# Biomedical Engineering

**Source**: https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/biomedical-engineering
**Parent**: https://engineering.nyu.edu/

Biomedical engineers design and develop products, systems and processes to improve human health.

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Our faculty and students focus on connecting engineering and technology with medicine. They create new approaches and tools for medical imaging, tissue engineering and repair, bioinstrumentation and biosensors, mechanobiology, robotics and prosthetics, computational medicine, systems genetics, and a wide variety of other applications.

If you are interested in working with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists and physicians to enhance the health and wellness of patients worldwide, biomedical engineering is the course of study for you.

## Departmental Information

### [People](https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/biomedical-engineering/people "People")

### [Laboratories and Centers](https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/biomedical-engineering/labs-and-groups "Laboratories and Centers")

### [Colloquium Series](https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/biomedical-engineering/colloquium-series "Colloquium Series")

### [Degrees and Programs](https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/biomedical-engineering/degrees-and-programs "Degrees and Programs")

## Featured Faculty

### [Andreas H. Hielscher](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/andreas-h-hielscher)

Biomedical Engineering Department Chair; Professor

### [Rose Faghih](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/rose-faghih)

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

### [David Truong](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/david-truong)

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

### [Irene de Lázaro](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/irene-de-lazaro)

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

## Latest Stories & Events

[**All Events**](https://engineering.nyu.edu/events)

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### [Why Shape Matters: From Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Function to Disease](https://engineering.nyu.edu/events/2026/03/24/why-shape-matters-molecular-mechanisms-cellular-function-disease "Why Shape Matters: From Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Function to Disease")

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### [Guided Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Clinical Interventions](https://engineering.nyu.edu/events/2026/03/31/guided-fluorescence-lifetime-imaging-clinical-interventions "Guided Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Clinical Interventions")

### 3/31

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### [Chitosan Membranes: Electrospinning a Path to Guided Bone Regeneration](https://engineering.nyu.edu/events/2026/04/07/chitosan-membranes-electrospinning-path-guided-bone-regeneration "Chitosan Membranes: Electrospinning a Path to Guided Bone Regeneration")

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Research

### [Huntington’s Disease is Neuroscience’s Clearest Test Case](https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/huntingtons-disease-neurosciences-clearest-test-case "Huntington’s Disease is Neuroscience’s Clearest Test Case")

#### From Trends in Molecular Medicine

Research

### [New Mathematical Model Shows How Economic Inequalities Affect Migration Patterns](https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/new-mathematical-model-shows-how-economic-inequalities-affect-migration-patterns "New Mathematical Model Shows How Economic Inequalities Affect Migration Patterns")

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### [When Science Jams: NYU Professor Draws on Musical Roots to Reimagine Scientific Collaboration](https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/when-science-jams-nyu-professor-draws-musical-roots-reimagine-scientific-collaboration "When Science Jams: NYU Professor Draws on Musical Roots to Reimagine Scientific Collaboration")

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### Contact Us

**Department Head:** [**Andreas H Hielscher**](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/andreas-h-hielscher)\
[ahh4614@nyu.edu](mailto:ahh4614@nyu.edu)\
347.439.0484

**Main Office: Steven Ruiz**\
[smr686@nyu.edu](mailto:smr686@nyu.edu) \
646.997.3636

**Online MS Program Director:** [**David Truong**](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/david-truong)\
[David.Truong@nyu.edu](mailto:David.Truong@nyu.edu)

**Main Office: Clara Gonzalez**\
[cpg322@nyu.edu](mailto:cpg322@nyu.edu) \
646.997.4052

**MS BME Program Director:** [**Xiao Ma**](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/xiao-ma)\
[xm8@nyu.edu](mailto:xm8@nyu.edu) \
646.997.3575

**“All human knowledge is uncertain, inexact, and partial.”**\
— *Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, and Nobel laureate, a founder of analytic philosophy and one of the 20th century’s most prominent public intellectuals.*

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