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Biomedical Engineering

This section of the college news site gathers stories that feature the faculty, students, staff and programs of the UA Department of Biomedical Engineering. For detailed information about all other aspects of BME, please visit the department website.

Biomedical Engineering News

Romero-Ortega headshot

Fall Semester Brings New Biomedical Engineering Head

Mario Romero-Ortega’s growth vision encompasses accelerating engineering in medicine innovation and empowering student startups.
Adam Printz, Judith Su and Nima Toosizadeh

Three University of Arizona Engineers Win NSF CAREER Awards

Three UA College of Engineering professors have received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, the organization’s most prestigious honor for early-career faculty.
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Four Engineering Faculty Earn UA Awards of Distinction

Kelly Simmons-Potter, Wolfgang Fink, Alex Craig and Judith Su have made local, national and global impacts.
Nima Toosizadeh

NSF CAREER Awardee Develops a 1-Minute Frailty Testing Platform

A University of Arizona professor is developing a quick and accurate way to screen patients for frailty, and better inform physicians’ care decisions. In tandem, he’s helping students at the crossroads of and engineering and medicine choose their paths.

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