Health
Today more than ever, it’s clear that everything depends on our health.
Collaborating across all disciplines, NYU Tandon has been working at the intersection of engineering, healthcare, and life sciences for decades, and our researchers have the expertise to create next-generation solutions at every scale.

Meeting health challenges with innovative solutions
We combine far-reaching research geared towards longstanding clinical problems with Apollo 13 mindsets that enable us to create rapid responses to new medical challenges as they emerge. Being Tandon Made means being ready for the future now, because we don’t believe in waiting until a crisis hits to make good health a priority.

Finding ways to make the world healthier
Our researchers are innovating the future across a range of health challenges — from creating personalized cancer treatments, building advanced wearables to assist the visually impaired, and studying how AI can be used equitably in healthcare.

Rumi Chunara
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Rumi Chunara develops computational and statistical approaches for acquiring, integrating, and using data to improve population-level public health. She considers health from a comprehensive perspective, employing data from both inside and outside the clinic, and some of her most recent research involves leveraging digital data to protect the most vulnerable in the fight against COVID-19.

Andreas H. Hielscher
Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the world, so catching it early and monitoring it effectively are crucial to improve health incomes. Professor Andreas H. Hielscher is helping improve both of those key metrics. His lab focuses on using optical tomography to study the way diseases like breast cancer change over time, using advanced imaging that does not have the negative side effects of x-rays. His research also includes work ranging from effective diagnosis of Lupus to advanced brain activity monitoring. As Biomedical Engineering Department Chair, he is the leader of a department working at the cutting edge of medical technology.
Research Labs & Groups

Advanced Ophthalmic Imaging Laboratory (AOIL)

Applied Dynamics and Optimization Laboratory

Applied Micro-Bioengineering Laboratory (AMBL)

Bio-interfacial Engineering and Diagnostics Lab

Boeke Lab

Cell Programming and Genome Engineering Lab

Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research

Chunara Lab

Clinical Biophotonics Laboratory

Computational Neuroscience, Neuroengineering, and Neuropsychiatry Laboratory (CN3)

Craniomaxillofacial Orthopedic Biomaterials Regenerative Applications Lab

Dynamical Systems Laboratory (DSL)

Gerig Lab

Hudson Lab

Hybrid Nanomaterials Lab

Integrated BioElectronics Laboratory

Kirsch Lab

Laboratory for Advanced Neuroengineering and Translational Medicine

Laboratory for Biomechanics, Mechanobiology & Regenerative Medicine

Laboratory for Immuno Bioengineering Research and Applications (LIBRA)

Laboratory of Computational Proteomics

Lionnet Lab

Micro- and Nano-scale Bioengineering Lab

Montclare Lab for Protein Engineering and Design

NanoBioEngineering for tissue reprogramming and regeneration

Nanofabrication Cleanroom

Nanooptical Bioengineering Lab

Network Dynamics and Synthetic Biology Group

Neural Interface Engineering Lab

Neuroimaging and Visual Science Laboratory

NYU Ability Project

NYU Nanolab

NYU Video Lab

Pain Management Laboratory

Physical Therapy and Exercise Lab

Pinkerton Research Group

Rusk Rehabilitation

Selesnick Lab

Shukti Chakravarti Lab

Single Molecule Biophotonics Laboratory

Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center (SCPCC)

Speech Language Electrocortiography Laboratory