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Researchers have developed an inhalable powder that could protect lungs and airways from viral invasion by reinforcing the body’s own mucosal layer. The powder, called Spherical Hydrogel Inhalation fo… Read more
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NC State’s 2022-23 class of University Faculty Scholars was announced today. These 22 early- and mid-career faculty receive this designation in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements a… Read more
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Rahima Benhabbour, Ph.D., M.Sc., associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, led a successful effort to create an injectable implant that can release effective HIV PrEP medications into the body fo… Read more
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Joint Department Achievement Awardees: Ph.D. Student Research Achievement The award for Ph.D. student achievement in Research goes to Sang Hun Chung and Hossein Eybposh. Sang exemplifies the BM… Read more
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The UNC School of Medicine Office of Research provided pilot funding to three teams for cutting-edge basic science discovery research. The following article was originally published by the UNC School… Read more
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…excited to announce that one of the 11 Graduate Student Impact Awards was granted to the following recipient: Keerthi S. Anand (‘18, Ph.D.) candidate UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State…. Read more
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written by Kathleen Clardy for Joint BME Communications Miranda Ludovice, a Ph.D. student in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering based at NC State University, has been awarded a pres… Read more
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The recipients of the department Graduate Student Service Awards for the 2022-2023 academic year have been selected, and we are pleased to announce that five students will be awarded for their contrib… Read more
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Koji Sode, a William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a lead investigator on an $800K grant from JDRF International and The Leona M. and Harry… Read more
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Timothy Holder has always felt pulled toward varying interests — medicine, wearable devices, racquetball, exploring new places and philosophy, to name a few. Holder, who graduated with a Ph.D. in biom… Read more
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Ke Cheng has been named executive director of interdisciplinary scholarship in the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs, effective October 1, 2022. He will report directly to Rob Dunn, seni… Read more
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Helen Huang was recently selected as an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow for the Class of 2023. Huang was elevated to Fellow for her contributions in control development… Read more