Your chances of getting a nasty migraine increase following a spinal cord injury, thanks to a chemical messenger in the brain that spikes to toxic levels, past studies have suggested. For treatment to get any better, researchers need to catch that split-second spike in action and closely follow its path of destruction.

Through the Purdue College of Engineering’s Rising Star Program, Sarah Calve and Craig Goergen were named Leslie A. Geddes Assistant Professors of Biomedical Engineering for their exceptional accomplishments in research, teaching, and engagement. The limited-term professorships recognize two promising junior faculty members early in their careers while honoring a distinguished professor and brilliant researcher who left an unparalleled legacy.

Wearable devices, such as smart stickers, tattoos, or clothing, will conform so nicely to our skin that you will not be able to notice them while they continuously monitor your health. Read Ramses Martinez's post on Purdue Engineering's new blog, Engineering Review.

As Dr. Jonathan Merrell sees it, physicians affiliated with Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue College of Engineering students are a perfect match for developing solutions to real medical challenges.

Purdue University College of Engineering and Indiana University School of Medicine are launching a new educational and research partnership to develop novel technological solutions for pressing health care problems.

David Schwarte, an assistive technology specialist on the Innovative Learning Team at Purdue University, knows what it is like to learn in a classroom when challenged with a visual impairment.

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded an ASPIRE Award to Luis Solorio, assistant professor at the Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and his collaborator, Wilbert Zwart, group leader at the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute. The team is conducting innovative translational science in cancer research, specifically on development of a model that may enable prediction of the effectiveness of drug therapies for cancers that have metastasized.

IN THE NEWS: Bob Hannemann, a visiting professor of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering, received the Exceptional Service Award for 44 years of service at Cary Home for Children, as seen in Lafayette Journal and Courier.

When an HIV outbreak hit Indiana's rural Scott County in 2015, the sparsely staffed health department was stretched to confirm cases among an entire community with lab tests that aren't portable and could take weeks to return results.

Pedro Irazoqui had just enjoyed a huge lobster dinner. Then he woke up that night finding he couldn't breathe. Terrified, Irazoqui sat up and tried to relax. Air suddenly returned to his lungs like nothing had happened. After grabbing his phone and Googling like crazy, Irazoqui, a professor at Purdue University, discovered that what he had experienced was acid reaching his larynx, causing it to contract and cut off air flow.