Improving Human Health Through Innovation

Duke has assembled a team of world-leading engineers, scientists and physicians to integrate a range of genome editing and epigenomic profiling technologies to unravel disease biology and discover new drug targets.

Duke’s legacy in medical imaging and photonics research includes the invention of real-time and 3D ultrasound as well as critical improvements to OCT. Today, our faculty continue this tradition in these modalities as well as MRI, X-ray, nuclear medicine-based imaging and photoacoustic tomography.

Duke BME researchers are leading a wide range of projects focused on neural health, such as designing and testing next-generation brain-computer interfaces, building new deep brain and nerve stimulation therapies, and creating high-resolution, complex augmented reality software that helps researchers and neurosurgeons visualize and plan their complex work.

Duke’s industry-leading programs in medical technology design put students in the hands of faculty with decades of real-world experience. The result is graduates ready to make an impact in Fortune 500 companies from their very first day on the job.

Since 2006, Duke’s collaboration with the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation has accelerated bioengineering breakthroughs, turning $15 million in grants into $1.24 billion in follow-on funding and launching 17 companies that bring life-changing therapies to market.

As the first accredited undergraduate program in biomedical engineering, we continue to innovate and set the standard. With immersive first-year courses, an emphasis on design, and opportunities to work directly with clinicians and entrepreneurs, a Duke BME undergraduate degree can take you anywhere.