Lin Han and Kara Spiller Are Elected to the 2024 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows March 27, 2024 Lin Han, PhD, Professor, and Kara Spiller, PhD, URBN Professor of Biomedical Innovation, both in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, were elected to the 2024 Class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The major criterion for admission to the AIMBE College of Fellows is a demonstrable record of individual achievement in research, development, education, manufacturing, public service, technological leadership and/or clinical practice as they relate to medical and biological engineering. Candidates are only eligible if nominated by an existing AIMBE Fellow, and nominations are rigorously peer reviewed. Drs. Han and Spiller were nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows: Dr. Han “for pioneering contributions in musculoskeletal tissue biomechanics, matrix mechanobiology, and the development of nanomechanical tools for biomedical research;” and Dr. Spiller “for pioneering contributions in innate immunity, inflammation, and tissue repair, and for leadership in biomaterial-based immune engineering for regenerative medicine.” Drs. Han and Spiller were inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows at a formal induction ceremony, held during the AIMBE Annual Event at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia on March 25, 2024. The College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the country. The most accomplished and distinguished engineering and medical school chairs, research directors, professors, innovators, and successful entrepreneurs comprise the College of Fellows. AIMBE Fellows are regularly recognized for their contributions in teaching, research, and innovation. Drs. Han and Spiller are the twelfth and thirteenth members of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems to be elected to the College of Fellows. They are preceded by Mark Schafer, PhD, research professor (2022); Paul Brandt Rauf, PhD, Distinguished University Professor and Dean (2019); Wan Shih, PhD, professor (2019); Steven Kurtz, PhD, research professor (2019); Ken Barbee, PhD, professor, Senior Associate Dean, and Associate Dean for Research (2015); Hualou Liang, professor (2011); Rami Seliktar, professor emeritus (2010); Peter Lewin, Richard B. Beard Distinguished University Professor (2007); and Margaret Wheatley, John M. Reid Professor (2000). Banu Onaral, H. H. Sun Professor and Senior Advisor to the President, Global Partnerships, was a Founding Fellow of AIMBE (1993), as was Dov Jaron, professor emeritus, Calhoun Distinguished Professor of Engineering in Medicine (1992).
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