{"id":4969,"date":"2022-07-11T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4969"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:08:24","slug":"looking-beyond-devices-to-address-human-longevity-through-biomedical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/Q3\/looking-beyond-devices-to-address-human-longevity-through-biomedical-engineering","title":{"rendered":"Looking beyond devices to address human longevity through biomedical engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and collaboration are the building blocks that could help biomedical engineers crack the next big discovery in addressing complex health issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

David Umulis<\/a>, professor and the Dane A. Miller Head of Purdue University\u2019s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, says those three areas are key in the rapidly changing biomedical engineering environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cArtificial intelligence is a game changer when it comes to biology, biomedical engineering and other related research areas,\u201d Umulis said. \u201cIf we can develop the best way to use AI and other technologies, we will find ways to address human health and longevity that we could never imagine earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Umulis also serves as a senior research fellow for the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue<\/a> and as project director for the Emergent Mechanisms in Biology of Robustness Integration and Organization (EMBRIO) Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key example of those three areas working together can be found in his work leading the EMBRIO Institute. EMBRIO<\/a> received $12.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and is a partnership across six higher education institutions that uses artificial intelligence in biology to see how cells defend themselves and how to repair cellular damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of things I\u2019ve done in biology are now happening at a massive scale as data sciences and simulation sciences are starting to have a much larger impact in medicine, physiology, drug design and sensing,\u201d he said.  \u201cAs medicine and biomedical engineering become more integrated and data-centric, there\u2019s an exploding need for expertise in those domains. People are much more conscious of wellness throughout development and aging, so there are more opportunities in all aspects of biomedical engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While leading the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering\u2019s 27-member and growing faculty, Umulis is expanding partnerships between the school and health care providers, medical researchers and medical device companies to take discoveries from the research labs to clinical settings. Umulis is expanding the school\u2019s expertise by hiring three new faculty members, with specialties in biomaterials, cardiology, and digital health including data, AI and cybersecurity.  Watch a video of him and his philosophy at Purdue.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Umulis says Purdue biomedical engineers are always in high demand<\/a>, especially in the fields of vaccine and medication development and mobile tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about David Umulis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n