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NSF CAREER Award: Dr. Vega takes aim at critical barrier in medicine
4/10/23 - Sebastián L. Vega, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Rowan University, has received a five-year, $512,890 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate why stem cells lose their identity outside the body. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program offers the independent federal agency’s most prestigious awards to early-career faculty. Vega has dual appointments in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering and the Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, where he is also a founding faculty member of the Rowan-Virtua Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Transplantation.

Rowan BME inventors receive Edison Patent Award for back pain treatment
11/17/22 - Dr. Anthony Lowman, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Erik Brewer, a Senior Lecturer in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, won the prestigious award for their U.S. patent, “Cross-Linked Hydrogels and Methods of Making the Same.” In recent clinical trials, patients reported their chronic pain levels decreased by more than 80% at three months.

Rowan University developing better treatment options for pediatric cancer
9/27/22 - A recent $500,000 grant awarded by the N.J. Commission on Cancer Research in the New Jersey Department of Health will support research at Rowan University to develop less invasive and more personalized treatment options for pediatric acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The project will be led by Rachel Riley, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

BME Undergraduate wins Goldwater to conduct novel drug delivery research
4/21/22 - Ashleigh Jankowski, a BME student, nominated by the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering has earned the prestigious 2022 Goldwater Scholarship. Jankowski is the fourth Goldwater Scholar in the last five years to represent both Rowan’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Honors College.

First surgical robot to align broken femurs receives support from NSF
3/2/22 - For the better part of a decade, Dr. Mohammad Abedin-Nasab, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, has been developing a robotic system to aid doctors in these procedures—and improve patient outcomes.

Rowan BME has a strong presence in the 2021 TechConnect Conference
10/18/21 - The annual TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo highlights research advances from organizations and universities all over the world, but the event is much more than a strictly academic conference.
“The TechConnect conference is a matchmaking opportunity for researchers who can showcase their innovations and meet potential investors,” said Dr. Tabbetha Dobbins, Rowan University’s interim vice president for research. “Presenting at TechConnect is a good way to get exposure and network. Researchers and innovators can greatly broaden their reach with one event.”

Top honors: Biomedical engineering major named Goldwater Scholar
4/6/20 - A Rowan University sophomore has been named a Goldwater Scholar, one of the most prestigious honors given to undergraduates in the STEM fields. Kathryn “Katie” Driscoll, 21, is only the fifth Rowan student ever selected by the federally endowed scholarship program, and the third winner since 2017 from Rowan’s Biomedical Engineering Department and the Bantivoglio Honors Concentration.

NSF awards Rowan's BME $360K for Research Experience for Undergrads
3/26/18 - Thanks to more than $360,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, Rowan University will open its doors during the next three summers to students across the country – and in New Jersey – who will help advance research in engineering, science and medicine.