2012 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference

描述（申请人提供）：全球健康工程创新：支持本科生参加2012年IEEE医学和生物学工程会议的提案，美国加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥医学和生物学工程协会（EMBS）是世界上最大的生物医学工程师国际协会，拥有约9，100名成员，居住在97个国家，其中绝大多数在美国。EMBS的年度旗舰会议，医学和生物学工程会议（EMBC）的举行，以支持社会的使命推进工程科学和技术在医学和生物学的应用，并通过传播知识，制定标准，促进专业发展和表彰卓越来促进专业。明年的EMBC将于2012年8月28日至9月1日在圣地亚哥举行。EMBC'12将包括平台和海报会议，涵盖生物医学工程的11个主题，包括生物医学成像，生物信号处理，生物信息学，神经工程，生物机器人，微和纳米生物传感器，医疗信息系统和生物医学工程教育。除了技术/科学会议外，还将举办更多以教育为导向的辅导和研讨会，以及与学生和博士后学员职业选择有关的网络会议和小组讨论。EMBC'12的性质，活动类型和规模提供了一个良好的环境，可以用来促进生物医学研究作为一流的生物工程本科生的潜在职业途径。我们从R13补助金中请求的支持将用于解决三个具体目标：（1）在年度医学和生物学工程会议中建立一系列论坛中的第一个，其中本科生生物工程研究和/或设计工作可以在友好和支持的环境中呈现;（2）为一流的本科生提供一个独特的机会，直接接触生物工程研究的最新进展和该领域的领导者，以及让他们参加网络和指导活动，这可能是鼓励他们追求研究生学习或研究型职业的关键;（3）为本科生研究/设计海报研讨会的顶级演讲作者提供旅费研究金，以便支付部分出席会议的沉重旅费。将特别注意鼓励代表性不足的少数群体学生、妇女和残疾学生的参与。 公共卫生相关性：医学与生物工程学会（EMBS）将于2010年8月28日至9月1日在圣地亚哥的希尔顿海湾酒店举行年会（EMBC'12）。由于EMBS的主要目标之一是通过促进教育和专业发展来培养未来的生物医学工程师，EMBC'12的一个重要重点是通过建立一系列论坛中的第一个来增加本科生的参与，在这些论坛中，本科生生物工程研究和/或设计工作可以在友好和支持的环境中呈现。这将为一流的本科生提供一个独特的机会，让他们直接接触生物工程研究的最新进展和该领域的领导者， 并让他们参加网络和指导活动，这可能是鼓励他们在生物医学科学和工程方面进行研究生学习或研究型职业的关键。所要求的支持将用于提供旅行奖学金资金，以本科研究/设计海报会议的前二十名提交作者，以便可以部分支付会议的沉重旅费。将特别注意 旨在鼓励代表性不足的少数群体学生、妇女和残疾学生的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Engineering Innovation in Global Health: Proposal for support of undergraduate student participation at the 2012 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, San Diego CA, USA The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) is the world's largest international society of biomedical engineers, with approximately 9,100 members who reside in 97 countries, with the vast majority being in the United States. The annual flagship conference of the EMBS, the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), is held to support the society's mission of advancing the application of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology, and promoting the profession by disseminating knowledge, setting standards, fostering professional development, and recognizing excellence. Next year's EMBC will be held in San Diego from August 28 through September 1, 2012. EMBC'12 will consist of platform and poster sessions spread across 11 themes in biomedical engineering, including biomedical imaging, biosignal processing, bioinformatics, neuroengineering, biorobotics, micro- and nano-biosensors, healthcare information systems, and biomedical engineering education. In addition to the technical/scientific sessions, there will also be tutorials and workshops that are more educationally oriented, as well as networking sessions and panel discussions related to career choices for students and postdoctoral trainees. The nature, types of activities and scale of EMBC'12 provide an excellent environment can be utilized to promote biomedical research as a potential career pathway among top-notch undergraduate students in bioengineering. The support that we are requesting from the R13 grant will be used to address three specific aims: (1) To establish the first of an ongoing series of forums within the annual Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference in which undergraduate bioengineering research and/or design work can be presented within a friendly and supportive environment; (2) To provide a unique opportunity for top-notch undergraduate students to be exposed first-hand to state-of-the-art advances in bioengineering research and the leaders in the field, as well as for them to participate in networking and mentoring activities that may be critical in encouraging them to pursue graduate study or research-oriented careers; (3) To provide travel fellowship funds to the top tier of the presenting authors of the undergraduate research/design poster sessions so that the burdening costs of travel to the conference can be partially defrayed. Particular attention will be directed to encouraging the participation of students from under-represented minority groups, women, and disabled students. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) will hold its annual conference (EMBC'12) at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel in San Diego from August 28 through September 1, 2010. Since one of the key goals of the EMBS is to develop a pipeline of future biomedical engineers by fostering education and professional development, an important focus of EMBC'12 would be on increasing the participation of undergraduate students by establishing the first of an ongoing series of forums in which undergraduate bioengineering research and/or design work can be presented within a friendly and supportive environment. This would provide a unique opportunity for top-notch undergraduate students to be exposed first-hand to state-of-the-art advances in bioengineering research and the leaders in the field, as well as for them to participate in networking and mentoring activities that may be critical in encouraging them to pursue graduate study or research-oriented careers in biomedical science and engineering. The requested support will be used to provide travel fellowship funds to the top twenty presenting authors of the undergraduate research/design poster sessions so that the burdening costs of travel to the conference can be partially defrayed. Particular attention will be directed to encouraging the participation of students from under-represented minority groups, women, and disabled students.