AIMBE ELECTS 2023 FELLOWS - AIMBE

AIMBE ELECTS 2023 FELLOWS - AIMBE
AIMBE
AIMBE ELECTS 2023 FELLOWS
March 27, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Charlie Kim (service@aimbe.org)
WASHINGTON, DC — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) announced today the election of 122 new members of the AIMBE College of Fellows in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in medical and biological engineering.
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers. 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.”
AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers including 3 Nobel Prize laureates, 19 Fellows having received the Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation, and 206 also inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 109 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine and 44 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.
2023 AIMBE Fellows:
Susan Abu-Absi, Ph.D.
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Guillermo Aguilar, Ph.D.
, Texas A&M University
Hongyu An, D.Sc.
, Washington University in St. Louis
Nelly Andarawis-Puri, Ph.D.
, Cornell University
Shivaun Archer, Ph.D.
, Cornell University
Brenna Argall, Ph.D.
, Northwestern University
Rima Arnaout, MD
, University of California, San Francisco
Randolph S. Ashton, Ph.D.
, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marilyn Barger, Ph.D.
, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence
Anna Belu, Ph.D.
, Medtronic
Gene A. Bornzin, Ph.D.
, Abbott (Retired)
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D.
, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ashley C. Brown, Ph.D.
, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jianfeng Cai, Ph.D.
, University of South Florida
Mary Caldorera-Moore, Ph.D.
, Louisiana Tech University
Maria G. Castro, Ph.D.
, University of Michigan Medical School
Nadeen O. Chahine, Ph.D.
, Columbia University
Jingyi Chen, Ph.D.
, University of Arkansas
Cynthia A. Chestek, Ph.D.
, University of Michigan
Melanie J. Coathup, BSc, Ph.D.
, University of Central Florida
Rhima M. Coleman, Ph.D.
, University of Michigan
Rita R. Colwell, Ph.D.
, University of Maryland, College Park
David T. Corr, Ph.D.
, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
James E. Crowe, MD
, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Guohao Dai, Ph.D.
, Northeastern University
Kapil R. Dandekar, Ph.D.
, Drexel University
Susan Daniel, Ph.D.
, Cornell University
Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, Ph.D.
, University of Pennsylvania
Derrick Dean, Ph.D.
, Alabama State University
Charles C. Della Santina, MD, Ph.D.
, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Salil S. Desai, Ph.D.
, North Carolina A&T State University
Damini Dey, Ph.D.
, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Congwu Du, Ph.D.
, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Bradley Duerstock, Ph.D.
, Purdue University
Mary Dunlop, Ph.D.
, Boston University
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, Ph.D.
, Duke University
Issam El Naqa, Ph.D.
, Moffitt Cancer Center
Yun Fang, Ph.D.
, University of Chicago
Bruce Gale, Ph.D.
, University of Utah
Jan Grimm, MD, Ph.D.
, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Paul A. Harris, Ph.D.
, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Florence P. Haseltine, MD, Ph.D.
, University of Texas at Arlington
Karmella A. Haynes, Ph.D.
, Emory University
Cecil F. Higgs, Ph.D.
, Rice University
Mitchell Ho, Ph.D.
, National Institutes of Health
Andrij Holian, Ph.D.
, University of Montana
Yi Hong, Ph.D.
, University of Texas at Arlington
Tony Y. Hu, Ph.D.
, Tulane University
Junzhou Huang, Ph.D.
, University of Texas at Arlington
Aileen Huang-Saad, Ph.D., MBA
, Roux Institute, Northeastern University
David Jaffray, Ph.D.
, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Diane Joseph-McCarthy, Ph.D.
, Boston University
Lance Kam, Ph.D.
, Columbia University
Jennifer J. Kang-Mieler, Ph.D.
, Stevens Institute of Technology
Andrea Kasko, Ph.D.
, University of California, Los Angeles
Kattesh V. Katti, MSc.Ed, Ph.D., D.Sc.
