Biomedical Engineering

Ruogu Fang, a renowned AI researcher and the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received a $3.4 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new way to study human emotion using artificial intelligence, with the goal of eventually… Read More

During some seizures, a person remains aware; during others, consciousness disappears. Why? What changes in the brain, and could researchers intervene before consciousness is lost? Vanderbilt graduate student Anas Reda is using a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Award to address those questions. Read More

Ruogu Fang, a widely recognized researcher whose work advances brain-inspired artificial intelligence models and AI-empowered precision brain health, will join Vanderbilt’s esteemed Department of Biomedical Engineering as the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering on August 16, 2026. Read More

Vanderbilt University has developed a new, integrated MD/M.Eng. pathway in Surgery and Intervention, a one-year, industry-focused master’s track designed to equip future clinicians with advanced training in medical device engineering and medical AI. Read More

A team of researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University, have developed a magnetic robotic valve to provide minimally invasive intervention for gastroesophageal reflux disease and possibly other organ system disorders… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a smart microscope system that uses artificial intelligence to help scientists better understand how cells behave, particularly in diseases like cancer. Read More

VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Jon Heiselman, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director, Master of Engineering in Surgery and Intervention Program Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Precision… Read More

Following an extensive national search, Prof. Michael Miga has been named as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective January 1, 2025. Miga, who had served as the interim chair since the Fall of 2023, and is the Harvie Branscomb Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has accepted a three-year… Read More

VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Neurology and Neurological Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start… Read More

Roy presented nine faculty awards, four staff awards and one research award based on an outstanding paper written by a graduate student. The Edward J. White Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Service: Harvie Branscomb Professor and interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering Michael Miga and Julie Johnson, professor of the practice… Read More