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Every year, members of GW Engineering’s Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department travel to the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) Annual Meeting...

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Human Lab-on-Chip 

As epigenetic enzymes are the target of a variety of clinical drugs, it is vital to understand how they affect the heart, especially regarding how they...

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Heart failure is a life-threatening condition associated with derangements in multiple cardiac biophysical parameters that impacts the quality of life in millions of Americans.

 

 

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Professor Kay Highlights the Clinical Potential of Heart Brain Connections

January 27, 2026

In New Scientist, BME Professor Matthew Kay shares how new tools enable researchers to better understand the heart-brain connection, paving the way for innovative therapies for heart attack patients.

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Biomedical Engineering Student Co-founds New Interdisciplinary Science Magazine

January 9, 2026

Alongside Yair Ben-Dor, B.S. '25, BME undergraduate student Aidan Schurr co-founded The Catalyst, a new STEM magazine reframing the narrative for science students in D.C.

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Honoring Service Leadership in GW's Clark Scholars Program

December 2, 2025

Scholars from across all of GW Engineering's academic departments joined President Ellen Granberg for a dinner honoring the recent $11 million investment in GW's Clark Scholars Program.