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AIMBE’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee welcomes everyone for coffee and doughnuts to discuss efforts to identify and nominate minority candidates for the College of Fellows and other agenda priorities for AIMBE’s expanded diversity efforts.

College of Fellows Chair Tejal Desai and Chair-Elect Paul Citron will provide an orientation to new inductees about AIMBE, its programming and services, and mission. Learn about how candidates are nominated, reviewed and elected to the College of Fellows. Find out how AIMBE is more than just an honorific society but an engaged community impacting public policy on medical innovation and discovery. Meet new colleagues in the Class of 2019 and get insight on the induction ceremony.

Affiliated organization of biomedical engineering programs chairs. Members of the CoC only.

AIMBE President Christine Schmidt will provide the Presidential Welcome Address highlighting AIMBE’s critical mission and achievements in advocating for the fields of medical and biological engineering.

The hallmark of AIMBE’s meeting is the strong scientific lectures presenting on a wide variety of medical and biological engineering issues. These lectures match the depth and breadth of AIMBE’s diverse membership from innovative materials, imaging, and cellular engineering to bioinformatics, medical devices, and neuroengineering. Leaving the comfort of one’s discipline, attendees find these lectures unite AIMBE’s membership in the conversation of discovery and innovation.

Each year, AIMBE hosts the Earl Bakken Lecture as the organization’s most meaningful scientific lecture providing both insight and illumination to the grand scientific challenges of biomedical research. Dr. Susan Margulies is the 2019 Earl Bakken Lecturer. She is the Chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics.

Dr. Kathy Ferrara is Professor of Radiology at Stanford University. As the only women in her early engineering classes, Dr. Ferrara has made it a priority to advance biomedical engineering as a career choice for women. Today, her lab is known for early work in aspects of ultrasonic imaging and more recently expanded to focus on molecular imaging and drug delivery.

Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC Chapel Hill and adjunct member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. From his popular TED Talks, to his innovative research and entrepreneurial work, Dr. DeSimone will discuss the interface of polymer science with medicine and newly developed CLIP technology for rapid 3D printing.

Named one of the “Newest Faces in Engineering,” Dr. Guru Madhaven, is a biomedical engineer and senior policy advisor conducting research at the National Academies. Dr. Madhaven will challenge your thinking on how engineering transforms our lives and impacts global challenges and progress.

Executive Director Tanisha Carino of FasterCures (invited) will address the increasing tension between innovation and access to healthcare. What might the future look like and how will individuals and our nation benefit from the changing future of health?

One of AIMBE’s most engaged communities, the Academic Council proudly presents a stimulating talk by a senior government official. This council is made up of Department Chairs and designated representatives of each of AIMBE’s member colleges and universities engaged in biomedical engineering education. This meeting is open to all.

The Industry Council has long sponsored, and will once again host, the 2018-19 AIMBE/FDA Scholars. Hear about the projects and achievements of AIMBE’s Scholars from the mid-point of their year-long appointments at FDA. The Industry Council hosts both Fellows working at private companies and academic Fellows with an interest or involvement in the manufacture, distribution and sales of biomedical innovations. This meeting is open to all.

A critical pillar of AIMBE’s membership is the Council of Societies where leadership and representatives of member Societies coordinate advocacy activities and formulate collaborative partnerships. This open discussion is open to all.

One of the highlights of each year’s event is AIMBE’s Awards Banquet and the presentation of the Pierre Galletti Award. A relaxing evening of connecting with old friends and networking with new associates is a prelude to the award presentations, including the Pierre Galletti Award, AIMBE’s highest recognition of an individual for their contributions to public awareness of medical and biological engineering. Other awards include the AIMBE STEM Award and the Congressional Leadership Award.

Hosted by the Academic Council and Industry Council, this networking reception is open to all.

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College of Fellows Chair Dr. Tejal Desai will address the state of the field of medical and biological engineering and provide a perspective for the challenges ahead for the study and teaching of biomedical engineering.

The uniqueness of AIMBE’s Annual Meeting is the combination of strong scientific lectures on Sunday and informative policy discussions on Monday. From government officials to lobbyists and corporate spokespersons, the policy concerns and issues of medical and biological engineers are discussed.

The role of AIMBE in establishing the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has long been recognized. Now, a second AIMBE Fellow has been tapped to lead this critical NIH research Institute. Dr. Tromberg, currently a professor at the University of California at Irvine with dual appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Clinic, is scheduled to assume his position as NIBIB’s Director on January 2, 2019.

Sexual harassment has rocked workplaces and industries and the research and medical fields have not been immune. As attention turns from acknowledging that women are experiencing this harassment to figuring out how we prevent and improve the handling of sexual harassment cases, a number of questions emerge on how to tackle this problem. The National Academies’ Senior Policy Advisor Dr. Frazier Benya will address how the institution is tackling this pervasive issue.

Always one of the highest-rated presentations, AIMBE’s Executive Director Milan Yager will reveal seven Congressional secrets lawmakers use to avoid providing critical federal funding for science and biomedical research. A new Congress will take office in January, but the tricks remain the same.

The highlight of each year’s Annual Meeting is the ceremony inducting the newest members of the College of Fellows. The Class of 2019 were peer-nominated, peer-reviewed, and peer-elected and now join a prestigious group of the most accomplished medical and biological engineers.

Join family and friends in a lunch celebration in honor of the new 2019 Class of the College of Fellows.

Expanded time has been made available for all attendees to make advanced appointments to visit with their Members of Congress during the Annual Meeting. Transportation will be provided from the NAS to Capitol Hill for prearranged Congressional appointment. Talking points and briefing materials will be provided. Visit https://aimbe.org/advocate/ for information on scheduling congressional appointments.