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SAVE THE DATE
18TH Annual Event on Translational Research
February 11-13, 2009
Washington, D.C.
AIMBE's 17th Annual Event:
The Global Impact of Medical and Biological Engineering
February 20-22, 2008
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering hosted the 2008 Annual Event as a compelling forum highlighting and analyzing the impact of the global economy to the corporate and academic medical and biological engineering communities. This exciting and prestigious meeting of the
minds featured highly respected industrial leaders, policy makers, and
inspirational scientists and engineers from around the world, sharing their
vision and discussing how their work is impacting health globally.
Full Event Summary
Special Satellite and Pre-Event Programs
Organizing Committee
Chair:
- Nicholas A. Peppas, Sc.D., Chair
of the AIMBE College of Fellows, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering, Departments of Biomedical and Chemical
Engineering and College of Pharmacy, University
of Texas at Austin
Highlights of the Presentations
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Special Satellite Program
AIMBE-Military Collaboration: Bioengineering
Challenges of Brain Trauma
National Academy of Sciences Lecture Room
This event is free to for all attendees. Pre-registration is requested.
Review Presentations Here.
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Special Pre-Event Program
The Future of Medical and Biological Engineering
Organized by IFMBE's International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering, the international counterpart to AIMBE. This event is open to all attendees. See program agenda here.
IFMBE Program Summary
Annual Event Agenda
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College of Fellows Orientation and Breakfast
College of Fellows Orientation Presentation
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College of Fellows Induction Ceremony
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Opening Keynote Address
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Creating and Implementing Medical Technology
Robert Langer, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2007 National Medal of Science Recipient
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Research and Development to Meet Worldwide Needs
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Steven Buchsbaum, Ph.D., Senior Technology Strategy Officer, Global Health and Discovery, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Buchsbaum Biography
Presentation Abstract
Buchsbaum Presentation
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Federal Update
Janet Woodcock, M.D., Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical
Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Woodcock Presentation
Alan M. Krensky, M.D., Director Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI), National Institutes of Health
Krensky Biography
Krensky Presentation
Sohi Rastegar, Ph.D., ProgramDirector, Bioengineering Coordinator, National Science Foundation
Rastegar Presentation Part 1
Rastegar Presentation Part 2
Rastegar Presentation Part 3
Rastegar Presentation Part 4
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Inhaling Drugs and Vaccines for Diseases of Poverty
David Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University
Edwards Biography
Presentation Abstract
Edwards Presentation
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Beyond Traditional Borders:
A Global Approach to Bioengineering Education
Rebecca
Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., Chair, Department
of Bioengineering, Rice
University
Richards-Kortum Presentation Part 1
Richards-Kortum Presentation Part 2
Richards-Kortum Presentation Part 3
Richards-Kortum Presentation Part 4
Richards-Kortum Presentation Part 5
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Biomedical Sciences and Bioengineering in the Far East
Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D., Director and Professor, Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego
Chien Biography
Chien Presentation
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Bionanotechnology and Global Health
Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., Professor,
Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine, Chairman, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Ferrari Biography
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The AIMBE Industry Council and the Wallace H. Coulter
Foundation Present:
The Next
Best Innovation: Leading Innovations,
Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship and the Future of Medical and Biological
Engineering
New innovations and our ability to transfer knowledge
are shaping the future of medical and biological engineering. At this unique breakfast the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation presents at this time,
Phase two awardees from their highly regarded Early Career Translational
Research Awards in Biomedical Engineering.Awardees will share highlights from their research.
Early Career Translational Research Award
Presentations include:
Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D. and Jerrold Vitek, Ph.D. from the Cleveland
Clinical on Deep Brain Stimulation
Interactive Visualization System
McIntyre Biography
David Putnam, Ph.D. and Dix Poppas, Ph.D. from Cornell University
on Novel Biodegradable Materials to
Prevent Postoperative Tissue Adhesions
Putnam Biography
Project Abstract
Elisa Konofagou, Ph.D. from Columbia
University on the Development of an
elastocardiography prototype system for automated detection of heart disease
Konofagou Biography
Project Abstract
Helen Lu, Ph.D. and Scott Rodeo, Ph.D. from Columbia University on Novel Tissue Engineered Triphasic Scaffold
for the Biological Fixation of Tendon Grafts to Bone
Lu Biography
Hement Roy, Ph.D. and Vladimir Turzhitsky , Ph.D. from Northwestern University on Rectal Coherent Backscattering Spectroscopy to Screen for Colon Cancer
Turzhitsky Biography
Additionally, several entrepreneurial innovators will
be on hand to demonstrate their ideas, including: Barbara McIntosh from BioDot.
More will be announced soon.
For more information, see EC Phase 2 Guidelines or
visit www.whcf.org.
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Restructuring Academic Research to Deliver Medical Devices to Resource-Poor Settings
David Kelso, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies (CIGHT), Northwestern University
Kelso Presentation Part 1
Kelso Presentation Part 2
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Academic
Entrepreneurship- An Array of Possibilities
David Walt, Ph.D., Robinson Professor of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Walt Biography
Walt Presentation
Fabrication Technologies from the Electronics Industry to Make Carriers for Nano-Medicine
Joseph DeSimone, Ph.D., William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
DeSimone Biography
Presentation Abstract
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Challenges Associated with Developing Diagnostic Technologies for Global Public Health
Paul Yager, Ph.D, Professor & Acting Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
Yager Presentation Part 1
Yager Presentation Part 2
Yager Presentation Part 3
Reducing
Health Disparities by Inspiring a Generation of Engineers to Develop
Appropriate Technologies through Senior Design Projects and Student Design
Competitions
John M. M. Anderson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Howard University
Anderson Presentation
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Nano-Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges; A European Perspective
Ruth Duncan, Ph.D., Centre for Polymer Therapeutics, Cardiff University
New Models for
Translational Development: Accelerated Movement of University Ideas to the
Marketplace and to the Patient
A. Stephen Dahms, Ph.D., CEO, Alfred E. Mann Foundation
Dahms Biography
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Developing Medical Technologies for Global Health
J. Paul Robinson, Ph.D., SVM Professor of Cytomics, School
of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
Robinson Biography
Chronobiology: New Paradigm in Biomedical Engineering
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Michael Smolensky, Ph.D., Professor, Environmental Physiology, Faculty, Global Health Program, The University of Texas School of Public Health
Smolensky Biography
Presentation Abstract
Smolensky Presentation
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Biomedical Technology Development for Low-Resource Settings
Bernhard H. Weigl, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Group Leader, Diagnostic Development Teams PATH
Affiliate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
Weigl Biography
Weigl Presentation
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College of Fellows Meeting
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