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.
How do engineers work with clinicians and medical doctors to solve some of the most difficult problems facing medicine and healthcare today? The health issues around the globe that countless people experience cannot be solved by medical experts alone. Hear from four experts in environmental engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering on the advances in science and engineering happening today.
Five-year, National Science Foundation “GENIE” Science and Technology Center will work to understand how the genome’s 3D structure helps cells establish their identities, remember past experiences and respond to their environments.
Duke Engineering researchers are working with local Durham households to study the compounding effects of heat and air pollution to help people worldwide.
