Category: Campus and Community
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Undergraduate Innovation in High-Throughput Screening Earns SLAS Poster Award
The award highlights the exceptional caliber of research and presentation skills exhibited by BME undergraduate student Christian Reinhardt, whose work drew considerable interest from conference attendees.
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Congratulations to BME’s 2025-2026 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Recipients
BME is proud of our graduate students for receiving top Rackham Award recognition. The following BME Ph.D. students received Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships:
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NIH-Funded U-M BME Team Develops Adaptive Vision Assistant to Deliver Personalized Navigation Cues
This wearable device is engineered to deliver personalized navigation cues for visually impaired users, offering information through vibration, sound, or other customizable formats.
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Connie Wu receives NSF CAREER award to advance ultrasensitive tools for profiling low-abundance proteins
Dr. Wu’s CAREER research aims to accelerate biomarker discovery, strengthen the future biotechnology workforce, and improve readiness for future public health challenges.
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AI-powered “smart patient retrieval” could transform tumor board decision-making
AI figure developed by Katelyn Lu, University of Michigan
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NSF CAREER Award supports U-M BME’s Maria Coronel in developing smart biomaterials to monitor wounds in real time
Chronic wounds are a major clinical challenge affecting many patient populations, yet the underlying biology often remains unclear.
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Kevin Zhou Receives Eversight Foundation Seed Grant for Eye Imaging Research
Dr. Zhou aims to revolutionize how clinicians and scientists characterize and treat diseases of the anterior segment of the eye—critical for vision and eye health.
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UrBME Brings Biomedical Engineering to Chicago Classrooms through Alternative Spring Break Outreach
The group spent two days at Noble Street College Prep, rotating through classes and leading interactive activities designed to make engineering approachable, collaborative, and fun.
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Early Detector of Severe Food Allergy Reactions – Knowing When to Reach for an Epi-Pen
U-M Team Leverages Collaboration, Innovation, and Coulter Support in the Development of a New Wearable Device for Food Allergy Anaphylaxis Detection
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Congratulations to the 2026 Leaders & Honors Award Recipients in BME
The following BME students are recognized for their achievements with Leaders & Honors Awards.