{"382161":{"#nid":"382161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four Fellows from Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will be well represented when the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/aimbe.org\/\u0022\u003EAmerican Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (AIMBE) gathers for its 2015 Annual Event, March 15-17, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFour faculty members of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E will be inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHanjoong Jo, Garrett Stanley, Johnna Temenoff, and May Wang survived an extensive, multi-step review process, were voted in by current fellows (each candidate must receive at least 74.5 percent in positive votes), and will be inducted on March 16.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cAIMBE fellows represent the very best of biomedical engineering, not just as respected scholars \u2013 which they certainly are \u2013 but also as leaders who will shape the field through their thought leadership,\u201d says Bellamkonda, chairman of the Coulter Department, who is attending the induction and giving an opening speech as AIMBE\u2019s current board president. \u201cOur AIMBE fellows will have the opportunity to impact a wide range of issues from regulatory policy to engineering education. I cannot be more proud to have four of my Georgia Tech-Emory-BME colleagues elected to this prestigious body.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith their induction, Georgia Tech will have 27 AIMBE fellows (Bellamkonda is one), an impressive accomplishment for the university\u2019s biomedical engineering community when you consider there are only about 1,500 AIMBE fellows, total, and that represents the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the field.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis year\u2019s four honorees from Tech reflect the multitalented, multidisciplinary, collaborative qualities that have become synonymous with the Coulter Department and the Petit Institute.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHanjoong Jo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJo\u2019s lab is working on more effective therapies to treat cardiovascular disease, \u201cdiseases that biomedical engineers can contribute uniquely to,\u201d says Jo, professor in the Emory\/Georgia Tech Coulter Department who last year was named a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bmes.org\/\u0022\u003EBiomedical Engineering Society\u003C\/a\u003E fellow.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe is considered an international leader in the application of engineering to vascular biology. Among Jo\u2019s contributions was development of a potential treatment for atherosclerosis that targets micro RNA, neutralizing the effects of disturbed blood flow on blood vessels, essentially preventing arteries from becoming blocked. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs an AIMBE fellow, he says he looks forward to the opportunity to connect with legislators at the state and local level (AIMBE is a leading advocate of public policy related to biomedical engineering).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThis is a new generation of biomedical engineering investigators,\u201d says Jo. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s important for us to help public policy leaders understand what we are doing to advance the understanding of diseases, and develop methods and technologies to improve human well being.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGarrett Stanley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe know so little about the brain and neurological disorders. In fact, we have almost everything to learn. That\u2019s what makes it all so interesting to Stanley and his Neural Coding Laboratory, where they\u2019re researching how information about the outside world is encoded by the patterns of spiking neurons in the sensory pathways of the brain.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe fact that we really don\u2019t know, that we\u2019re really just beginning, is what propels a lot of people in this area of research,\u201d says Stanley, a principal investigator in an early-stage $1.5 million NIH study that is part of President Obama\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/BRAIN\u0022\u003EBRAIN Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E, a national movement that has only increased interest and competition in neuroscience research.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe field of neuroscience is exploding, and it\u2019s been a little surprising,\u201d says Stanley. \u201cTo be specific, when the president of the United States is talking about your area of research as if it were the next moon shot, that can take you by surprise.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAbout the AIMBE fellowship, Stanley says, \u201cthey\u2019re trying to identify leadership and it\u2019s an honor to be thought of that way and have that kind of role, but it also means you\u2019re willing to commit time and effort in advancement of biomedical engineering.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohnna Temenoff\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBefore she came to Georgia Tech 10 years ago and became a leader in the growing field of biomaterials, Temenoff had already written the book on the subject. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd while Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science (co-authored with her Rice University mentor, A.G. Mikos) became an award-winning textbook, Temenoff established a lab where they\u2019re designing biomaterials to help regenerate the stuff we\u2019re made of \u2013 tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cPart of my lab has been focused on degenerative conditions, like those found in tendon overuse injuries. Our approach has been to prevent further degeneration as a first step on the road to regenerative medicine, which could then lead to regenerating and restoring tissue,\u201d says Temenoff, who is co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/regenerativeengineeringandmedicine.com\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Regenerative Engineering and Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E (REM). \u201cBut what\u2019s excited me for several years now is this idea of what we can do with a biomaterial that doesn\u2019t necessarily direct stem cell differentiation, but enhances the natural progression the cell is already undergoing.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe AIMBE honor, she says, \u201crecognizes 10 years of hard work in this field for me personally, all the work we\u2019ve accomplished in my lab, as well as the fabulous research environment here. Getting inducted with three great colleagues only adds to the honor.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMay Dongmei Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince joining the Coulter Department more than 12 years ago, Wang has been working on integrated translational biomedical informatics, researching and developing data analysis algorithms and computational models, ultimately for personalized and predictive health care.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cWe have been developing innovative \u2018big data\u2019 analytics and systems to tackle challenges in bioinformatics, imaging informatics, and health informatics commonly existing in care for health\u201d, says Wang, whose \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bio-miblab.org\/\u0022\u003EBio-Medical Informatics and Bio-Imaging Lab\u003C\/a\u003E (Bio-MIBLab) has contributed to a number of different multidisciplinary programs throughout the years. \u201cWith more data becoming available in the entire continuum care of health, the data to knowledge challenge is becoming more significant.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs a new AIMBE fellow, she\u2019ll continue to foster collaborative research programs involving the College of Engineering, the College of Science, the College of Computing, Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory, among others.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShe considers the honor as, \u201cnot only positive reinforcement of my efforts in building a strong informatics program, but also for our BME department\u0027s healthcare informatics and technology thrust area,\u201d and adds, \u201cI would like to serve in AIMBE to further promote biomedical engineering research and education, especially in the area of informatics for precision medicine.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003EBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"BME faculty honored by American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBME faculty honored by American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BME faculty honored by American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2015-02-24 23:31:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:51","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"365061":{"id":"365061","type":"image","title":"AIMBE fellows 2015","body":null,"created":"1449245805","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:45","changed":"1475895100","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:40","alt":"AIMBE fellows 2015","file":{"fid":"202102","name":"aimbe_group.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aimbe_group_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aimbe_group_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":735233,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aimbe_group_0.jpg?itok=aDM428kv"}}},"media_ids":["365061"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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