Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of California, Irvine Department of Biomedical Engineering is a 112-PI network with 222 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (25% of slots across 54 PIs; 54 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 35 PIs; 35 labels), and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research as the leading topic (2% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Hamid R. Djalilian (136.8 weighted works; Vestibular and auditory disorders, Meningioma and schwannoma management). The strongest pairings are Hamid R. Djalilian and Mehdi Abouzari (62 shared works, weight 40.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 34.7, around Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, led by Brian J. F. Wong, Qing Nie, Zhongping Chen.