Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University will be a leading force in a new era of medicine where quantitative methods of engineering and systems science play a pivotal role in disease prevention, wellness, diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, and health care delivery. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech is a d

iverse and international community of faculty, students and staff who promote equity, diversity, and inclusion on our campuses. We believe that the diversity and contributions from all of our members are essential and make us who we are. We strive to create and maintain a welcoming and inclusive educational and work environment that values and respects our individual and communal differences. We believe that our impact must reach beyond the classroom, research labs, our campuses, and the technology we create in order to improve the human condition where injustice lives. We believe that Black Lives Matter and therefore stand committed in the fight against racism, discrimination, racial bias, and racial injustice.

🎉 Congratulations to 1️⃣1️⃣ Coulter BME students who received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fe...
09/02/2026

🎉 Congratulations to 1️⃣1️⃣ Coulter BME students who received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, one of the nation's most prestigious honors for graduate researchers.

Their work is helping advance discoveries in areas ranging from Alzheimer's disease and cancer to diagnostics and regenerative medicine. 👏

Read more about this remarkable cohort: https://bit.ly/NSF-GRFP-26

08/27/2026

What would healthcare look like without groundbreaking research? Ming-fai Fong shares how addressing amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye, could impact millions worldwide by 2040.

Listen to the full conversation on the Holy Shift! Podcast and learn why continued research is essential to preventing lifelong visual impairments and shaping the future of healthcare: https://holyshiftresearch.transistor.fm/3

Congratulations to Coulter BME's Alexander Vlahos on receiving a NIH Trailblazer Award!The award will support research f...
08/25/2026

Congratulations to Coulter BME's Alexander Vlahos on receiving a NIH Trailblazer Award!

The award will support research focused on helping therapies respond more precisely to disease. Rather than targeting fixed markers, Vlahos' lab is developing protein sensors that enable cells to detect signs of stress and activate therapeutic responses only when needed.

While the project is focused on cancer immunotherapy, the technology could one day have applications across many different diseases.

Learn more about the research and its potential impact: https://bme.gatech.edu/news/alexander-vlahos-receives-nih-trailblazer-award-develop-programmable-protein-circuits-next

08/20/2026

Mike Davis emphasizes why early intervention is critical in childhood heart disease. Short-term survival is no longer enough—long-term health must be the focus.

Listen to the full conversation on the Holy Shift! Podcast for more insights from Mike Davis and host Angela Gill Nelms: https://holyshiftresearch.transistor.fm/1

What if a breath test could help doctors better understand what's happening inside your gut? Researchers in the Wallace ...
08/19/2026

What if a breath test could help doctors better understand what's happening inside your gut?

Researchers in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new technology that could reveal what gut microbes are actually doing, not just which ones are present.

By analyzing compounds released in the breath, the approach could one day help doctors personalize treatments, reduce harmful drug side effects, and detect disease earlier.

Learn how Leslie Chan and her team are working to turn a simple breath into a powerful tool for improving patient care.

Read the full story: https://bme.gatech.edu/news/how-breath-test-could-help-decode-gut-microbiome

08/12/2026

Personalized medicine is coming, but no single discipline can deliver it. Melissa Kemp explains why computational work is critical to making it happen and why the future of healthcare belongs to researchers who can speak the language of biology 🧬, engineering ⚙️, mathematics ➗, and medicine 🩺 all at once.

Listen to the full conversation for more insights from Melissa Kemp and host Angela Gill Nelms: https://holyshiftresearch.transistor.fm/13

Cell therapies have the potential to transform treatment for many diseases, but manufacturing them remains a major chall...
08/06/2026

Cell therapies have the potential to transform treatment for many diseases, but manufacturing them remains a major challenge.

Logicyte, winner of the inaugural Biolocity Pitch Competition Award, is working to change that. The startup is developing technology that can monitor cell therapy production, predict errors, and automate key manufacturing steps to improve efficiency and reliability.

The competition brought together innovators, investors, entrepreneurs, and commercialization experts to help move promising biomedical technologies closer to patient impact.

Learn more about Logicyte and its award-winning technology:
🔗 https://bit.ly/logicyte

08/06/2026

Vision scientist Machelle Pardue explains why continued investment in understanding vision and the causes of eye disease is critical for developing treatments for conditions that affect millions of people. Today’s research could lead to earlier diagnosis, better therapies, and preserved sight for future generations.

Listen to the full conversation on the Holy Shift! Podcast with Machelle Pardue and host Angela Gill Nelms: https://holyshiftresearch.transistor.fm/12

07/30/2026

Why invest in theory instead of just testing treatments?

Because without understanding why something works, you cannot improve it or apply it elsewhere. That is the power of scientific theory. It becomes a force multiplier for medicine.

When researchers uncover the mechanisms behind disease, they unlock multiple new treatment possibilities instead of relying on lucky discoveries. This is how long term innovation happens.

Listen to the full conversation on the Holy Shift! Podcast for more insights from Zach Danziger and host Angela Gill Nelms: https://holyshiftresearch.transistor.fm/11

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