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Professor Mia K. Markey and Gracie Vargas, Ph.D. '01 an associate professor with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, have both been selected to serve as charter members of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical Imaging Technology Study Section Center for Scientific Review.

The progression of debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer’s can be slowed with help from modern medicine. One hurdle an Alzheimer’s patient may face, however, is remembering to take that medicine.

Professor Nicholas A. Peppas has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Surface Science Award of the Surface in Biomaterials Foundation (SIBF).

Two biomedical engineering undergraduate students are trying to change that. Michael Hemati and Chet Murthy, both juniors, have spent the past year working on a knee brace that could benefit sufferers of knee arthritis and give them pain-free mobility.

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.8 million four-year grant to Professor Nicholas Peppas for his latest work on new systems of oral delivery of proteinic drugs and therapeutic agents.

George Georgiou was recently the recipient of a two-year $2 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to fund a project developing antibodies that bind to their targets more efficiently, ultimately benefiting treatment of cancer and diseases.

In a recently completed analysis of impactful publications, the Times Higher Education published the rankings for the “Top Scientists in Pharmacology and Toxicology” worldwide, a field that includes drug delivery and controlled release.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently named Professor John Zhang as one of 33 Young Faculty Award recipients.

Kimberly Homan, a doctoral student working in Professor Stanislav Emelianov’s lab, won the “Best Presentation Award” at the Graduate Portfolio Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Student Presentation Competition.

When graduate student Raiyan Zaman makes a promise, she keeps her word.