Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of California, Irvine Department of Biomedical Engineering is a 55-PI network with 22 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (27% of slots across 28 PIs; 28 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research as the leading topic (4% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Hamid R. Djalilian (13.1 weighted works; Vestibular and auditory disorders, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics). The clearest collaboration lines are Mehdi Abouzari and Hamid R. Djalilian (14 shared works, weight 8.6). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 9.2, around Neurology, Sensory Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, led by Hamid R. Djalilian, Mehdi Abouzari, Arash Kheradvar.