Despite rehabilitation efforts to promote recovery through therapy, the average stroke patient can experience persistent impairment of sensory and motor functions. Due to these challenges, the effects of having a stroke remain the leading cause of long-term disability in adults … Continued

Jason Franz, Associate Professor in Joint BME, has received a 5-year, $2.7M R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health titled “A framework for feasible translation to enhance foot and ankle function in aging and mobility”. The project is an … Continued

The Joint BME Department Achievement Committee would like to congratulate and recognize the recipients of achievement awards for the spring and summer of 2022: Staff Service Achievement The committee would like to recognize two of our phenomenal staff members with … Continued

Three UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering undergraduate students received awards to participate in summer 2022 research experiences at prestigious international laboratories.  The Joint BME students are Chloe Hincher; Manasi Krishna Kumar; and Robert Kobrin.  The summer research internships … Continued

Melissa Caughey, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of North Carolina / North Carolina State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and Vishal Rao, M.D., cardiovascular disease research fellow at Duke University School of Medicine won third place in the American … Continued

Ke Cheng, the Randall B. Terry Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine at NC State and the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, along with collaborators from UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, developed an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine, which is delivered to … Continued

In the Spring UNC’s Academic Advising Program solicited input from students to nominate advisors and campus staff serving in an advising capacity for advising awards.  The nomination committee recently selected BME Student Services Coordinator Rocky Rothrock as one of the … Continued

Three graduate students and one Post-Doctoral Associate, trainees in Associate Professor Ashley Brown’s research group, recently were recognized by their field’s premier professional group the Society for Biomaterials. 1. Grant Scull was Elected President-Elect for the 2022-2023 session of the … Continued

One of the six 2023 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awards will go to BME Associate Professor Ashley Brown. The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) provides seed funding to a select few NC State research projects each year that have promise for market … Continued

BME graduate student recipients of 2021-2022 NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral (F31) Fellowships are: Michaela Copp, mentored by Brian Diekman; Danielle Howe, mentored by Matthew Fisher; Miranda Ludovice, mentored by Derek Kamper; Sandra Stangeland-Molo, mentored by Jacqueline Cole; … Continued