MissionMission

The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE advances the application of of the IEEE advances the application of engineering sciences and technology to engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology, promotes the medicine and biology, promotes the profession, and provides global leadership for profession, and provides global leadership for the benefit of its members and humanity by the benefit of its members and humanity by disseminating knowledge, setting standards, disseminating knowledge, setting standards, fostering professional development, and fostering professional development, and recognizing excellence.recognizing excellence.

World’s largest World’s largest bioengineering bioengineering

societysociety

~8,000 members~8,000 members

• IEEE EMBS is strong in its foundation and is the leading IEEE EMBS is strong in its foundation and is the leading bioengineering society with a wide array of quality bioengineering society with a wide array of quality products and services for the benefit of its members products and services for the benefit of its members and humanity and humanity

• EMBS fosters inter-disciplinary activities within and EMBS fosters inter-disciplinary activities within and without IEEE creating opportunities to collaborate on without IEEE creating opportunities to collaborate on projects (journals, conferences, etc) spanning projects (journals, conferences, etc) spanning engineering and the life sciences communityengineering and the life sciences community

• Many volunteer opportunities are available. Good Many volunteer opportunities are available. Good volunteers & leaders needed to make IEEE EMBS volunteers & leaders needed to make IEEE EMBS strongerstronger

• By working together, we can transform and By working together, we can transform and revolutionize future medicine and healthcare revolutionize future medicine and healthcare

EMBS Members by EmploymentEMBS Members by Employment

Academic 52%Academic 52%Members in Medical Curricula 15%Members in Medical Curricula 15%

Industry 46%Industry 46%Members in Medical Industry (Hospital, MD, etc) 12%Members in Medical Industry (Hospital, MD, etc) 12%

Government 2%Government 2%

Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005

EMBS Members by Degree ProgramEMBS Members by Degree Program

Life SciencesLife Sciences Biology 1%Biology 1% Chemistry, Bio Chem 1%Chemistry, Bio Chem 1% Medical 2%Medical 2% Non-technical 2%Non-technical 2% Physics 5%Physics 5% Science 1%Science 1% Unknown 5%Unknown 5%

Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005Reports run on AC members from WEBI on 1 November 2005

EngineeringEngineering Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering

16%16% Chemical 3%Chemical 3% Communications 2%Communications 2% Computer 7%Computer 7% Informatics/Info Informatics/Info

Science 1%Science 1% Industrial 18%Industrial 18% EE/ECE 34%EE/ECE 34% Mechanical 2%Mechanical 2%

EMBS Areas of Technical InterestEMBS Areas of Technical Interest Diagnostic SystemsDiagnostic Systems

Conventional systemsConventional systems Point-of-care diagnosticsPoint-of-care diagnostics Imaging and other testsImaging and other tests

Therapeutic SystemsTherapeutic Systems Neuromuscular devicesNeuromuscular devices Cardiovascular devicesCardiovascular devices Cancer treatmentCancer treatment Drug delivery Drug delivery Artificial tissues & organs:Artificial tissues & organs:

Silicon retina, cochlear, tactile sensors, Silicon retina, cochlear, tactile sensors, nose, heart, …nose, heart, …

Healthcare and Bioinformation Healthcare and Bioinformation SystemsSystems MISMIS E-medicine E-medicine D2H2D2H2 Genomics, Proteomics, and PhysiomeGenomics, Proteomics, and Physiome Tools in drug discoveriesTools in drug discoveries

Technologies & Technologies & MethodologiesMethodologies Biosignal ProcessingBiosignal Processing Biomedical Imaging: Biomedical Imaging:

Molecular, X-rays, CT, MRI, Molecular, X-rays, CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound and optical PET, ultrasound and optical imagingimaging

Medical Instrumentation & Medical Instrumentation & SensorsSensors

MEMS and NanotechnologyMEMS and Nanotechnology Neural EngineeringNeural Engineering Rehabilitation EngineeringRehabilitation Engineering BioroboticsBiorobotics Biosystems ModelingBiosystems Modeling Computational bioengineering Computational bioengineering

and bioinformaticsand bioinformatics

Member ActivitiesMember Activities

Local Local - a system of chapters worldwide for all types of - a system of chapters worldwide for all types of networking opportunities and activitiesnetworking opportunities and activities

105 chapters105 chapters 37 student chapters/ 16 student clubs37 student chapters/ 16 student clubs Chapter Activities Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000 availableChapter Activities Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000 available Distinguished Lecturer Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000 Distinguished Lecturer Matching Fund Program: up to $1,000

availableavailable

EMBS California ChaptersEMBS California Chaptersserving members locallyserving members locally

SAN FRANCISCOSAN FRANCISCOOAKLANDOAKLANDSAN JOSESAN JOSESACRAMENTOSACRAMENTOFRESNOFRESNOSANTA BARBARASANTA BARBARATHOUSAND OAKSTHOUSAND OAKSVALENCIAVALENCIALOS ANGELESLOS ANGELESIRVINEIRVINESAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO

