Mission
The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
of the IEEE advances the application of
engineering sciences and technology to
medicine and biology, promotes the
profession, and provides global leadership for
the benefit of its members and humanity by
disseminating knowledge, setting standards,
fostering professional development, and
recognizing excellence.
World’s largest
bioengineering society
~8,000 members
• IEEE EMBS is strong in its foundation and is the leading
bioengineering society with a wide array of quality
products and services for the benefit of its members
and humanity
• EMBS fosters inter-disciplinary activities within and
without IEEE creating opportunities to collaborate on
projects (journals, conferences, etc) spanning
engineering and the life sciences community
• Many volunteer opportunities are available. Good
volunteers & leaders needed to make IEEE EMBS
stronger
• By working together, we can transform and
revolutionize future medicine and healthcare
EMBS Members by Employment
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Academic 52%
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Industry 46%
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Members in Medical Curricula 15%
Members in Medical Industry (Hospital, MD,
etc) 12%
Government 2%
Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005
EMBS Members by Degree Program
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Life Sciences
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Biology 1%
Chemistry, Bio Chem
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Medical 2%
Non-technical 2%
Physics 5%
Science 1%
Unknown 5%
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Engineering
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Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005
Biomedical
Engineering 16%
Chemical 3%
Communications 2%
Computer 7%
Informatics/Info
Science 1%
Industrial 18%
EE/ECE 34%
Mechanical 2%
EMBS Areas of Technical Interest
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Diagnostic Systems
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Technologies &
Methodologies
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Therapeutic Systems
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Conventional systems
Point-of-care diagnostics
Imaging and other tests
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Neuromuscular devices
Cardiovascular devices
Cancer treatment
Drug delivery
Artificial tissues & organs:
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Silicon retina, cochlear, tactile
sensors, nose, heart, …
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Healthcare and
Bioinformation Systems
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MIS
E-medicine
D2H2
Genomics, Proteomics, and
Physiome
Tools in drug discoveries
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Biosignal Processing
Biomedical Imaging:
Molecular, X-rays, CT, MRI,
PET, ultrasound and optical
imaging
Medical Instrumentation &
Sensors
MEMS and Nanotechnology
Neural Engineering
Rehabilitation Engineering
Biorobotics
Biosystems Modeling
Computational bioengineering
and bioinformatics
Member Activities
Local - a system of chapters worldwide for all types of
networking opportunities and activities
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105 chapters
37 student chapters/ 16 student clubs
Chapter Activities Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000 available
Distinguished Lecturer Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000
available
EMBS California Chapters
serving members locally
SAN FRANCISCO
OAKLAND
SAN JOSE
SACRAMENTO
FRESNO
SANTA BARBARA
THOUSAND OAKS
VALENCIA
LOS ANGELES
IRVINE
SAN DIEGO
2-28 Engineering a Better Cancer
3-8 - Professor Francis J. Doyle III, Associate Director, Army
Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, Duncan and Suzanne
Mellichamp
Chair in Process Control, Department of Chemical Engineering,
UCSB
3-28 Epilepsy and Brain Mapping
4-19 - Professor John M. Boone, Department of Radiology, School of
Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of
Engineering,
University of California, Davis.
