The Biomedical Engineering Doctoral training program at Johns Hopkins University aims to train talented students from engineering and other quantitative sciences for careers in biological and medical research. Our program is based on more than 50 years of educational experience in Biomedical Engineering, and a collaborative research environment made possible by our strong presence in both Johns Hopkins engineering and medical schools. The program is interdisciplinary and interdepartmental in nature. Program faculties are drawn from a wide range of departments. This includes but is not limited to the department of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Radiology in the School of Medicine, and the departments of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Material Science, and Mechanical Engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering. The faculties are engineers, applied mathematicians, neuroscientists, physiologists, physicians, cell biologists, and molecular biologists with both experimental and theoretical/computational research programs. Our sponsored research base remains exceptionally strong with funding from diverse sources. Students are drawn mainly from the top engineering programs in the United States. This highly competitive national pool has allowed us to maintain very high standards of selectivity. The signature of our educational program is our commitment to provide outstanding training in both biology and engineering. Our students learn biology and physiology alongside medical students in their first year, and engineering and advanced mathematics in their second year and beyond. Our program is unique in that our students have the freedom to choose a mentor from any laboratory in the University. This philosophy has yielded exceptionally productive students who have gone on to become pillars of biomedical engineering research and innovation in the United States. Support is requested for 12 pre-doctoral trainees. The average duration of the program over the last 10 years has declined from 6.5 to less than 6 years.

Public Health Relevance

A program is being developed at Johns Hopkins University to support and train graduate students with educational and research interests in the field of Biomedical Engineering. The program trains talented students from engineering and quantitative sciences for careers in biological and medical research.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
2T32GM007057-41A1
Application #
8999288
Study Section
Training and Workforce Development Subcommittee - D (TWD)
Program Officer
Maas, Stefan
Project Start
1975-07-01
Project End
2019-06-30
Budget Start
2016-07-01
Budget End
2017-06-30
Support Year
41
Fiscal Year
2016
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Biomedical Engineering
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
001910777
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21205
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