United States Representation to the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)

0201623奥康纳该奖项为美国医学和生物工程研究所（AIMBE）提供持续的资金，以帮助促进科学合作，改善来自全球48个国家的生物医学工程研究人员及其专业协会之间的沟通。本协会是国际医学和生物工程联合会的美国成员组织，该奖项为本协会指定的代表参加国际医学和生物工程联合会行政理事会会议提供旅费。在行政理事会中的代表为美国提供了在全球生物医学工程研究人员之间开发新的通信和合作项目的机会，从而扩大了美国在医学科学和技术研究和开发方面的领导作用。目前，本协会在IFMBE的代表是Dov Jaron博士，他也是IFMBE的现任主席。赠款的收益将用于支付出席理事会会议和亚洲、拉丁美洲和欧洲区域会议的费用。理事会会议需要对本组织进行战略规划，规划科学会议、出版物、传播科学信息，并启动关键和新兴领域的先进项目。区域会议旨在促进美国和发展中国家生物工程研究人员和教育工作者之间的合作和联网，并作为执行关键项目的机制。与美国生物医学工程研究人员社区的预期价值相比，资金水平是适度的。该项目预计将促进国家科学基金会在全球推进该领域研究和教育方面的作用，同时协助NSF实现其战略目标。

0201623O'ConnorThis award provides continued funding to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) to help promote scientific collaboration and improve communication among Biomedical Engineering researchers and their professional societies from 48 countries worldwide. AIMBE is the U.S. member organization to the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering and this award provides funds to support travel of AIMBE'S appointed representative to participate in meetings of IFMBE's Administrative Council. Representation on the Administrative Council provides the United States with the opportunity to develop new lines of communications and collaborative projects among biomedical engineering researchers globally, thereby extending the U.S. leadership role in medical science and technology research and development. This is particularly relevant to investigations concerning emerging medical technologies.The current AIMBE representative to IFMBE is Dr. Dov Jaron, who also serves as the current President of IFMBE. Proceeds from a grant would be used to support the cost of attending Council meetings and regional conferences in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The Council meetings entail strategic planning of the organization, planning of scientific meetings, publications, dissemination of scientific information and initiation of advanced projects in critical and emerging areas. The regional conferences are designed to promote collaboration and networking among Bioengineering researchers and educators from the United States and developing countries and as a mechanism to implement the critical projects. The funding level is modest compared to the anticipated value for the U.S. community of biomedical engineering researchers. And the project is expected to promote the role of the National Science Foundation in advancing research and education in this field globally while assisting NSF in achieving its strategic objectives.