Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering is a 8-PI network with 1 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (31% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels), and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery as the leading topic (8% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The top weighted PIs are Flavio Frӧhlich (25 weighted works; Neural dynamics and brain function, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies); Samuel K. Lai (19.7 weighted works; Respiratory viral infections research, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery). The strongest pairings are Kristy M. Ainslie and David B. Hill (1 shared works, weight 0.1). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 2 PIs, 1 internal connections, weight 0.1, around Physiology, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, led by Kristy M. Ainslie, David B. Hill.