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Ruikang K. Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Ruikang Wang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Ruikang K. Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For the development and application of […]
James H-C. Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
James Wang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of James H-C. Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, […]
Yong Wang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Yong Wang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Yong Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences / School of Dentistry, University of Missouri – Kansas city, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the […]
Leor S. Weinberger, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Leor Weinberger | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Leor S. Weinberger, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco; Associate Investigator (Virology and Immunology), Gladstone Institutes, Biochemistry and Biophysics/Virology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco; Gladstone Institutes, to its College of […]
Ross T. Whitaker, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Ross Whitaker | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Ross T. Whitaker, Ph.D., Professor, School of Computing, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Whitaker was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For […]
Justin C. Williams, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Justin Williams | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Justin C. Williams, Ph.D., Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Williams was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of […]
Jessica O. Winter, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Jessica Winter | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Jessica O. Winter, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Winter was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding […]
Zhongjun Jon Wu, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Zhongjun Wu | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Zhongjun Jon Wu, Ph.D., Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Wu was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members […]
Lei Xing, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Lei Xing | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Lei Xing, Ph.D., Jacob Haimson Professor, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Xing was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions to the field of […]
Jian Yang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Jian Yang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Jian Yang, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Yang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For contributions to the citrate-based biomaterials and technology […]
Yi Yan Yang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Yi Yan Yang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Yi Yan Yang, Ph.D., Group Leader, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Nanomedicine and bioengineering, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, to its College of Fellows. […]
Tai-Horng Young, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Tai-Horng Young | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Tai-Horng Young, Ph.D., Chair Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Young was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For seminal research achievement in […]
Kang Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Kang Zhang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Kang Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of Ophthalmic Genetics, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California, San Diego, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the […]
Xin Zhang, Ph.D. Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Xin Zhang | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Xin Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for pioneering contributions in expanding the […]
Gang Zheng, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Gang Zheng | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Gang Zheng, Ph.D., Professor Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Medical Biophysics & IBBME, University of Toronto, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zheng was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows […]
Bin Zheng, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Bin Zheng | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Bin Zheng, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Oklahoma TSET Cancer Research Scholar, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zheng was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers […]
S. Kevin Zhou, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
S. Kevin Zhou | Via AIMBE | January 20, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of S. Kevin Zhou, Ph.D., Principal Key Expert, Medical Imaging Technologies, Siemens Healthcare Technology, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhou was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions to […]
Brain Waves May Be Spread By Weak Electrical Field
Dominique Durand | Via Science Daily | January 14, 2016Researchers at Case Western Reserve University may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain. Their discovery could lead to identifying possible new targets to investigate brain waves associated with memory and epilepsy and better understand healthy physiology. They recorded neural spikes traveling at a speed too slow for known mechanisms to […]
Prime Minister Backs Regenerative Medicine Research at U of T Engineering
Peter Zandstra | Via U. Toronto | January 14, 2016Regenerative medicine is the way of the future for Canadian health care, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, and two new initiatives are helping strengthen the commitment of U of T Engineering and its partners to stem cell research and manufacturing.Trudeau announced at the MaRS Discovery District on Jan. 13 that the federal government will give […]
Elisa Konofagou’s New DARPA Grant Advances Work in Focused Ultrasound
Elisa Konofagou | Via Columbia | January 14, 2016Our bodies maintain a state of equilibrium, or homeostasis, through our peripheral nervous system, through neural reflexes that modulate the function of organ systems such as the heart, stomach, intestines, or bladder. For instance, the vagus nerve linking the brain to the heart can stimulate the heart when an anxiety stimulus is experienced or can […]