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Health & Medicine

Health, Meet Tech

Through a comprehensive, university-wide effort — and the very latest technologies, including AI — Stevens is exploring the leading frontiers of health and medicine. By developing the next medications, therapies, devices, diagnostic systems and other applications to address the vital health and medical challenges of our time, our researchers are helping to make our lives longer, healthier and more comfortable.

Key Partners in Health & Medical Research

  • AstraZeneca

  • Columbia

  • Department of Defense

  • MIT

  • NASA

  • NIH

  • NYU

  • Penn

  • Pfizer

  • Stanford

  • UCLA

  • Yale

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Research in: Health & Medicine

Stevens is helping transform the future of health and medicine

Health & Medicine Research: By the Numbers

$4M+
NIH awards to Stevens, 2024-25
10 million
Cancer deaths annually worldwide
55 million
Alzheimer’s & dementia patients worldwide

Transforming the Future of Health and Medicine

With a focus on tackling the most pressing healthcare issues of importance as a global society today, Stevens is developing the next generation of medical innovators at the forefront of healthcare-related research.

Close-Up Shot colorful Metallic Gel polymer group.

Pinar Akcora Receives NSF Grant to Study How Ions and Polymers Interact in Ionogels

A groundbreaking three-year study looks at how electrically charged gels can make batteries, soft robots and medical devices work better.

Simon Mahler holding the SCOS laser device on a 3D printed brain.

Seeing Stroke Risk in a New Light: Wearable Laser Tech to Read the Brain

Professor Simon Mahler’s innovation could dramatically improve the efficacy of optical devices for the diagnostics of stroke-risk, traumatic brain injury and other brain pathologies — and has the potential to revolutionize the fields of neurology and cardiology.

Ilke Uguz holds up a medical device.

Professor Connects Engineering and Biology to Better Understand the Human Brain

Stevens biomedical engineer Ilke Uguz blends engineering, materials science and biology to study and support the body’s most complex organ.

Hongjun Wang.
Hongjun Wang

We take advantage of collaborations to maximize our impact in this important field. Our researchers make a team effort, both across disciplines and schools here at Stevens and also by building new and existing collaborations with industry and medical and clinical partners.

Hongjun Wang

George Meade Bond Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Hongjun Wang.
Hongjun Wang

We take advantage of collaborations to maximize our impact in this important field. Our researchers make a team effort, both across disciplines and schools here at Stevens and also by building new and existing collaborations with industry and medical and clinical partners.

Hongjun Wang

George Meade Bond Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Hongjun Wang.
Hongjun Wang

We take advantage of collaborations to maximize our impact in this important field. Our researchers make a team effort, both across disciplines and schools here at Stevens and also by building new and existing collaborations with industry and medical and clinical partners.

Hongjun Wang

George Meade Bond Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

X-ray image of an implanted device in a human body.

Infection Detection

Matt Libera heads a leading-edge effort at Stevens to prevent and battle infections created by prosthetics, transplants and other medical interventions.

Two women students dressed in lab coats work in a lab.

Semcer Center for Healthcare Innovation

The Mary Jane and Frank J. Semcer, Sr. '65 Center for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) is the home for faculty, industry partners, healthcare practitioners, entrepreneurs and students to pursue cutting-edge research and translation of innovative technology into clinical practice.

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