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2026 SBES Student Symposium

Three students standing in front of a research poster

April 21, 2026

9am - 4pm

Biotech Place, Winston-Salem, NC

The Wake Forest BMES Student Chapter, in collaboration with the Virginia Tech Biomedical Engineering Society Student Chapter, hosts an annual Graduate Student Research Symposium to provide students with the opportunity to interact and exchange research ideas with colleagues and industry leaders.

The symposium promotes research collaboration between the two campuses and cutting-edge facilities, such as the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, the Virginia – Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the Center for Injury Biomechanics and the Virginia Tech-Carilion Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.  

Symposium Organizers and Executive Board

WF BMES Sub-Committees

Symposium

Joshua Stapleton, Grace Liverett, Andrea Robinson,  Adam Jones, Stephanie Gubish

Recruitment

Grace Liverett, Brooke Dunkley, Haddie Frost, James O’Connor, MK Hederick, Samantha Short, Spencer Phillips, Stephanie Gubish

Thank you to our 2025 SBES Symposium Sponsors for their generous support