Neural Population Activity is a One-Way Highway
Neural Population Activity is a One-Way Highway

Pitt and CMU engineers use BCI technology to find out how neural activity changes over time

Diving Deep into Dopamine
Diving Deep into Dopamine

Bioengineering's Helen Schwerdt receives $2.5M R01 to investigate dopamine’s role in learning

​​Taking a Stride Toward Early ADRD Detection
​​Taking a Stride Toward Early ADRD Detection

Pitt researchers are studying the link between walking patterns and cognitive decline to improve early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)

The Swanson School's Rising Stars
The Swanson School's Rising Stars

ASME recognizes four Pitt faculty as rising stars of research

Welcome to the Bioengineering Department

The Department of Bioengineering combines hands-on experience with the solid fundamentals that students need to advance themselves in research, medicine, and industry. The Department has a long-standing and unique relationship with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and other academic departments at the University of Pittsburgh as well as neighboring Carnegie Mellon University. Our faculty are shared with these organizations, offering our graduate and undergraduate students access to state-of-the-art facilities and a wide array of research opportunities. 

Our department is growing rapidly both in numbers of students and faculty and in the funding and diversity of our research. The bioengineering community in Pittsburgh is a vibrant and stimulating alliance of diverse components for which our department forms an essential and central connection.

 

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