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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2021 BMES AWARD WINNERS & FELLOWS!

Congratulations to the 2021 BMES Award Winners and the 2021 BMES Class of Fellows!

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Robert A. Pritkzer Distinguished Lecture Award

Nancy Allbritton, MD, PhD

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Diversity Lecture Award
C. LaShan Simpson, PhD

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Mid-Career Award
Princess Imoukhuede, PhD

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Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award
Gregg Duncan, PhD


2021 BMES Class of Fellows

Josephine Allen
Jenny Amos
Adam Engler
Anjelica Gonzalez
Brendan Harley
Christopher Hernandez
Princess Imoukhuede
Christopher Jewell
Alison Marsden
Brenda Ogle
Shelly Peyton
Manu Platt
Craig Simmons
Cherie Stabler
Joel Stitzel
Joseph Tranquillo
Marjolein van der Meulen
Deepak Vashishth
Jessica Winter
Guigen Zhang

Herbert Voigt Distinguished Service Award

Gilda Barabino, PhD

Biomedical Engineering Education Journal Reaches Two Major Milestones

Biomedical Engineering Education Journal Reaches Two Major Milestones

The BMES Journal Biomedical Engineering Education (BIEE) has reached two important milestones that reflect the journal’s growing visibility,...

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BMES Members Emery Brown and Douglas Lauffenburger Named MIT Institute Professors

BMES Members Emery Brown and Douglas Lauffenburger Named MIT Institute Professors

BMES congratulates members Emery Brown and Douglas Lauffenburger on being named Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...

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Call for BMES Committee Members & Medical Devices SIG Members Is Now Open

Call for BMES Committee Members & Medical Devices SIG Members Is Now Open

BMES is now accepting applications for members interested in serving on a BMES Committee and/or as a member of the Medical Devices Special Interest...

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Announcing the 2024 BMES Award Winners

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Announcing the 2024 BMES Award Winners

Each year, the BMES Awards programrecognizes outstanding achievements and contributions of those in the field of biomedical engineering. Each winner...

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Announcing the 2025 BMES Award Winners

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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...

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2022 Herbert Voigt Distinguished Service Award Winner

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2022 Herbert Voigt Distinguished Service Award Winner

Kyriacos Athanasiou, PhD

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