, University of Missouri
Shaf Keshavjee, MD
, University Health Network
Betty Y.S. Kim, MD, Ph.D., FRCSC
, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
William S. Kisaalita, Ph.D.
, University of Georgia
Abhijit Kulkarni, Ph.D.
, Cellino
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Ph.D.
, University of Alabama
Vinod Labhasetwar, Ph.D.
, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Byron J. Lambert, Ph.D., MAR
, Abbott
Shulamit Levenberg, Ph.D.
, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Jenshan Lin, Ph.D.
, National Science Foundation
Jonathan F. Lovell, Ph.D.
, University at Buffalo
Minglin Ma, Ph.D.
, Cornell University
Bangalore S. Manjunath, Ph.D.
, University of California, Santa Barbara
Hui Mao, Ph.D.
, Emory University School of Medicine
Clare McCabe, Ph.D.
, Heriot Watt University
Megan L. McCain, Ph.D.
, University of Southern California
Ernesta M. Meintjes, Ph.D.
, University of Cape Town
Paul Mensah, Ph.D.
, Pfizer, Inc.
Kathryn Miller-Jensen, Ph.D.
, Yale University
James Moon, Ph.D.
, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bijan Najafi, Ph.D., M.Sc.
, Baylor College of Medicine
Eric Nauman, Ph.D.
, University of Cincinnati
Corey Neu, Ph.D.
, University of Colorado Boulder
Thao Nguyen, Ph.D.
, Johns Hopkins University
Victor Nizet, MD
, UC San Diego School of Medicine
William Noble, Ph.D.
, University of Washington
Michael O’Connor, Ph.D., MSPM, MSTM, MBA, PE
, Medtronic
Burak Ozdoganlar, Ph.D.
, Carnegie Mellon University
Dipanjan Pan, Ph.D.
, Pennsylvania State University
Ki Dong Park, Ph.D.
, Ajou University
Julie Price, Ph.D.
, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Lei S. Qi, Ph.D.
, Stanford University
Peng Qiu, Ph.D.
, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jessica C. Ramella-Roman, Ph.D.
, Florida International University
Renata F. Ramos, Ph.D.
, Rice University
Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D.
, University of Florida
Jeffrey J. Saucerman, Ph.D.
, University of Virginia
Rachael Schmedlen, Ph.D.
, University of Michigan
Avi Schroeder, Ph.D.
, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dana D. Sellers, MS.
, Encore Health Resources
Sameer B. Shah, Ph.D.
, University of California, San Diego
Armon Sharei, Ph.D.
, SQZ Biotechnologies
Ahmad Sheikh, Ph.D.
, AbbVie, Inc.
Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.
, University of Michigan
Chelsey S. Simmons, Ph.D.
, Bain and Company
Srikanth Singamaneni, Ph.D.
, Washington University in St. Louis
Konstantin Sokolov, Ph.D.
, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D.
, Northeastern University
Audra L. Stinchcomb, Ph.D., RPh
, University of Maryland
Susan N. Thomas, Ph.D.
, Georgia Institute of Technology
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Ph.D.
, Northwestern University
Jessica Wagenseil, D.Sc.
, Washington University in St. Louis
Lei Wang, Ph.D.
, Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
Matthew J. Webber, Ph.D.
, University of Notre Dame
Hao Yan, Ph.D.
, Arizona State University
Chen Yang, Ph.D.
, Boston University
Jamey Young, Ph.D.
, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Jianhua Yu, Ph.D.
, City of Hope
Nastaran Zahir, Ph.D.
, National Cancer Institute
Karsten Zengler, Ph.D.
, University of California, San Diego
Feng Zhao, Ph.D.
, Texas A&M University
Hongyu Zhao, Ph.D.
, Yale University
Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D.
, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jiangbing Zhou, Ph.D.
, Yale University
Xiaobo Zhou, Ph.D.
, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Yubin Zhou, MD, Ph.D.
, Texas A&M University
Donghui Zhu, Ph.D.
, Stony Brook University
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