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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 Nati… 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 wil… 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… 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-s… 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,… 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… 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 establis… 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 recen… 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 pat… Read more

The UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering is thrilled to announce that its recently-launched UNC/NC State joint undergraduate degree, Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering (B.S…. Read more

The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University is a rapidly growing enterprise which is one of the fastest growin… Read more

BME Faculty Jason Franz, in collaboration with UNC Healthcare and researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded an exciting new Research Grant from the National Multi… Read more