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

生物医学工程学会(BMES)致力于开发和使用工程和技术来促进人类的健康和福祉，并致力于培养实现这一愿景的下一代生物医学工程师。BMES是一个独特的专业协会，在引领生物医学工程学科和塑造未来方面发挥积极作用。除研究和教育专题介绍外，通过BMES年会，BMES还提供建立战略网络、职业发展和提升、交流思想、表彰和促进人才、发展和促进优秀专业人才以及扩大服务不足和代表性不足群体的参与的机会。通过这项会议提案，BMES寻求从国家科学基金会(NSF)获得资金，以支持学生、博士后研究员、早期职业教师和专业人员(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项。这些旅行奖项将为这些团体提供参加年会的机会，并参与有关指导、健康差距以及促进和维持生物医学工程领域的创新研究的项目和特别会议。所申请的资金还将有助于支持为脆弱海洋生态系统学者方案编写导师培训材料，并协助引进健康差距会议的杰出演讲者。它汇集了学术界、翻译界和工业界的不同BME社区，并由几个享有盛誉的BME相关协会共同发起。会议的知识内容将提供重要的思想、概念、工具和方法的交叉培养，并将突出BME作为生物学、医学和工程学的交叉点的重要性。通过整合科学、教育和职业发展规划，会议是一种工具，用于教育和促进该学科的卓越表现，并在由于这笔资金而能够参加年会的其他学生、博士后研究员、早期职业教师和专业人员以及代表不足的群体中进行教育和促进。为旅行奖励申请的拟议资金将用于支持学生研究和设计奖和学生旅行奖，这将使本科生和研究生能够积极参加年会，并因其在生物医学工程方面的杰出贡献而受到表彰。奖励基金还将支持生物医学创新和人才发展旅行奖，让有抱负的教师广泛参与BME特别会议，促进和支持BME的创新研究。更广泛的影响：生物圈生态系统年会是在生物圈生态系统社区之间分享和传播科学的主要工具，也是生命科学和工程技术之间重要交叉交流的促进者，从而促进在生物圈生态系统实践中采取多学科办法。通过以本科生和研究生、博士后实习生、初级教师、残疾人和其他服务不足的社区为目标并积极参与会议活动，包括量身定做的讲习班和会议，BMES年会将有助于确保更广泛地参与该学科，并为培养未来一代生物医学工程师做出贡献。预计60%的与会者将是学生，他们将有足够的机会建立联系，接受指导，并继续融入BME专业。旅行奖励将使那些本来可能无法参加年会的人有机会参与该协会，从会议规划中受益，建立网络，并建立与潜在的职业生涯影响的联系。预计这些活动将每年重复进行，并将有助于BME采取全面的方法，以确保发展一支不同的、具有技术能力的生物医学工程劳动力队伍。这一具体目标主要针对本科生和研究生、博士后研究员、初级教员和专业人员，因为他们在BME科学和实践的未来发展中发挥了重要作用。

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.