Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) | Medical School

1500

High school students attended Inspire events

Clinical Immersion

532

Industry Professionals have participated

Center Accelerator

7

Funded Centers advancing healthcare

Clinician Engagement

75+

Projects that have been started

$115M

SRI Grants awarded

IEM MISSION

The Institute for Engineering in Medicine's (IEM) mission is to advance healthcare through research partnerships between faculty in the health sciences, faculty in the College of Science and Engineering, and the biomedical industry.

IEM RESEARCH

The Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) research collaborations aim at the development of innovative engineering solutions for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. We are always looking to add new research themes as we add new members and research partners to IEM.

John Bischof - IEM Director's Quote

John Bischof - IEM Director

"Engineers, scientists, and clinicians have made amazing advances in medicine by working together over the past 75 years. IEM exists to make the next 75 years even more amazing."

What’s happening at IEM

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IEM Innovation Week

IEM INNOVATION WEEK

Save the Date: April 28-May 2, 2025
UMN Twin Cities Campus

THANK YOU to everyone that join us for the 2024 IEM Innovation Week events. Learn more about:

DMD Conference / MN Neuromodulation Symposium / Innovation Workshop / SCI Workshop / PDIC Breakthrough / Regulatory 101 / Organoid Symposium / 5.10k Fun Run

IEM Events and Opportunities

EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

May 15, Application Deadline: Global Medical Valuation Lab in the UK

May 15, Application Deadline: Bakken MDC Summer Course for Undergraduates

May 21, Webinar: Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care

Fellowship Opportunity: T32 Translational Neuromodulation Training Program

additional information can be found here

IEM Core Services

IEM Research Support

RESEARCH SUPPORT

IEM Events & Meetings

EVENTS & MEETINGS

IEM INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRY

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A Photo(therapy) Opportunity - The experimental phototherapy device

Students see an Opportunity to treat Raynaud's Phenomenon Symptoms with Blue Light

While few engineering students have the opportunity to patent or publish their work while in school, Prof. Steven Saliterman's biomedical engineering undergraduate student team accomplished both.In...

Getting Graduate Writing Right

This semester, twelve writers, one faculty member, and one editor (that’s me) are meeting every Thursday around a large table in a sunny classroom.

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A New Force for Mentoring

The University of Minnesota, Morgan State University, and the National GEM Consortium are collaborating to create the Mentoring for the Formation of Research Careers in Engineering (M-FORCE), a program to help students – especially those from unde

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Brain Connections

Imagine looking at a map with mediocre resolution. The further you zoom in, the less clear everything becomes. This is a problem neuroscience researchers face when trying to understand the wiring schemes of the brain.

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