Awards, Awards, Awards!

Awards, Awards, Awards!

Congratulations to the 2012 EMBS Award Recipients Annually, EMBS recognizes outstanding contributions of its members to the Society and the field of biomedical engineering. EMBS is proud to announce the 2012 EMBS Award Recipients!

EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award
Peter Hunter, University of Auckland
“for pioneering contributions to multi-scale physical modeling of biological systems, especially the Physiome Project”

EMBS Professional Career Achievement Award
Reese S. Terry, Jr.
“for the invention of therapeutic implantable devices and procedures for the treatment of epilepsy and drug-resistant chronic depression”

EMBS Technical Achievement Award
Rashid Bashir, University of Illinois
“for significant contributions to the development of micro and nanoscale biosensors”

EMBS Early Career Achievement Award
Utkan Demirci, Harvard University Medical School
“for significant contributions to the invention of microfluidic droplets and its impact in low-cost, disposable, point of care diagnostics”

NOTE: The EMBS awards were announced recently on the EMBS web site.

Click here to read the full announcement.