Start your Thursday at BMES2026 with the Building Accessibility Breakfast, a special ticketed event featuring a virtual fireside chat with Rory A. Cooper, PhD, a National Medal Laureate and prominent bioengineer, inventor, author, and advocate specializing in rehabilitation engineering and assistive technologies. He is a FISA Foundation – Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, serving jointly in Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and Orthopedic Surgery and directs the Pitt and VA collaborative Human Engineering Research Laboratories. He was also named to Forbes’ 250: America’s Greatest Living Veterans.
Tickets are $25 per person, and advance registration is required.
In this episode of Office Hours with Liz Wayne, Liz talks with Craig Goergen, PhD, a member of the BMES Board of Directors and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and Associate Head for Clinical Engagement in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine.The conversation focuses onhow biomedical imaging can help researchers better understand disease, track changes in the body, and move new technologies toward clinical use.
Dr. Craig Goergen
Goergen shares how his lab uses advanced imaging techniques to study cardiovascular disease and other complex biological systems, and discusses the challenges of developing tools that can translate from preclinical research to real-world patient care.
Liz and Craig also discuss the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, what it takes to move research from the lab toward the clinic, and how curiosity, communication, and a willingness to work across fields can help biomedical engineers make a meaningful impact.
Experience biomedical engineering in action with exclusive BMES 2026 Annual Meeting tours across Orlando. On Wednesday, October 21, attendees can go behind the scenes at Nemours Children’s Health, Hesperos, Inc., the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, and the AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute to see how cutting-edge research and technology are being translated into patient care. From pediatric cancer research and robotic surgery to Human-on-a-Chip systems, orthopedic AI and 3D printing, neurorehabilitation robotics, neuromodulation, and advanced imaging, each tour offers a unique look at innovation happening beyond the conference floor. Space is limited for all tours, and advance registration is required. Tours are just $15 per person, so reserve your spot early and add a hands-on Orlando experience to your Annual Meeting schedule.
Take your Annual Meeting experience further with three focused workshops offering practical tools and techniques for biomedical research and innovation.
Then on Friday, October 23, choose from two concurrent workshops: Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research, presented in partnership with JMP Statistical Discovery, covering data exploration, experimental design, modeling, prediction, and bioimage analysis; or Generative AI and In Silico Modeling for Biomedical Data Analysis, presented in partnership with MathWorks, featuring physiological modeling, biomedical signal analysis, and AI-based classification and anomaly detection.
All three workshops include a BMES Certificate of Participation and are open to Annual Meeting attendees. The workshop fee is $25 per workshop.
By Madeline N. Monroe, Alexander L. Curylo, Farshad Amirkhosravi, Eric I. Garcia Huitron, George I. Ezeokeke, Inioluwa G. Ojediran, Jessica K. Wang, Sawyer E. Cremer & K. Jane Grande-Allen
This review summarizes the current understanding of androgen physiology, relationships between androgens and cardiovascular (CV) diseases, and novel engineering approaches to study the effect of androgens on CV system. Testosterone (T), the primary sex hormone in biological males and a potent sex hormone in females, is the androgen of focus for this review. In the cardiovascular system, T signaling is seen through varying genomic and non-genomic mechanisms, which are further detailed in this review. Varying androgen levels in aging adults can significantly impact CVD outcomes, particularly for males. We also consider the implication of exogenous T treatment and androgen deprivation treatments on CVD. Furthermore, androgen-related trends in different CVD processes such as cardiac hypertrophy, congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis, calcific aortic valve disease, and aneurysms are explored. To that end, researchers present opportunities for novel tissue engineered approaches to discovering mechanisms and potential therapeutic pathways for androgen-related CV conditions. Read More
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