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Regenerating Blood Vessels and Bone

Aug 2025:  When diseases like osteoporosis prevent bones from healing or when blockages damage blood vessels, patients must often turn to medications with harsh side effects.  Dr. Bo Wang wants to change that ... Continue Reading 

 

Narrowing the Gap Between Treatment and Cure

Apr 2025: Dr. Brandon Tefft sees an opportunity to narrow the gap between treatment and cure for cardiovascular diseases. Today, patients with these diseases are treated with … Continue Reading 

 

Childhood Diagnosis Inspires Brother's Ph.D.

Apr 2025: An Engineering Scholars student finds career purpose after witnessing the impact doctors had on his brother, who survived a life-threatening illness … Continue Reading 

 

 

In the News

• Dr. Bo Wang discusses her research regarding regenerating blood vessels and bone with biomaterials and nanotechnology (MCWKnowledge, August 2025)
• BME Undergraduate, Madelyn Filer, receives Student Employee of the Year honors from Marquette University (Marquette Today, April 2025)
• BME Students Among 5 MU Presenters at Big East Research Poster Symposium (Marquette Today, April 2025)
• BME Emeritus Faculty Member, Jack Winters, among top 2% of world's most-cited scientists (Marquette Today, March 2025) 

Recent Grants 

• Drs. Guillory and Sahoo win CVRC Pilot Award to investigate the degradation rate of magnesium alloy bioabsorbable stents for arterial stenosis
• Dr. Lei Fan Awarded Grant for AI-Driven LVAD Risk Prediction Research (April 2025)
• Joint Department investigators receive seed grants from AHW for innovative research initiatives (February 2025)
• Drs. Allen Cowley and Ranjan Dash awarded $2.67M for Salt-Sensitive Hypertension Research (January 2025).

Other News

• The Joint Department Welcomes Dr. Hu Yang as Chair (July 2025)
• Dr. Lei Fan named 2025 Michael H. Keelan, Jr., MD Scholar—will pursue role of oxygen delivery and energy demand on heart wall function research (July 2025)
• Dr. Bing Yu awarded the Way Kingler Research Fellowship & Way Klinger Sabbatical Fellowship (April 2025)
• Hannah Anderson Wins Marquette's 2025 Three Minute Thesis Competition, Advances to Regionals (March 2025)
• Alexander Armstrong wins MCW's 2025 Laboratory Leadership Award (March 2025)
• Dr. Adam Greenberg Elected to AAMC’s GREAT Steering Committee (January 2025)

 

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