# Training the next generation of leaders in biomedical engineering design

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2021 · $21,600

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The next generation of bioengineering and biomedical researchers will have unprecedented access to
technologies including wireless health, big data, genetic sequencing, and machine learning approaches to
enable modern diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. This presents individuals trained at the interface of
technology and biomedicine with an enormous opportunity to address the world’s needs in health and
medicine. In the Bioengineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, we aim to develop
students into leaders able to seamlessly identify clinical needs that technology can address, design and
validate solutions that address these needs, communicate with a variety of stakeholders to build teams
invested in problem-oriented solutions, and to navigate the regulatory and commercial pathways necessary
to enable their technologies to thrive.
The Bioengineering Capstone Series at UCLA leverages resources available at UCLA to enable students to: 1)
gain insight into clinical needs directly from clinicians and educators across the Ronald Reagan Medical
Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and UCLA Health System, 2) design their
solutions through mentorship from engineering professors, 3) understand the complexities of the biomedical
industry with support from the UCLA Technology Development Group and members of the Department of
Engineering Industry Advisory Board, 4) utilize modern technologies in wireless health and data science by
collaborating with the Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data- to-Knowledge (MD2K) and Mobile Health
(mHealth) Institute at UCLA, and 5) work with the National Science Foundation Precise Advanced
Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations Engineering Research Center (NSF PATHS-
UP ERC) to learn to target and communicate their technologies to maximize societal benefits.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10142466
- **Project number:** 5R25EB027626-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Dino Di Carlo
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $21,600
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-06-15 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10142466

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10142466, Training the next generation of leaders in biomedical engineering design (5R25EB027626-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10142466. Licensed CC0.

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