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BME Professor Ke Cheng receives Endowed Professorship

BME Professor Ke Cheng has recently been named the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine. The endowed professorship is the result of a $1 million donation from the R.B… Read more

BME Kenan Distinguished Professor Paul Dayton named Interim Chair

BME Kenan Distinguished Professor Paul Dayton has been named Interim Chair of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Dayton is taking over for Dr. Nancy Allbritton, who… Read more

Joint BME Department at the Annual BMES Meeting in Philadelphia

Last Week the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NCSU participated at The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, which took place from October 16 to 19, 2019 at the P… Read more

BME Distinguished Professors Nancy Allbritton and Frances Ligler in the 2019 Top 100 list of Analytical Scientists

This October 2019, leading industry publication The Analytical Scientist announced its annual Power List. Two BME Distinguished Professors have been included in this top 100 analytical scientists’ lis… Read more

BME PhD students Thomas Kierski and Izzie Newsome awarded at the 2019 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

BME Dayton lab students Thomas Kierski and Izzie Newsome have recently won second and fourth place in Visualizing Physical Acoustics Research Picture Awards at the 2019 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium in G… Read more

Kenan Distinguished Professor Nancy Allbritton will step down as BME Chair on October 31, 2019

After a decade leading the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Kenan Distinguished Professor Nancy Allbri… Read more

BME Assistant Professor Wesley Legant named 2019 Packard Fellow

BME Assistant Professor Wesley Legant is one of 22 early-career scientists and engineers who will each receive $875,000 over five years from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The prestigious Pa… Read more

M.S. Biomedical Engineering – Translational Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TraIn)

Our professional Master’s curriculum is an 11-month (Summer II, Fall, Spring) program for students interested in acquiring the skills necessary to lead biomedical-related early stage ventures or to dr… Read more

Certificate in Nanobiotechnology

With financial support from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University offer graduate certificates in nanobiotechnology. Tremendous advances in development of nan… Read more

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Certificate in Biomedical Imaging

The Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Psychology and Neuroscience have launched a graduate certificate in Biomedical Imaging Science. Biomedical Imaging is a critical area of research with far… Read more

2019 BME Annual Retreat and Awards

Last Friday Sept 27 BME faculty, staff and students reconnected at the BME Annual Retreat in North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Keynote speaker Prof. David Reinkensmeyer from the School of Engineeri… Read more

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BME Associate Professor Scott Magness participates in the Rally for Medical Research on Capitol Hill

On September 19, BME Associate Professor Scott Magness met with Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, and Representative David Price, as well as other Congressional leaders from around the nation, as… Read more