2-28 Engineering a Better Cancer3-8 - Professor Francis J. Doyle III, Associate Director, Army

Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, Duncan and Suzanne MellichampChair in Process Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCSB

3-28 Epilepsy and Brain Mapping4-19 - 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 Earth5-2 - 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 Industry6-27 Toward Wearable Kidney7-25 Medtone Insulin Inhaler9-26 Biomolecular Manipulations with nanopulse electrical fields10-24 Non invasive optical imaging and spectroscopic technologies11-14 Tissue Engineering12-12 Biologically inspired Computational Intelligence

Member RecognitionMember Recognition

AwardsAwards Career Achievement, Service and Early Career Career Achievement, Service and Early Career

Achievement AwardsAchievement Awards Best Chapter and Best New Chapter AwardsBest Chapter and Best New Chapter Awards Outstanding Performance Awards (OPA) for the best Outstanding Performance Awards (OPA) for the best

student chapter/club and the best new student student chapter/club and the best new student chapter/clubchapter/club

Student Paper Competition AwardStudent Paper Competition Award Student Summer School Travel GrantsStudent Summer School Travel Grants Promotion to IEEE Fellows and Senior MembersPromotion to IEEE Fellows and Senior Members

IEEE Bio – Content IEEE Bio – Content Growing since 1953Growing since 1953

Biomedical Engineering 19,470+ documents Neural Networks 78,000+ documents Artificial Intelligence 47,300+ documents Physiologic 1,640+ documents Magnetic Resonance Imaging 6,240+ documents Fuzzy Control 11,300+ documents Biocompatibility 780+ documents Tissue Engineering 920+ documents Biomolecular / Electronics 292,500+ documents Microtechnology 1,270+ documents Cellular Systems 9,770+ documents Nanobioscience 400+ documents Bioinformatics 4,840+ documents DNA 7,700+ documents Biotechnology 3,100+ documents Clinical Engineering 570+ documents Imaging 261,500+ documents Radiology 6,740+ documents Rehabilitation / Engineering 587,180+ documents Robotics / Surgery 61,750+ documents Telemedicine 2,690+ documents Biomimetic 1,140+ documents

1.5m documentsin IEEEXplore

EMBSEMBS Sponsored PublicationsSponsored Publications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) (TBME)

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) Magazine Magazine

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology In IEEE Transactions on Information Technology In Biomedicine (TITB)Biomedicine (TITB)

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

EMBS Co-Sponsored PublicationsEMBS Co-Sponsored Publications IEEE Transactions on Medical ImagingIEEE Transactions on Medical ImagingCo-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society, IEEE Signal Co-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society, IEEE Signal

Processing Society, IEEE UltrasoundProcessing Society, IEEE Ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscienceIEEE Transactions on NanoBioscienceCo-sponsored with EMBS by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE CIS, IEEE Nanotechnology CouncilCo-sponsored with EMBS by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE CIS, IEEE Nanotechnology Council

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and BioinformaticsBioinformatics

Co-sponsored with EMBS by ACM, IEEE Computer Society, EMBS, CISCo-sponsored with EMBS by ACM, IEEE Computer Society, EMBS, CIS

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and SystemsIEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and SystemsCo-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Circuits & Systems SocietyCo-sponsored with EMBS by the IEEE Circuits & Systems Society

IEEE Transactions in Medical ImagingIEEE Transactions in Medical ImagingThe #1 most highly cited journal in ImagingThe #1 most highly cited journal in Imaging

Science and the #3 most-cited journal in Science and the #3 most-cited journal in

Biomedical Engineering* Biomedical Engineering*

EMBS Sponsored ConferencesEMBS Sponsored Conferences

Annual International Conference of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)Society (EMBC) 2007: Lyon, France2007: Lyon, France 2008: Vancouver, Canada2008: Vancouver, Canada 2009: Minneapolis, USA2009: Minneapolis, USA

EMBC Proceedings are now indexed in Medline/PUBmedEMBC Proceedings are now indexed in Medline/PUBmed

IEEE EMBS STC on Neural EngineeringIEEE EMBS STC on Neural Engineering 2007, Big Island, Hawaii2007, Big Island, Hawaii

EMBS Co-Sponsored ConferencesEMBS Co-Sponsored Conferences

International Symposium on Biomedical International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)Imaging (ISBI)

co-sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Societyco-sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society

2008: Paris, France2008: Paris, France

2009: Boston, USA2009: Boston, USA

International Conference on Biomedical International Conference on Biomedical Robotics Robotics

co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Societyco-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

EMBS SUMMER SCHOOLSEMBS SUMMER SCHOOLS

One week immersion course for One week immersion course for students in an educational students in an educational environment reviewing a particular environment reviewing a particular technology with one-on-one access technology with one-on-one access to an expert panel of instructorsto an expert panel of instructors

