Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Northwestern University Department of Biomedical Engineering is a 50-PI network with 38 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (27% of slots across 28 PIs; 28 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), and Muscle activation and electromyography studies as the leading topic (4% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Chad A. Mirkin (36.9 weighted works; Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery); John A. Rogers (26.9 weighted works; Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring). The strongest pairings are Shana O. Kelley and Zongjie Wang (9 shared works, weight 5.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 18.8, around Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Surgery, led by John A. Rogers, Guillermo A. Ameer, Jonathan Rivnay.