Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical engineering involves the application of engineering principles to understand, modify or control biological systems with the objective of generating solutions to health-related problems. This area is diverse and multi-disciplinary, bringing in concepts from chemistry, mechanics, biochemistry, cell biology and physiology.
Research efforts in this field at Queen's include the development of polymer biomaterials for use as implantable drug delivery devices and scaffolds for tissue engineering, the ex vivo engineering of replacement soft tissue through bioreactor design and mechanical stimulation, and microencapsulation technologies for drug delivery. This work involves collaboration with researchers in many other Departments such as: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Anatomy, Physiology, and Mechanical Engineering. In addition, many projects involve both cardiovascular and orthopaedic surgeons. Much of the research is done within the Human Mobility Research Centre.
Research Faculty
| Names |
Rank |
Contact |
Research Interests |
Brian Amsden |
Associate Professor |
brian.amsden@chee.queensu.ca
Biosciences Complex 1422
(613) 533-3093 |
Polymer biomaterials, peptide and protein drug delivery, tissue engineering, modeling solute diffusion in gels and solutions |
Lauren Flynn |
Assistant Professor |
lauren.flynn@chee.queensu.ca
Dupuis 210
(613) 533-6000 ext 77917 |
Soft tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, natural biomaterials, adult stem cells, dynamic cell culture, adipose tissue |
Ronald J. Neufeld |
Professor |
neufeld@queensu.ca
Dupuis 203
(613) 533-2785 |
Biochemical reaction engineering, bioencapsulation solutions for bioprocessing, bioactives processing and controlled release, micro and nanoencapsulation of biologicals |
Kim Woodhouse |
Professor |
dean@appsci.queensu.ca
ILC 208
(613) 533-2056 ext. 75293 |
Tissue engineering, polymer biomaterials |
Steve Waldman |
Assistant Professor |
waldman@me.queensu.ca
205 McLaughlin Hall
(613) 533-2896 |
Tissue engineering, mechanical stimulation, bioreactors, cartilage, ligament, meniscus, intervertebral disc |
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