We are a young department — founded in 2003 — but we build on decades of research and education in medicine and engineering at one of our nation's oldest and most distinguished universities.
Biomedical Engineering at Yale has two related goals: first, the use of the tools and methods of engineering to better understand human physiology and disease; second, the development of new technologies for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease.
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W. Mark Saltzman
Department Chair
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Physiology
James Duncan
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Diagnostic Radiology
Richard E. Carson
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Diagnostic Radiology