2013 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting on September 25-28, 2013, in Seattle, WA

1343145 barabino生物医学工程学会（BMES）致力于开发和利用工程和技术来促进人类健康和福祉，并培养下一代生物医学工程师来实现这一愿景。BMES是一个独特的专业协会，在引领学科和塑造生物医学工程的未来方面发挥积极作用。除了研究和教育演讲之外，BMES年会还为战略网络建设、职业发展和进步、思想交流、认可和促进人才、发展和促进专业卓越以及扩大服务不足和代表性不足群体的参与提供了机会。通过本次会议提案，BMES向美国国家科学基金会（NSF）寻求资助，以支持学生、博士后、早期职业教师和专业人士，包括代表性不足的群体，参加2013年生物医学工程学会年会的旅行奖励。旅行奖将为这些团体提供参加年会的机会，并参加有关指导、健康差距以及促进和维持生物医学工程创新研究的项目和特别会议。所请求的资金还将帮助支持编制BMES学者方案的指导培训材料，并协助为健康差异会议邀请杰出的演讲者。学术价值：BMES年会是高度跨学科的，是BME领域的首要会议。它汇集了学术界、翻译界和工业界的不同BME社区，并由几个著名的BME相关协会共同主办。会议的智力内容将提供重要的思想、概念、工具和方法的交叉施肥，并将突出BME作为生物学、医学和工程学交叉点的重要性。通过整合科学、教育和职业发展规划，会议是教育和促进学科卓越的工具，在额外的学生、博士后研究员、早期职业教师和专业人员以及由于这笔资金而能够参加年会的未被充分代表的群体中。申请旅行奖的拟议资金将用于支持学生研究与设计奖和学生旅行奖，这将使本科生和研究生积极参加年会，并表彰他们在生物医学工程方面的杰出贡献。该奖励基金还将支持生物医学创新和人才发展旅行奖，为有抱负的教师提供广泛参与BMES特别会议的机会，以促进和维持BME的创新研究。更广泛的影响：BMES年会是BME社区之间科学分享和传播的主要工具，也是生命科学和工程技术之间重要交流的促进者，促进了BME实践中的多学科方法。BMES年会以本科生和研究生、博士后学员、青年教师、残疾人和其他服务不足的群体为目标，积极参与会议活动，包括量身定制的研讨会和会议，将有助于确保该学科的更广泛参与，并为培养下一代生物医学工程师做出贡献。预计60%的与会者将是学生，他们将有充足的机会建立网络，接受指导，并继续他们的社会化进入BME专业。旅行奖励将使那些可能无法参加年会的人有机会参与协会，从会议规划中受益，建立网络，并与潜在的职业长期影响建立联系。预计这些活动将每年重复进行，并将有助于生物医学工程系统采取综合办法，确保培养一支具有技术能力的多样化生物医学工程工作队伍。这一具体目标主要针对本科生和研究生、博士后研究员、初级教师和专业人员，因为他们在BME科学和实践的未来发展中发挥着重要作用。

1343145BarabinoThe Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is devoted to developing and using engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being and to building the next generation of biomedical engineers to realize that vision. BMES is uniquely positioned as a professional society to play an active role in leading the discipline and shaping the future of biomedical engineering. Beyond research and educational presentations, through the BMES Annual Meeting, BMES provides opportunities for strategic network building, career development and advancement, sharing ideas, recognizing and promoting talent, developing and promoting professional excellence and broadening the participation of underserved and underrepresented groups. Through this conference proposal BMES seeks funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support travel awards for students, postdoctoral fellows, early career faculty and professionals, inclusive of underrepresented groups, for the 2013 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. The travel awards will afford the opportunity for these groups to attend the Annual Meeting and participate in programs and special sessions focused on mentoring, health disparities and promoting and sustaining innovative research in biomedical engineering. The requested funding will also help support the development of mentor training materials for the BMES Scholars Program and assist in bringing in distinguished speakers for the Health Disparities Session.Intellectual Merit:The BMES Annual Meeting is highly interdisciplinary and is the premiere conference for the BME field. It brings together different BME communities in academics, translation and industry, and is co-sponsored by several prestigious BME-related societies. The intellectual content of the meeting will provide important cross-fertilization of ideas, concepts, tools, and approaches, and will highlight the importance of BME as the intersection of Biology, Medicine, and Engineering. Through the integration of scientific, educational and career development programming, the meeting is a vehicle for educating and promoting excellence in the discipline and among the additional students, postdoctoral fellows, early career faculty and professionals, and underrepresented groups who will be able to participate in the Annual Meeting as a result of this funding. The proposed funds requested for travel awards will support the Students Research and Design Awards and the Student Travel Awards, which will enable undergraduate and graduate students to actively participate in the Annual Meeting and be recognized for their outstanding contributions to biomedical engineering. The award funds will also support the Biomedical Innovation and Talent Development Travel Awards to provide broad participation of aspiring faculty at a BMES special session that promotes and sustains innovative research in BME. Broader Impacts:The BMES Annual Meeting serves as a primary vehicle for scientific sharing and dissemination among the BME community, and as a facilitator of important cross-fertilizations between the life sciences and engineering technologies that fosters a multi-disciplinary approach in the practice of BME. By targeting and actively engaging undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, junior faculty, persons with disabilities and other underserved communities in meeting activities, to include tailored workshops and sessions, the BMES Annual Meeting will help ensure broader participation in the discipline and contribute to building the future generation of biomedical engineers. It is expected that 60% of the attendees will be students and they will have ample opportunity to network, be mentored and continue their socialization into the BME profession .The travel awards will enable those who might not otherwise be able to attend the Annual Meeting the opportunity to engage in the Society, benefit from conference programming, network and establish connections with the potential for career long impact.It is expected that these activities will be recurring on an annual basis and will contribute to a comprehensive approach by BMES to ensure development of a diverse technically competent biomedical engineering workforce. This specific aim heavily targets the undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty and professionals for their essential role in the future advancement of the BME sciences and practices.