Oral GLP-1s Without Fasting or Reduced Efficacy
New oral drug delivery approach protects peptide-based drugs like GLP-1s from destruction in the stomach.
Personal, Environmental & Population Health
Duke University engineering experts are deeply engaged in boundary-shifting efforts to improve human health and our environment.
Whether inventing brain-stimulating therapies to attacking diseases at the genetic level to leveraging advanced computing to improve the health of entire populations, the hallmark of our efforts is collaboration with Duke’s world-leading clinicians.
Major Centers & Initiatives
Improving Personal Health
Medical Innovation Development & Translation
Engineering Faculty Research Groups
- Bioelectric Engineering
- Biomaterials:
- Biomedical Imaging
- Biophotonics
- Computational Modeling of Biological Systems
- Genetic Engineering
- Neural Engineering, including brain stimulation
- Synthetic Biology
Duke Research Centers
in the Pratt School of Engineering
In Partnership With Duke’s School of Medicine
- Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine & Engineering
- Marcus Center for Cellular Cures
Externally Funded Research Centers
in the Pratt School of Engineering
- CBTE — Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering, supported in part through NIH T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Grants
- IGVF Characterization Center, an affiliate of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Improving Population Health
Research Centers
in the Pratt School of Engineering
- Duke GWHT — Duke Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies
- WaSH-AID — Center for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene & Infectious Disease
In Partnership, University-Wide
Externally Funded Research Centers
in the Pratt School of Engineering
- PreMiEr — Precision Microbiome Engineering Research Center, funded by the National Science Foundation
In Partnership with Duke’s School of Medicine
- NiCHES — Center for the Study of Neurodevelopment and Improving Children’s Health Following Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Improving Environmental Health
Engineering Faculty Research Groups
Externally Supported Centers
in the Pratt School of Engineering
- INFRAMES — International Network for Researching, Advancing, and Assessing Materials for Environmental Sustainability, funded by the National Science Foundation
In Partnership With Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment
- Duke Superfund Research Center — Supported through an NIEHS P42 Multi-project Center Grant
Using Light, AI to See Cancer in Real Time
Tuan Vo-Dinh is exploring a faster, less invasive way to detect and analyze head and neck cancers using light and AI.
Daylight Saving Time Does Not Affect Peoples’ Daily Step Count
Data from Fitbits show that changing time twice a year does not affect people’s overall step counts but does impact when they are getting their steps in.