Melissa Do, a two-time graduate of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, shares her journey from a visit to her family’s roots in Vietnam to a pioneering path in UAB’s Neuroengineering Ph.D. program.

Jianli Zhao, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded $30,000 in pilot funding to further develop a research project focused on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in patients with obesity.

Stacy Moak, Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, Sarah Culver and Samiksha Raut demonstrated extraordinary commitment to engaging undergraduate students in service learning, undergraduate research, education abroad and core teaching.

Heersink’s thriving start-up culture is producing creative solutions to improve health care outcomes. Academic medical centers (AMCs) are among the United States’ most active hives of biomedical innovation thanks to their often robust research enterprises.

The understanding of how macrophages regulate their response to toxic particles via two independent pathways could uncover therapeutic opportunities to quell inflammation.

The Cardiovascular National Innovation Center (CNIC) recently hosted its 9th Annual Cardiovascular Bioengineering Symposium, an immersive, three-day event that united world-leading scientists, engineers, and clinicians on the front lines of heart failure treatment and cardiovascular regeneration.

The UAB Medicine Leadership Development Office recently recognized eight individuals in its sixth cohort of Sharing Authentically to Inspire and Lead (SAIL). The spring 2025 graduates were honored at a ceremony on April 8.

The Center for Neuroengineering and Brain-Computer Interfaces (CNBCI) under the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine hosted its third annual NeuroGateways Symposium on April 10-11 at the UAB Alumni House.

UAB’s new Lunaphore COMET multiplex immunofluorescent platform can hyperplex up to 40 antibodies on a single pathology tissue sample.

Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), was recently inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

Snekha Rajasekaran plans to leverage her passion for medicine and social welfare to become a service-oriented physician-scientist, improving lives in Alabama and beyond.

Juhi Samal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a recent recipient of the COMET™ from the Heersink School of Medicine Immunology Institute for her proposed study, “Immune Cell Sialoglycan Signatures in Ischemic Stroke.”

Khong, Coyne Named UAB’s Engineering Students of the Year at Annual ECOB Banquet On Tuesday, February 18, senior biomedical engineering student Georgianna Khong was named the School of Engineering’s Undergraduate Student of the Year, and Caila Coyne, a neuroengineering Ph.D. student, was named Graduate Student of the Year.

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine is proud to announce the 2025 Pittman Scholars. This prestigious honor recognizes assistant professors who have held that rank for fewer than five years for their exceptional research achievements and potential for future contributions to their fields.

The UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering had a prominent presence at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2024 in November. The department had seven presentations, as well as a student, Yuhua Wei, Ph.D., named a top five finalist for the Melvin L.

Alan W. Eberhardt, Ph.D., professor and associate chair of Education in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received the 2025 Robert M.

Injecting infarcted pig hearts with specially bioengineered cells significantly decreased the infarct area and improved heart function, showing possible clinical relevance.

Heart failure is responsible for 13 percent of deaths worldwide, and half of patients die within 5 years. New therapies are needed.

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Engineering recently showcased its research at the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) annual meeting, the world’s leading professional society committed to advancing human health and well-being through biomedical and bioengineering innovation.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) celebrated its annual Innovation Awards on October 11, 2024, recognizing outstanding innovators and entrepreneurial achievements.

Chloe Naquin spent nine weeks in Puerto Rico studying the Cuban tree frog as part of the NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.

by Hannah BuckelewThe Translation of Biomedical Innovations to Clinical Practice Certificate Program completed its first successful cycle in 2024.

The NIH grant will support development of a BionanomatrixTM coating for an aneurysm-therapy flow diverter in the brain.

NSF Program Sends BME Undergrad to Puerto Rico for Summer Research Project Spending several weeks on a Caribbean island may sound like a nice way for a college student to unwind during a summer vacation. But when Chloe Naquin spent the summer of 2024 in Puerto Rico, it was not a relaxing vacation.

by Hannah Buckelew Jianyi “Jay” Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, T. Michael Gillian Goodrich Endowed Chair of Engineering Leadership, Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, recently delivered the North American Section of the International Society for Research (NAS-ISHR) Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture in Long Beach, California, on Friday, August 23.

by Hannah Buckelew Yajing Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Basic and Translational Research and professor in the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a three-year $300,000 TPA grant from the American Heart Association for her project, titled, “Targeting Cardiokine Dysfunction for Treating Diabetic Ischemic Heart Failure.”

by Hannah BuckelewSeveral studies in vertebrates indicate that T-box proteins are important in regulating a multitude of cellular processes in development and disease across species. The loss of function for T-box genes is known to cause heart, ectodermal and nervous system defects.

by Hannah BuckelewChandlor Dobbs, an undergraduate senior in biomedical engineering, a member of UAB’s Honor College, and a participant in the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, is a recipient of NASA’s Alabama Space Grant Consortium Scholarship.

by Hannah BuckelewFive faculty members and several trainees from the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), alongside others from the Department of Pathology and Cardiology, attended the annual Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois July 22-25.

Nine University of Alabama at Birmingham students have been awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships and fellowships.