Engineering Innovations in Medicine

Engineering Innovations in Medicine is transforming human health through data-driven innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Launched by Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine in 2022, this cross-campus initiative is led by the James M. and Marsha McCormick Family Director of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering.
Blue-gloved hand holding a microfluidic device in the Fischbach lab

News Highlights

“Cornell’s collaborative spirit has shown time and again that when engineers, clinicians and life scientists unite, they don’t just solve problems, they redefine what is possible in health care. Engineering Innovations in Medicine is bringing established strengths and emerging opportunities under one bold umbrella, serving as a launchpad for transformative breakthroughs and empowering students to reimagine how medicine is discovered, delivered and imagined.”

Claudia Fischbach-Teschl James M. and Marsha McCormick Family Director, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

Pillars

To advance the initiative’s overall goal of redefining medicine by applying cutting-edge engineering principles to acquire, compute and use data, Engineering Innovations in Medicine built around four pillars rooted in Cornell Engineering.

  1. Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society

    The Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society aims to unify programs and curricula in data science with an initial emphasis on questions grounded in data that are generated by human activity. It is led by David Shmoys, the Laibe/Acheson Professor of Business Management and Leadership Studies in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering

  2. Menopause Health Engineering

    The mission of Menopause Health Engineering, led by Nozomi Nishimura, associate professor in the Meinig School, is to transform menopause healthcare with cutting-edge engineering across disciplines to drive evidence-based solutions and educate the next generation of leaders in women’s health.

  3. Cornell Neurotech

    Cornell Neurotech is a joint initiative between Cornell Engineering and Cornell Arts and Sciences dedicated to revolutionizing neuroscience research by developing, refining, and applying cutting-edge technologies that enable precise, real-time observation and manipulation of neural circuits. Cornell Neurotech-Engineering is led by Mong Family Foundation Director Chris Xu, who serves as IBM Professor of Engineering and director of the School of Applied and Engineering Physics

  4. Cancer data initiative

    A new initiative co-led by Iwijn De Vlaminck, associate professor in the Meinig School, and Olivier Elemento, director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, will enhance. medical data acquisition, computation and analysis for cancer

Featured Faculty Leaders

  • Claudia Fischbach

    Claudia Fischbach-Teschl

    James M. and Marsha McCormick Family Director of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Stanley Bryer 1946 Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

  • Iwijn De Vlaminck

    Iwijn De Vlaminck

    Associate Professor

    Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

  • David Shmoys

    David B. Shmoys

    Laibe/Acheson Professor of Business Management and Leadership Studies

    School of Operations Research and Information Engineering

  • Nozomi Nishimura

    Nozomi Nishimura

    Associate Professor

    Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

  • Chris Xu

    Chris Xu

    Director of the School of Applied and Engineering Physics Mong Family Foundation Director of Cornell Neurotech – Engineering IBM Professor of Engineering

    School of Applied and Engineering Physics

  • Olivier Elemento

    Olivier Elemento

    Professor of Physiology and Biophysics

    Weill Cornell Medicine