{"271071":{"#nid":"271071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Todd McDevitt Elected to AIMBE\u2019s College of Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/aimbe.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAIMBE\u003C\/a\u003E) announced its 2014 College of Fellows and Todd C. McDevitt, Ph.D.,\u0026nbsp;Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (BME) at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, was chosen among this year\u2019s inductees. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIMBE\u2019s College of Fellows comprises a select group of about 1,500 members who have made significant and transformational contributions to medical and biological engineering.\u0026nbsp;The College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcDevitt\u2019s research program is focused on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mcdevitt.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eengineering stem cell technologies\u003C\/a\u003E, which represents efforts to transform the potential of stem cells into clinically viable and useful regenerative therapies and diagnostic tools. To date, McDevitt has been responsible for over $10 million of research funding and has mentored more than 30 pre- and postdoctoral trainees and advised over 50 undergraduate researchers.\u0026nbsp; He has published over 50 articles in the top journals in his field and he has a number of local and national awards to his credit.\u0026nbsp;McDevitt joined the BME department in 2004 and in 2010 was appointed as the director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Stem Cell Engineering Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;nominations were peer reviewed by the College of Fellows Selection Committee, submitted for election, and approved by the votes of the entire College of Fellows to form\u0026nbsp;AIMBE\u2019s College of Fellows Class of 2014.\u0026nbsp;McDevitt will be officially be inducted during AIMBE\u2019s Annual Meeting at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) announced its 2014 College of Fellows"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAIMBE\u2019s College of Fellows comprises a select group of about 1,500 members who have made significant and transformational contributions to medical and biological engineering.\u0026nbsp;The College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the country.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) announced its 2014 College of Fellows"}],"uid":"27224","created_gmt":"2014-01-24 17:29:10","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Megan McDevitt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"254661":{"id":"254661","type":"image","title":"Todd McDevitt","body":null,"created":"1449243828","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:48","changed":"1475894934","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:54","alt":"Todd McDevitt","file":{"fid":"198186","name":"todd_mcdevitt_lab.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/todd_mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/todd_mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4014690,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/todd_mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg?itok=TebBWi34"}}},"media_ids":["254661"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1007","name":"AIMBE"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"497","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"167413","name":"Stem Cell"},{"id":"760","name":"Todd McDevitt"},{"id":"3264","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager - Wallace H. Coulter Department - of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["chris.calleri@bme.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}