Fiza Shaukat is a native of Pakistan living in the United States. As a biomedical engineer, she was eager to improve her country’s medical devices and digital health strategies. She approached us in ...

Taking the Sting Out Painless needle pricks may now become a reality, thanks to SonoPrep, a low-frequency ultrasound device by Sontra Medical, which can permeate skin and allow topical anesthetic ...

The global healthcare landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by technological innovation and an increasing emphasis on patient-centered care. Yet within this progress, one area remains ...

Mai-Ly WIlkinson, left, and Sovie Prasad Shekar present their plans for a non-invasive stroke detection device, which their team designed as part of the Biomedical Engineering Experience with Quarter ...

At a time when medical technology breakthroughs often stall long before reaching patients, Northwestern University’s Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB) has become a striking exception ...

Officials from the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering said the school hopes to create a new kind of doctor: the physician-engineer. "Our medical engineers are going to be trained ...

Self editorial staff were not involved with the creation of this content. Albert K. Chin, MD, is using his engineering background to improve health care. Across the medical landscape, technology ...

Muyinatu "Bisi" Bell conducts NIH-backed research to improve medical imaging so that every patient—regardless of skin color or body size—gets an early and accurate diagnosis. "I aim to ensure that ...

A predictive approach to entrepreneurial decision making maximizes the likelihood of medical innovators’ success. But due to the complexity of entrepreneurial efforts in medical technology, predicting ...

More professionals are pursuing advanced degrees than ever before. This is especially true of engineering and other science-related fields. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics ...