Wei Tao, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Wei Tao, Ph.D., Farokhzad Family Distinguished Chair for Innovation, and Assistant Professor of Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine/Center for Nanomedicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School to its College of Fellows.

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”

Dr. Tao was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for outstanding contributions to advancing drug delivery technologies and biomaterial-based therapies in translational medicine…. Continue reading.