Xinrui Ma, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC, was awarded the Best Poster Presentation at the 2024 Radiology Department Research Symposium. This marks her third consecutive year of recognition—previously earning Best Oral Presentation … Read more

Helen Huang and her lab are building better prosthetics by enhancing them with robotics and AI. This article was originally published on October 29th, 2024, by Alyssa LaFaro with UNC Research Stories and can be read here.     On Labor … Read more

NC State’s Comparative Medicine Institute recently held its annual “Think, Collaborate & Do” Ideation event, bringing faculty, graduate students and postdocs from across the university to foster interdisciplinary collaborations in human and animal health. Participants worked in teams to develop … Read more

As an NC State College of Engineering student, Margaret (Meg) Stokes Alden ‘02 knew she wanted to do something that would help people — but it took her a while to decide if she’d be able to make a greater impact … Read more

Amol Yadav, assistant professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, was honored with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award for his research in sensory augmentation. According to the NIH, … Read more

William Polacheck, associate professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, has received the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator’s Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), which is a leading professional society for … Read more

New NIH-funded program emphasizes ultrasound research commercialization This article was originally published on July 26, 2024 by NC State Engineering Communications and can be read here.  Ultrasound is one of the best-known medical imaging devices. It is safe, cost-efficient and … Read more

Researchers have established a suite of parameters that can be determined using ultrasound to quantitatively measure different physical characteristics of the lung. The researchers also demonstrated that the parameters can be used to accurately diagnose and assess the severity of … Read more

Virginie, who also goes by Virginia, Papadopoulou, PhD, is an Associate Professor with joint appointments in Radiology and Biomedical Engineering. She attended Imperial College London for her Master of Science in Physics and Theoretical Physics and then her PhD in … Read more

Researchers in the Benhabbour Laboratory and their collaborators were nominated and selected for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award for 2024. Their research, published in 2023 in Nature Communications, was titled “Ultra-Long Acting in-situ forming implants with Cabotegravir protect female … Read more