Impactful Research to Fight Diseases
& Save Lives
Duke Engineering is committed to improving the health of individuals, communities and the environment
Transformative Discoveries
A Check Engine Light for the Human Body
Feature Story
Could a virtual model of your body—a “digital twin”—predict heart trouble, well before you feel symptoms?
Learn how we’re finding, tracking and treating human disease with Dean Jerome P. Lynch and biomedical sciences innovator Amanda Randles.
Next-Gen Genomic Medicine
See how Duke’s Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies is using gene-editing tools like CRISPR to find new ways to fight disease.
Precision Microbiome Engineering
Duke leads PreMiEr, a consortium of five North Carolina research universities. They’re investigating the microorganisms that live among us.
Women’s Health Care
Explore how the team at Duke’s Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies is making cancer care more accessible for women worldwide.
Changing Lives
Every day, Duke’s research is changing people’s lives across North Carolina and around the world.
Duke researchers are pioneering cancer treatments, revolutionizing pediatric heart procedures, comprehending the aging brain, and more in an effort to save lives and improve the resiliency of patients and their families.
Dive into stories about how Duke research is impacting our communities.
Innovative Education
Health Technology Design
Duke Design Health embeds grad students within Duke University Hospital clinical teams, where they’re immersed in entrepreneurial possibilities.
Discover how this real-world approach produces nimble innovators—and impactful new products.
Medical Robotics
Aspiring roboticists in our hands-on graduate programs learn inside the operating rooms of a world-class academic medical center.
AI Ethics in Health
Duke students learn AI coding through hands-on experience. But they also learn to create AI solutions that are built ethically and promote equity in medicine for the health of individuals and communities.
Engineering in Medical Education
Rare for a medical school—or an engineering school—our MD curriculum flexes so med students can also earn master’s degrees in engineering.
Advances in Treatments for Tremors
Duke biomedical engineer Cameron McIntyre’s invention allows doctors to see a patient’s brain in three dimensions. Neurosurgeons use this hologram to perform complex surgeries that alleviate the tremors associated with Parkinson’s disorder and epilepsy. McIntyre’s project is supported by two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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