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BMES serves as the lead society and professional home for biomedical engineers and bioengineers. BMES membership has grown to over 6,700 members, with more than 115+ BMES Student Chapters, five Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and four professional journals.

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Meet the Incoming BMES Board Members

Incoming Board of Directors

The future of BMES is driven by passionate board leaders. This year we had amazing candidates and we know you all had a difficult decision to make.

Congratulations to the following five individuals who will begin board service this fall after our Annual Meeting:

SECRETARY

Two (2) year term

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Treena Arinzeh, PhD

Columbia University (beginning September 1, 2022)

NEW DIRECTORS

Three (3) year term

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Tamara Baynham, PhD

Ingenuity Medical Device Research

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Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, PhD

University of Texas at Austin

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Guohao Dai, PhD

Northeastern University


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Brendan Harley, PhD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS

We would also like to thank our outgoing Secretary, Jane Grande-Allen, PhD, and the following board members for their service:

  • Lola Eniola-Adefeso, PhD
  • Nicole Hurly, PhD
  • Roland Kaunas, PhD
  • Christine Scotti, PhD

Learn more about our Board of Directors here.

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