Program Description

The Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID), housed in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, focuses on the design aspect of Biomedical Engineering. This exciting program gives students opportunities to design, develop, build, and test devices that solve some of the most pressing problems facing clinicians today.



The mission of CBID is to:

Improve human health by developing medical devices that solve important clinical problems
Educate a new generation of medical device engineers and fellows
Facilitate technology transfer and industry collaboration


From the first day on campus, students interact with Johns Hopkins Hospital clinicians — some of the best in the world — then travel to meet in person those who will most benefit from their work. Upon return students dive into cross-disciplinary course work, taking their ideas from napkin to prototype in a state-of-the-art design studio carefully created for collaboration and efficiency. The support of top clinicians, investors, the FDA, reimbursement experts, country ministers, and others necessary for success is readily available. As a result of this unique access, many students graduate with patents for their projects.