Changes to EMBS Constitution & Bylaws

The EMBS Administrative Committee voted on 20 August 2008 to make changes to the EMBS Constitution & Bylaws. As required by the EMBS Constitution & Bylaws, once approved by AdCom, the Membership must be notified of any changes to the Constitution & Bylaws.

 

A summary of the recommended changes is available in MS Word version here.

 

AdCom submits these changes for consideration by the Membership. The complete revision of the EMBS Constitution & Bylaws is available in PDF here.

 

Please forward any comments to the Executive Office by 1 December 2008. Should there be no comments/objections received by this date, the changes will be implemented upon approval by IEEE.

 

EMBS in the News

IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering and EMBS Member,
Dr. Claudio Cobelli, Recognized for Computer Simulator to Model Diabetes, Test Artificial Pancreas Algorithms


 

In early January, 2008, the FDA approved an in silico
model of diabetes as a pre-clinical testing tool for closed-loop research at the seven Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Artificial Pancreas Consortium sites. JDRF launched the Artificial Pancreas Project (APP) in late 2005 to expedite the availability of this rapidly emerging technology for people with type 1 diabetes. Full Story

 

IEEE XPLORE®  Upgrade Incorporates MeSH Terms

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In the latest IEEE Xplore®  digital library release, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms for Medline—the article index terms created by the National Library of Medicine—have been incorporated into the IEEE Xplore digital library. This feature will make finding IEEE biomedical and bioengineering articles easier to find. Full Story
 
   

2009 IEEE EMBS Award Nomination Forms

Career/Early Career/Service Awards


William J. Morlock Award

 

Outstanding Chapter and Best New Chapter Awards

 

Upcoming Conferences

It’s never too early to mark your calendar. Be sure to save these dates!
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4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Neural Engineering
April 29 - May 2, 2009

Sheraton Antalya, Antalya, Turkey

 

6th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
June 28 - July 1, 2009

Boston, Massachusetts

 

September 2-6, 2009

Hilton Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

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