Biomedical & Health Sciences

Biomedical & Health Sciences

Biomedical & Health Sciences

Advancing life sciences and medicine to improve human and animal health care
 

Areas of expertise

  • Addiction medicine
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Artificial intelligence solutions
  • Biomedical technology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Cancer biology and treatment
  • Clinical psychology
  • Community and public health
  • Drug delivery
  • Epigenetics
  • Health and exercise science
  • HIV
  • Neuroscience
  • Pain management
  • Pharmaceutical chemistry
  • Tissue engineering
  • Veterinary science
  • Virology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Colleges and schools

 

Centers and institutes

Pioneering robotic surgery

Mohammad Abedin-Nasab is developing the first robotic-surgery system designed to align fractured long bones, such as the thigh bone (femur).

Night shift work linked to cardiovascular disease

Diana Martinez is exploring the biological link between an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and working night shifts.

Studying Huntington's disease

Cells called glia clear away debris in the brain to keep it in good working order. But in neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington’s disease, glia fail to do that job.

Yong Chen

How does the brain form memories? Meet Yong Chen, bioinformatician.

Rachel Navarra

Traumatic brain injuries can impair decision-making. Meet Rachel Navarra, behavioral neuroscientist.

Manoj Kumar Pandey

Multiple myeloma is a stubborn disease. Studies of bone marrow may lead to more effective treatments. Meet Manoj Kumar Pandey, cancer biologist.