patients: post-operative adhesions that can cause serious and sometimes lifelong health problems.

The innovative professor prioritizes inclusiveness in the classroom.

Rochester researchers investigate how visual cues enhance the brain’s ability to understand speech in noisy environments.

BME 101 Poster Session 2024

The annual BME 101 Poster Session was held on Friday, December 6, 2024.  This event gives undergraduate students in Professor Edward Brown's course, BME 101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering,  a unique opportunity to collaborate and dive deeper into topics that spark their interest within the field of biomedical engineering.

A ºÚÁÏÍø team harnessed bacteria to capture carbon dioxide and generate energy.

The Wells Prize honorees exemplify the best of the multidisciplinary educational opportunities available at Rochester.

The method uses ultrathin membranes to capture tiny packets of cellular material called extracellular vesicles.

Researchers will use tissue-on-chip technology as a new way to explore the relationship between the lungs and brain.

Four recently issued patents, developed by Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering at the University’s Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, and his doctoral students, boost ultrasound scanners to detect obscured pathologies.

A team led by Professors Diane Dalecki and Denise Hocking have developed a novel technique that could be used to treat damaged tissue in a range of medical applications.

The ºÚÁÏÍø team, led by James McGrath, Ph.D., is working with Duke University researchers to develop tissue chip tools to better understand the roles of physiological barriers in disease.

A new $2.7 million Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1) grant from the National Institute Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has been awarded to , to study how non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) impacts brain function in people living with HIV.

BME Professors Receive 2024 University Research Awards

Last week, the Office of the Vice President for Research announced seven Hajim School researchers will receive .

2024 Undergraduate Awards

Congratulations to several of our outstanding biomedical engineering majors that have won awards from the BME Department, and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

New NIH-funded Center Could Soon Reduce the Need for Pharmaceutical Trials on Animals

The will house a new national center focused on using tissue-on-chip technology to develop drugs more rapidly and reduce the need for animal trials.