Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering

08/28/2026

Orientation week served up snacks, swag, scavenger hunts, and some seriously fun trivia competitions.

Welcome to the community! 💙 💛

08/26/2026

Meet men’s basketball faculty-coach Constanza Miranda! 🏀🔥

A passionate mentor, educator, and Blue Jay supporter, Miranda is bringing her energy to Johns Hopkins men’s basketball as part of the faculty-coach initiative. As assistant dean for undergraduate mentoring in the Whiting School of Engineering and an associate teaching professor in biomedical engineering, she’s all about helping scholar-athletes thrive on the court, in the classroom, and beyond.

Her goal? To be “part of their constellation of mentors” and help students make the most of their Hopkins experience.

Read the full Q&A:

The Second in a Series of Q&As introducing the Faculty-Coaches of Blue Jay Athletics

08/24/2026

The start of the new semester is approaching, but we recently caught up with a few of our students to hear about their summer intern experiences and how they were able to apply their classroom knowledge in practical settings.

08/21/2026

Catch up on the latest discoveries from Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering in our newest edition of The Research Buzz:

🔬 Watching Sickle Cells in Real Time: Researchers in the Durr Lab used high-resolution imaging to capture vaso-occlusive events in patients with sickle cell disease, opening doors to more personalized therapy management.

🧬 Decoding Genomes Faster with EviAnn: A team at the Center for Computational Biology developed a streamlined tool that builds gene models directly from real biological evidence in under an hour.

💪 Restoring Muscle After Nerve Injury: The Grayson Lab and the Translational Therapeutics and Regenerative Engineering Center (TTREC) found promising evidence that injecting muscle stem cells via a specialized hydrogel scaffold may help improve muscle recovery after nerve injury.

🔊 Separating Signal from Noise: The JEFworks Lab introduced the Off-target Probe Tracker (OPT) to correct off-target binding errors in spatial genomics.

🩻 Making MRIs More Accessible: A student-led innovation brings real-time captioning to MRI scanners to improve patient comfort and communication.

🧠 Unlearning Bad Habits: New research from the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute shows our brains shift into automatic routines much faster than we thought, pointing to a brain region that could help us rewrite bad habits.

🔗 Read the full edition and dive into the details here: https://www.bme.jhu.edu/news-events/news/the-research-buzz-bmes-latest-discoveries-aug-2026/

08/18/2026

Wearable sensors + AI may soon offer a less invasive way to monitor blood pressure in the ICU.

Johns Hopkins researchers found their MOSAIC system closely matched arterial line readings in initial patient tests — potentially reducing the need for risky catheters and expanding continuous blood pressure monitoring beyond intensive care.

https://www.bme.jhu.edu/news-events/news/wearable-sensors-and-ai-could-monitor-blood-pressure-in-icu/

08/14/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Hopkins BME PhD student Nikita Sivakumar on receiving the NTT Research Foundation Fellowship!

The fellowship recognizes her academic excellence, leadership, and community engagement, and will support her doctoral research for up to three years. Nikita’s work combines advanced imaging and computational modeling to better understand how immune cells drive infection, vaccination, and disease outcomes. 👏

https://www.bme.jhu.edu/news-events/news/hopkins-bme-phd-student-receives-ntt-research-foundation-fellowship/

08/13/2026

The Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University WISE program provides research learning opportunities for high school students to be mentored on the JHU campus. This summer, Anna took part in the program and studied the morphology of red blood cell clumps in acute kidney injury in the lab of Jean Fan, alongside BME PhD student Caleb Hallinan.

08/11/2026

Big breakthrough in genomics: Scientists from Johns Hopkins University have reconstructed the complete genome of a real person — including both copies of every chromosome — a major step toward more accurate genetic testing, better rare disease diagnosis, and truly personalized medicine. 🔬🧬

Read more:

The ability to quickly and affordably survey a patient's entire genome is expected to accelerate research, diagnostics, and precision medicine.

08/03/2026

A new Johns Hopkins University study is using computer models to help predict which people with liver cancer might respond best to certain treatments. The researchers created “virtual tumors” to see how cancer and surrounding cells might react to therapy, which could one day help doctors choose the most effective treatment for each patient.

Read more: https://www.bme.jhu.edu/news-events/news/virtual-tumor-predict-response-to-liver-cancer-immunotherapy/

07/30/2026

Wrapping up an amazing ISPEED summer program with student presentations showcasing innovation, creativity, and teamwork!

Our students shared impressive design projects, including an upper arm wearable device that continuously monitors electrolyte levels, an adjustable branch stent for treating coronary bifurcation, and a wearable vest designed to track progressive cardiac deterioration. They also presented posters highlighting their lab work with cardiomyocytes.

We’re so proud of their hard work and can’t wait to see what they do next!