{"357821":{"#nid":"357821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Prausnitz named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMark Prausnitz, a Regents\u2019 Professor in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He joins an elite group of just 414 NAI Fellows worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe designation honors those who \u201chave demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrausnitz was chosen for the honor based on his revolutionary work in drug delivery technologies, especially microneedles, which are tiny needles (about 400 to 700 microns long) that can be designed as skin patches that provide a simple, painless and inexpensive way to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/02\/26\/self-administration-flu-vaccine-patch-may-be-feasible-study-suggests\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eadminister influenza, polio, measles and other vaccines\u003C\/a\u003E. Microneedles also can be prepared for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/347131\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emicroinjection into the eye \u003C\/a\u003Efor highly targeted therapies designed to increase drug effectiveness and safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur laboratory not only strives to advance scientific understanding and provide research training to students but also seeks to make inventions that can benefit society,\u201d Prausnitz said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrausnitz will be honored at the NAI Fellows Luncheon and Induction Ceremony at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena on March 20. The event is part of the organization\u2019s annual conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrausnitz also was \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/309131\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Enamed to the list of the World\u2019s Most Influential Scientific Minds \u003C\/a\u003Ethis year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E- Article courtsey of the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at GT and Emory\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mark Prausnitz, a Regents\u2019 Professor in the School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He joins an elite group of just 414 NAI Fellows worldwide."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-12-17 12:28:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:41","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"357811":{"id":"357811","type":"image","title":"M. Prausnitz Microneedle patch","body":null,"created":"1449245767","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:07","changed":"1475895091","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:31","alt":"M. Prausnitz Microneedle patch","file":{"fid":"202068","name":"prausnitz_r117_hires_crop.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/prausnitz_r117_hires_crop.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/prausnitz_r117_hires_crop.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5386575,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/prausnitz_r117_hires_crop.png?itok=Mh4E6G6S"}}},"media_ids":["357811"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"112761","name":"Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"495","name":"Mark Prausnitz"},{"id":"7496","name":"microneedles"},{"id":"167445","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}