About this research area
We develop advanced tools to understand, model, diagnose, monitor, and treat incurable health conditions to improve the quality of life for patients and caregivers. Our goal is to enable earlier diagnoses, increase treatment effectiveness, and provide greater independence for health management.
- Portable diagnostic labs
- Advanced imaging systems
- Wearable and implantable monitors
- Personalized, targeted therapies
- Smart decision-making support systems
- Identifying and modeling disease mechanisms
Engineering for Accessible Health Care Faculty
Catherine Ambrose
- Visiting Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Phone: 979-845-5532
- Email: cambrose@tamu.edu
Reza Avazmohammadi
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
- Office: ETB 5059
- Phone: 979-862-6521
- Email: rezaavaz@tamu.edu
Vanderlei S. Bagnato
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering (International)
- Member, National Academy of Science (International)
- Hagler Faculty Fellow, Class of 2018-19
- Office: ETB 1041E
- Email: bagnatovs@tamu.edu
Gerard L. Coté
- Associate Agency Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Project Office Director for Health Initiatives, Strategic Advanced Research Unit, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- James J. Cain Professor I
- Regents Professor
- Director, Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
- Affiliated Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: HTB 106
- Phone: 979-845-4196
- Email: gcote@tamu.edu
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Tim and Amy Leach Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Chancellor EDGES Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: ETB 5024
- Phone: 979-458-5540
- Email: gaharwar@tamu.edu
John Hanks
- Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering
- Office: ETB 5018
- Phone: 979-862-1214
- Email: john.hanks@tamu.edu
Kenneth Hoyt
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Phone: 979-862-8098
- Email: hoyt@tamu.edu
Wonmuk Hwang
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering and Physics & Astronomy
- Office: ETB 5060
- Phone: 979-458-0178
- Email: hwm@tamu.edu
Abhishek Jain
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Barbara and Ralph Cox ’53 Faculty Fellow
- Visiting Scientist, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Research Institute
- Office: ETB 5008
- Phone: 979-458-8494
- Email: a.jain@tamu.edu
Roland R. Kaunas
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Office: ETB 5020
- Phone: 979-845-2412
- Email: rkaunas@tamu.edu
Frances Ligler
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Eppright Chair in Biomedical Engineering
- University Distinguished Professor
- Office: ETB 5065
- Phone: 979-862-9157
- Email: fsligler@tamu.edu
Samuel Mabbott
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Office: HTB 116
- Phone: 979-845-1771
- Email: smabbott@tamu.edu
Mary P. McDougall
- Associate Department Head, Biomedical Engineering
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Office: ETB 5040C
- Phone: 979-845-2421
- Email: mpmcdougall@tamu.edu
Mike McShane
- Department Head, Biomedical Engineering
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- James J. Cain Professor II
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: ETB 5002D
- Phone: 979-458-5652
- Email: bmen@tamu.edu
Jyothi U. Menon
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Office: ETB 5026
- Phone: 979-845-5226
- Email: jmenon@tamu.edu
