August 1, 2022

Alumna Cindy Chiang Halvorsen ’04 was part of the University of Cincinnati’s inaugural biomedical engineering graduating class. After her time at UC, she parlayed her engineering problem-solving skills and experience as a student leader into a successful brand marketing career. She’s now Executive Sales Coach at Google — and was the winner of the reality show, The Amazing Race. She's also launched an Asian American women leadership initiative.

June 30, 2022

Biomedical engineering students at the University of Cincinnati created a product to reduce the gender dysphoria experienced by some transgender men during menstruation prior to gender-confirmation surgery.

November 23, 2022

From a pool of more than 1,000 applicants nationally, a University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup was one of just six companies selected for a 12-week accelerator program.

July 12, 2023

For decades, University of Cincinnati researchers who were also affiliated with UC Health have pioneered medical breakthroughs that have transformed the landscape of health care.

May 18, 2023

Donglu Shi joined the University of Cincinnati in 1995 as an associate professor of materials science and engineering from Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Currently, he is the chair and graduate director of the materials science and engineering program and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS). He has received numerous honors and accolades for his research and teaching. Most recently, he was awarded the George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Distinguished Scientific Research from UC.

August 15, 2023

The University of Cincinnati will cut the ribbon Wednesday on its new Bioscience Center, where engineers are working closely with doctors on research projects in public health.

March 29, 2023

Dominique Tanner, a biomedical engineering doctoral candidate at the University of Cincinnati, finds motivation from her sister. Diagnosed with epilepsy at just a few months old, her sister has experienced seizures all her life. Tanner became determined to learn about the condition and dedicated herself to a career in helping her sister and others like her. She is the second black woman to receive a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at UC and was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

November 15, 2023

Elmira Ghahramani, a biomedical engineering PhD student at the University of Cincinnati, first found an interest in medical imaging during her undergraduate studies in Tehran, Iran. Her research aims to address limitations and enhance the efficacy of ultrasound imaging, specifically as it applies to liver tumor thermal ablation. She collaborates with professionals from Cincinnati Children's Hospital and was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

November 6, 2023

Leyla Esfandiari, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, has received $2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to fund her research on small extracellular vesicles (exosomes) and the role they play in nerve regeneration as treatment for nerve injuries or other neurodegenerative diseases.

November 9, 2023

Speech is one of the most complex tasks many people perform in their daily lives. University of Cincinnati graduate student, Sarah Li, is applying principles of biomedical engineering to the study of speech. She has received several awards for this research and was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month from UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science.