International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging International Summer School on Biomedical Signal International Summer School on Biomedical Signal

ProcessingProcessing International Summer School on BiocomplexityInternational Summer School on Biocomplexity International Summer School & Symposia on Medical International Summer School & Symposia on Medical

Devices and BiosensorsDevices and Biosensors International Summer School on Information Technology in International Summer School on Information Technology in

BiomedicineBiomedicine

EMBSEMBS

an an International OrganizationInternational Organization

2007 EMBS LEADERSHIP2007 EMBS LEADERSHIP Administrative Committee (16 members) elected by members representing the Administrative Committee (16 members) elected by members representing the

Geographic units of the World and the number of representatives based on Geographic units of the World and the number of representatives based on membership in each areamembership in each area

North AmericaNorth AmericaPaolo Bonato Paolo Bonato Robert Butera Robert Butera Carole CareyCarole CareyStephen DaviesStephen Davies Nathalie GossetNathalie Gosset Andrew LaineAndrew LaineElliot SloaneElliot Sloane

Latin AmericaLatin AmericaEmilio Sacristan, MexicoEmilio Sacristan, Mexico

EuropeEuropeChristian Roux, FranceChristian Roux, France Claudio Cobelli, ItalyClaudio Cobelli, Italy Gudrun Zahlmann, GermanyGudrun Zahlmann, Germany

Middle East & AfricaMiddle East & Africa Ahmed Morsy, EgyptAhmed Morsy, Egypt

Asia PacificAsia PacificKenji Sunagawa, JapanKenji Sunagawa, Japan Young Ro Yoon, S. Young Ro Yoon, S. Jyh-Horng Chen, Taiwan Jyh-Horng Chen, Taiwan

KoreaKorea

Student RepresentativeStudent RepresentativeJennifer FlexmanJennifer Flexman

2007 EMBS Leadership2007 EMBS Leadership

Executive Committee elected by the AdCom Executive Committee elected by the AdCom to serve as senior officersto serve as senior officers President: Donna Hudson (2007-2008)President: Donna Hudson (2007-2008) Past President: Yongmin Kim (2007)Past President: Yongmin Kim (2007) VP Publications: Bin He (2007-2008)VP Publications: Bin He (2007-2008) VP Conferences: Zhi-Pei Liang (2006-2007)VP Conferences: Zhi-Pei Liang (2006-2007) VP Member and Student Activities: Jorge Monzon VP Member and Student Activities: Jorge Monzon

(2006-2007)(2006-2007) VP Finances: Craig Hartley (2007-2008)VP Finances: Craig Hartley (2007-2008)

EMBS EMBS “we like what we do”“we like what we do”

The Future of EMBSThe Future of EMBS

Developing International Model Curricula Developing International Model Curricula for BME programsfor BME programscollaboration efforts with IEEE Educational Activities Boardcollaboration efforts with IEEE Educational Activities Board

Standards ActivitiesStandards Activitiescollaboration efforts with IEEE Standards Associationcollaboration efforts with IEEE Standards Association

Continued collaborative efforts with other Continued collaborative efforts with other Societies/Organizations to develop Societies/Organizations to develop synergy, promote networking opportunities synergy, promote networking opportunities for members and visibility to the for members and visibility to the Biomedical/Bioengineering CommunityBiomedical/Bioengineering CommunityAIMBE, CORAL, EAMBES, IFMBEAIMBE, CORAL, EAMBES, IFMBE

Local Chapter – “Model Activities”Local Chapter – “Model Activities” Speaker events Speaker events Networking eventsNetworking events Senior Membership DriveSenior Membership Drive Job events (companies meeting professionals)Job events (companies meeting professionals) Development of corporate sponsorsDevelopment of corporate sponsors Booth at school fairsBooth at school fairs Mentor Program for students to meet professionalsMentor Program for students to meet professionals Support of local EMBS student Branch, club, or Support of local EMBS student Branch, club, or

chapterchapter

Local Chapter - StructureLocal Chapter - Structure

4 officers min: Chair, Vice Chair, 4 officers min: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, SecretaryTreasurer, Secretary

Under the umbrella of the IEEE SectionsUnder the umbrella of the IEEE SectionsRequirement to maintain chapter status: Requirement to maintain chapter status:

2 technical meetings per year filed through 2 technical meetings per year filed through L31 formL31 form

http://ewh.ieee.org/cgi-bin/l31/ReportForm.plhttp://ewh.ieee.org/cgi-bin/l31/ReportForm.pl Tips to run a successful chapter available at:Tips to run a successful chapter available at:

www.thewisesource.org/chapterwisdomwww.thewisesource.org/chapterwisdom

EMBS Executive OfficeEMBS Executive Office445 Hoes Lane445 Hoes LanePiscataway, NJ USA 08854Piscataway, NJ USA 08854

emb-exec@ieee.orgemb-exec@ieee.org

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