UW News features Valerie Daggett’s groundbreaking diagnostic test
University of Washington Professor Valerie Daggett and her team in bioengineering have developed a [...]
Prof. Joan Sanders featured in UW Today
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Hope and Healing
Reprinted here. Original story One researcher combats cancer with the help of UW [...]
A-Alpha Bio, Nanodropper, OLA Simple finish strong, win $32,500 at 2018 UW Business Plan Competition
Photo: 2018 UW Business Plan Competition Grand Prize winners A-Alpha Bio. Courtesy of UW Foster School [...]
Donald Baker – UW Bioengineering pioneer of medical ultrasound – has died at age 85
Donald W. Baker, former professor in UW Bioengineering and in Electrical Engineering, and inventor whose device has enabled life-saving imaging for millions of patients, passed away Feb. 27, 2018.
Ruikang Wang named WRF / David and Nancy Auth Innovator of Bioengineering
The WRF / David and Nancy Innovator of Bioengineering award strengthens the UW’s innovation pipeline to biomedical industry. By fostering the development of technologies, treatments and tools for clinical use, the award advances health care worldwide. We congratulate the award's recipient, Ruikang (Ricky) Wang, professor of bioengineering and ophthalmology.
Paul Yager elected 2017 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Professor Paul Yager, noted disease diagnostics innovator and former department chair, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors. NAI Fellows demonstrate a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and societal welfare.
Thomas Horbett receives 2018 Society for Biomaterials Founder’s Award
As a founding member of BioE's biomaterials research group, Professor Emeritus Thomas Horbett's work advanced the fields of protein adsorption and surface science.
UW Bioengineering ranked fifth among biomedical engineering programs by Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
UW Bioengineering is among several UW departments ranked in the world's top 10 in their respective fields in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2017.
Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates brave howling winds to open new bioengineering and genomic sciences building
Former President Jimmy Carter spoke at the opening of the new William H. Foege Genome Sciences and Bioengineering Building on the UW campus in March 2006.