Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Outreach and Education
The Raghavan Lab is committed to the educational and outreach mission of building curiosity in biomedical engineering broadly. Rooted in the philosophy that the problems that get solved always depend on who's identifying the problems, we work to create an aware BME community that will throw the weight of bioengineering towards health parity.
Lucy Nash, Anvitha Tharakesh and Karla Ortega participated in a Women in STEM panel through the Gaddis Girls camp, empowering young women to enter STEM!
Betty White, an ovarian and breast cancer survivor, joined us in the Cancer Bioengineering classroom to ground student learning in clinical reality and patient advocacy.
Hosting Dr. Emma Moran in the graduate Tissue Engineering classroom!
Dr. Emma Moran visited the graduate TIssue Engineering classroom, to share her journey from a Tissue Engineering PhD to an investor and advocate for pediatric health and innovation as a part of CobiCure MedTech!
AggieSTEM K-12 Summer 2026
Raghavan Lab trainees led another successful year of AggieSTEM K-12 summer camp "Immersion into BME" for high schoolers, building BME curiosity on earth and in space!
Ovare - Summer 2026
Dr. Astha Lamichhane and Dr. Raghavan attended a fundraising gala for ovarian cancer led by the 501(c)3 non-profit, Ovarcome. The night honored survivors of ovarian cancer!
Raghavan lab trainees led an awareness booth at the College of Engineering Tailgate in Fall 2025 to raise awareness for early screening in female cancers!
Raghavan lab trainees led our fourth successful year of AggieSTEM summer camps for high schoolers - this year, campers learned to do brain surgery, and controlled release in drug delivery!
Betty and Craig White '72 joined us in the Cancer Bioengineering classroom to spread awareness for ovarian cancer - spread the BEACH (Bloating, Early Satiety, Abnormal pelvic pain, Changes in bowel/bladder habits, Heightened Fatigue).
NASEM Cancer Engineering Workshop - May 2025
Dr. Sabrina VandenHeuvel represented the Raghavan lab, to chime in on the importance of engineering approaches for making new discoveries in cancer, improving outcomes for all!
Breaking into Women's Health with Biomaterials - SFB Spring 2025
Dr. Raghavan along with Dr. Moore, co-led a diverse panel of physicians, scientists and health advocates to identify pressing needs in translating biomaterial technologies in women's health.
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Undergraduate and graduate students in Cancer Bioengineering learned how to break down complex cancer topics like global disparities and modern therapeutics, and communicate to lay audiences via making infographics!
Along with Kaitlin Fogg and Pilar de la Puente, Dr. Raghavan organized a special session at BMES to energize trainee involvement in the future of women's health engineering - the room was packed with >90 attendees!
ElevateHER: Engineering Innovations in Women's Health Discovery - Summer 2024
Dr. Raghavan, along with Dr. Moore co-led the NSF sponsored ElevateHER workshop in College Station - bringing editors, funding agencies, and academics together to drive change in the funding and visibility landscape of women's health engineering!
AggieSTEM Summer 2024
Raghavan lab trainees led Year 3 of Immersion in to BME - this year, students learned to 3D print, and build mechanical models of the arm to understand the biomechanics of the body! At the end of the week, students also showcased engineering design projects close to their heart!
Graduate students ran a week long camp "Immersion into BME" for middle schoolers through AggieSTEM! Campers learned about BME design, and 3D printing!
As a part of the BME Graduate Student Association, Raghavan lab grads organized the annual grad symposium! This symposium was a great way to build science communication skills!
K-12 Immersion into BME - STEM Curriculum - Summer 2022
Grad students Abbie and Sabrina created a week long BME curriculum that introduced middle and high school students to biomechanics, biomaterials, and biophotonics!
Meme-fying Biomaterials - Fall 2022
Learning can be so much more fun when it is relatable! Third year BME students learned mechanical properties of materials through memes, guided by Dr. Raghavan!
Abbie Clevenger led the creation of a children's board book - the ABCs of BME, in collab with Biorender! Never too early to start talking about BME!
SFB Women's Networking Lunch - Spring 2023
Dr. Raghavan co-organized a women's networking lunch at the annual meeting for the Society of Biomaterials - "Being a Women in Business from a Women in Academia"
Grant Writing for Graduate Students - Fall 2022
Dr. Raghavan participated in a panel geared towards grant writing for graduate students. The panel was organized by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
BME UNITE Future Faculty Fellows Program
Dr. Raghavan co-founded and led a future faculty seminar series through BME UNITE (Under Represented Needs in Technology and Engineering) to increase the visibility of minoritized postdocs on the faculty job market!
Service Roles - 2025
Members of the Raghavan Lab take on other service roles, both at Texas A&M University and the broader BME Scientific Community!
Society for Biomaterials
BME Graduate Student Association
Dr. Raghavan serves as the Past Chair of the Community Outreach, Opportunities and Leadership Committee, and the Chair of the Health Equity Special Interest Group.
Kate Maier: Vice-President
Lucy Nash: Social Chair
Claudia Collier: GPSG Rep
Biomedical Engineering Society
Dr. Raghavan is an active BMES member - in 2025, she co-founded the Women's Health Engineering SIG, and reviewed Chapter Development Reports.
BME UNITE
Dr. Raghavan is a part of the BME UNITE Collective - a group of academics advocating for and acting on changing the future of BME.