Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine (I-BEAM)
About
The I-BEAM community’s research, teaching, and service activities are diverse. Our fundamental capability can be captured in four topics of nationally recognized excellence: Mechanobiology, Regenerative Engineering, Neuroengineering, and Biomaterials and Sensing.
About
The I-BEAM community’s research, teaching, and service activities are diverse. Our fundamental capability can be captured in four topics of nationally recognized excellence: Mechanobiology, Regenerative Engineering, Neuroengineering, and Biomaterials and Sensing.
Mission
The mission of the Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine (I-BEAM) is threefold:
- Nurture a connected community | I-BEAM aims to foster and enhance research synergy, connectivity, and funding across the community; from the engineering and physical sciences through the life sciences on campus, to the medical school and local hospitals;
- Drive exceptional research | I-BEAM aims to build on established strengths with cross-cutting research integrations that will open entirely new fields of study, introduce novel biomedical tools, and improve our understanding of and ability to treat the human condition;
- Provide educational and translational leadership | I-BEAM oversees the graduate and undergraduate Biomedical Engineering programs at Brown, enabling a cross-cutting, innovative, and rigorous BME curriculum to achieve a uniquely Brown environment for trainees. I-BEAM connects the campus and faculty to opportunities and partnerships with industry, foundations, government labs, and the public health sector. I-BEAM aims to provide translational support, moving more quickly from benchtop discoveries to bedside care;
Core Values
Four core values shape our organization and the actions we take to support our talented researchers:
- Mentorship | Mentors deliver individualized, consistent, and thoughtful training so we may meet the medical challenges of the 21st century. Our students and faculty work together to address these challenges and develop innovative solutions.
- Integrity | Our community conducts itself with integrity in our actions, our studies, our research, and our conversations. Faculty, staff, and students openly communicate. We seek and share feedback across all levels.
- Diversity | As a community that spans multiple schools and departments, we are a meeting ground for the unique cultures of academic engineering, biology, and medicine. This intellectual diversity reflects our respect for and appreciation of all individual identities. Considerations of equity, inclusion, belonging, and access are prevalent in every aspect of our work.
- Scholarly Impact | Our members—students and faculty alike—seek to improve people’s lives through their research. This awareness of and commitment to clinical translation distinguishes our work.