Biomedical Engineering News

USC announces a joint biomedical engineering department, bridging medical and engineering schools to accelerate health care innovation

Building on decades of collaboration between the USC Viterbi and the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the joint department reimagines the expansion of biomedical engineering into medicine.

Maggie Johnson: A Winner In The Classroom and In The Pool

CLASS OF 2026 - From a rivalry win over UCLA to one of the Big Ten's highest academic honors, the USC women’s water polo captain and USC Viterbi graduating senior is redefining what leadership looks like.

From Maui to Medicine, Viterbi Helped Her Chart Her Own Path

CLASS OF 2026 - The daughter of Turkish immigrant physicians, Maui-raised Alara Berkmen is graduating from USC Viterbi with a bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering on the pre-med track, a business club she built from scratch, and a hard-won clarity about who she wants to be and why.

NeuroChron: Detecting Dementia Before Symptoms Appear

CLASS OF 2026 - A graduating team of seniors at USC's Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have turned a class assignment into a startup - one with the potential to change how doctors assess and treat neurodegenerative disease.

First in the Family, 1,500 Miles from Campus, One Hospital Shift at a Time

CLASS OF 2026 - The first in her family to earn a bachelor's and a graduate degree, this USC Viterbi graduate completed her Master's in Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics from Dallas, Texas, working full-time and 1,500 miles from campus, with an entire family ready to fly in and watch her cross the stage.

USC Viterbi Startup Showcase Awards $150K to Student Ventures

From healthcare diagnostics to electric mobility, founders pitched real-world solutions at USC Viterbi’s inaugural Startup Showcase.

Biomedical Engineering at USC

Welcome to the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint department of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

Since our early roots as an option within electrical engineering in 1963, we have maintained a longstanding tradition of advancing biomedicine through the development and application of novel engineering ideas. Our department, established in 1976, includes over 75 primary and affiliated faculty members that conduct cutting-edge research in a wide variety of areas, including biomedical devices & imaging, cellular & molecular bioengineering, mathematical/computational biosystems, and neuroengineering.

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