Announcing the 2025 BMES Award Winners

Each year, the Each year, BMES recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions of those in the field of biomedical engineering. Each winner will give a lecture at the BMES 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, October 8 - 12.
We are honored to announce the recipients of these prestigious awards for 2025 along with the names of their lectures and when they will be presented.

Congratulations to this year's winners!

2025 Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award
Linda Griffith, PhD

Professor of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Director of  the Center for Gynepathology Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday, October 9 at 11:00AM

BMES Athanasiou Medal of Excellence in Translational Bioengineering Award 
Buddy Ratner, PhD

Michael L. and Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering
University of Washington

Friday, October 10 at 1:00PM

Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation Award
Gargi Maheshwari, PhD

Vice President Biologics Science & Technology
Merck

Friday, October 10 at 1:00PM

Social Impact Lecture Award
Princess Imoukhuede, PhD

Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair of Bioengineering
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Thursday, October 9 at 5:15PM

Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award
Meenal Datta, PhD

Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Saturday, October 11 at 11:00AM

Mid-Career Award
Stacey Finley, PhD

Nicole A. and Thuan Q. Pham Professor, Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology,
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Director, Center for Computational Modeling of Cancer
University of Southern California

Saturday, October 11 at 11:00AM