4-25 Planetary Protection of Biology Samples returning to Earth
5-2 - Professor Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, Departments of Neurobiology,
Biomedical Engineering, and Psychological and Brain Sciences,
Co-Director,
Center for Neuroengineering, Medical Center, Duke University
5-30 Strategic Partnering and Start up Funding for Biomedical Industry
6-27 Toward Wearable Kidney
7-25 Medtone Insulin Inhaler
9-26 Biomolecular Manipulations with nanopulse electrical fields
10-24 Non invasive optical imaging and spectroscopic technologies
11-14 Tissue Engineering
12-12 Biologically inspired Computational Intelligence
Member Recognition
Awards
 Career Achievement, Service and Early Career
Achievement Awards
 Best Chapter and Best New Chapter Awards
 Outstanding Performance Awards (OPA) for the best
student chapter/club and the best new student
chapter/club
 Student Paper Competition Award
 Student Summer School Travel Grants
 Promotion to IEEE Fellows and Senior Members
IEEE Bio – Content
Growing since 1953
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Biomedical Engineering
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Physiologic
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fuzzy Control
Biocompatibility
Tissue Engineering
Biomolecular / Electronics
Microtechnology
Cellular Systems
Nanobioscience
Bioinformatics
DNA
Biotechnology
Clinical Engineering
Imaging
Radiology
Rehabilitation / Engineering
Robotics / Surgery
Telemedicine
Biomimetic
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EMBS Sponsored Publications
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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
(TBME)
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB)
Magazine
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology In
Biomedicine (TITB)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and
Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
EMBS Co-Sponsored Publications
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IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Co-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society, IEEE Signal
Processing Society, IEEE Ultrasound
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IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience
Co-sponsored with EMBS by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE CIS, IEEE Nanotechnology Council
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics
Co-sponsored with EMBS by ACM, IEEE Computer Society, EMBS, CIS
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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Co-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Circuits & Systems Society
IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging
The #1 most highly cited journal in Imaging
Science and the #3 most-cited journal in
Biomedical Engineering*
EMBS Sponsored Conferences
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Annual International Conference of the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society (EMBC)
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2007: Lyon, France
2008: Vancouver, Canada
2009: Minneapolis, USA
EMBC Proceedings are now indexed in Medline/PUBmed
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IEEE EMBS STC on Neural Engineering
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2007, Big Island, Hawaii
EMBS Co-Sponsored Conferences
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International Symposium on Biomedical
Imaging (ISBI)
co-sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society
2008: Paris, France
2009: Boston, USA
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International Conference on Biomedical
Robotics
co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
EMBS SUMMER SCHOOLS
One week immersion course for
students in an educational
environment reviewing a particular
technology with one-on-one access
to an expert panel of instructors
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International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging
International Summer School on Biomedical Signal
Processing
International Summer School on Biocomplexity
International Summer School & Symposia on Medical
Devices and Biosensors
International Summer School on Information Technology in
Biomedicine
EMBS
an
International
Organization
2007 EMBS LEADERSHIP
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Administrative Committee (16 members) elected by members representing the
Geographic units of the World and the number of representatives based on
membership in each area
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North America
Paolo Bonato
Stephen Davies
Elliot Sloane
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Robert Butera
Nathalie Gosset
Carole Carey
Andrew Laine
Claudio Cobelli, Italy
Gudrun Zahlmann, Germany
Young Ro Yoon, S.
Jyh-Horng Chen, Taiwan
Latin America
Emilio Sacristan, Mexico
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Europe
Christian Roux, France
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Middle East & Africa
Ahmed Morsy, Egypt
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Asia Pacific
Kenji Sunagawa, Japan
Korea
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Student Representative
Jennifer Flexman
2007 EMBS Leadership
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Executive Committee elected by the AdCom
to serve as senior officers
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President: Donna Hudson (2007-2008)
Past President: Yongmin Kim (2007)
VP Publications: Bin He (2007-2008)
VP Conferences: Zhi-Pei Liang (2006-2007)
VP Member and Student Activities: Jorge Monzon
(2006-2007)
VP Finances: Craig Hartley (2007-2008)
EMBS
“we like what we do”
The Future of EMBS
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Developing International Model Curricula
for BME programs
collaboration efforts with IEEE Educational Activities Board
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Standards Activities
collaboration efforts with IEEE Standards Association
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Continued collaborative efforts with other
Societies/Organizations to develop
synergy, promote networking opportunities
for members and visibility to the
Biomedical/Bioengineering Community
AIMBE, CORAL, EAMBES, IFMBE
Local Chapter – “Model Activities”
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Speaker events
Networking events
Senior Membership Drive
Job events (companies meeting professionals)
Development of corporate sponsors
Booth at school fairs
Mentor Program for students to meet professionals
Support of local EMBS student Branch, club, or
chapter
Local Chapter - Structure
4 officers min: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer,
Secretary
 Under the umbrella of the IEEE Sections
 Requirement to maintain chapter status:
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2 technical meetings per year filed through
L31 form
http://ewh.ieee.org/cgi-bin/l31/ReportForm.pl
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Tips to run a successful chapter available at:
www.thewisesource.org/chapterwisdom
EMBS Executive Office
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ USA 08854
emb-exec@ieee.org
http://www.embs.org