A visionary translational biodesign research center
What is CBID?
The Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID) is a joint effort at the Johns Hopkins University between Whiting School of Engineering and the School of Medicine to bring translational engineering with a focus towards healthcare technological advancements in biodesign led by the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Our Mission
The Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design at Johns Hopkins University educates and develops the next generation of leaders in health care technology innovation. CBID creates and develops solutions for major challenges to human health around the world. Our key measure of success is the positive impact of our students and their solutions on the quality and accessibility of health care worldwide.
How do we accomplish this?
We capitalize on our world-renowned strengths in biomedical engineering and medicine and our connections with clinicians and industry. Through these relationships, we bridge the gaps between education, research, clinical practice, and commercialization. We bring the products of our students' work from the bench to the bedside and then to the marketplace to create revolutionary new products that solve complex, clinically-relevant medical problems.
The creation of the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design is the natural next step in the evolution and growth of BME at Johns Hopkins University. Harnessing the intellectual power of the school's outstanding students and faculty with the close ties with Johns Hopkins Hospital and industry, CBID allows the BME department to double the number of student design projects it takes on each year, enhance students' hands-on learning experiences and encourage the culture of entrepreneurship and collaboration to ultimately improve human health.
Also incorporated in the BME design curriculum is a focus on technology commercialization. Members of the student design teams interact with clinical and corporate sponsors and have experiences that promote the development of their leadership, communications, and marketing skills, thus helping to ensure our graduates' professional success as they move into graduate study in medicine and become industry leaders.