Dr. Ashley Brown and an inter-institutional team of researchers from NC State, UNC, and Duke have recently been awarded a Duke/NC State Clinical and Translational Science Award to study synthetic platelets for wound healing. The award mechanism was developed to encourage collaborative … Read more
Gut cancers are some of the least understood in the oncology world, something Dr. Scott Magness hopes to change in the near future. He and a dedicated research team have received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop … Read more
Dr. Jason Franz and his Applied Biomechanics Laboratory have been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study walking balance control and risk of falls in the elderly. The project will continue to support their ongoing collaboration with Drs. Erik … Read more
Stephanie Teeter is celebrating 10 years of service with BME at NC State! Stephanie joined the department in 2007 and since then has worked as a laboratory manager and research technician for several of our faculty. She has also recently won … Read more
The microneedle patch developed by Dr. Zhen Gu and his research team now has a new application: delivering fat-fighting therapies. Zhen and his team have created a patch-based method by which energy-storing white fat is transformed into energy-burning brown fat, therefore … Read more
Congratulations to the 2017-2018 Abrams Scholars! The Abrams Scholarship program provides stipends to undergraduate students to undertake faculty-guided laboratory research projects. The 28 awardees, selected from a very strong applicant pool of BME undergraduates, are: The program honors C. Frank Abrams, Jr., a … Read more
Dr. Zhen Gu’s “smart” insulin patch has made the headlines again- this time, in the U.S. News & World Report. According to the article, clinical experts in the diabetes space are hopeful that this user-friendly drug delivery system will reduce … Read more
Nancy Allbritton, Kenan Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, will be honored with the 2017 Edward Kidder Graham Award. The Edward Kidder Graham Award was established in 2010 to recognize outstanding service by a member of the … Read more
We are pleased to announce that Laura Schranz will joining the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering on November 6, 2017 as the Department’s Director of Development. Laura most recently served as director of development for the New York … Read more
Fran Ligler recently shared her intellectual property expertise with innovators and investors alike at a NC State Office of Technology Commercialization and New Ventures event. Having more than 30 patents to her name, Fran can easily be considered an expert- and her audience … Read more
