{"633836":{"#nid":"633836","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Three BME Professors Promoted","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis week, three Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering professors at Georgia Tech received promotions:\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EGabe Kwong\u003C\/strong\u003E was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Kemp\u003C\/strong\u003E was promoted to Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EJoe Le Doux\u003C\/strong\u003E was promoted to Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA short summary of each follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGabe Kwong Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKwong\u0027s lab pioneers powerful new technologies to address frontier clinical challenges \u2013 including ultrasensitive diagnostics for early detection of disease, engineered T cells as curative therapies, and high-throughput tools to study rare immune cells. His research directly impacts a broad range of complex human diseases including cancer, organ transplant rejection, and infectious diseases. Kwong\u2019s innovative research has been recognized by the NIH New Innovator Award, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, and the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Kemp Promoted to Professor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKemp has pioneered the use of computational systems biology models to understand and predict cellular behaviors in development, health, and disease, and provide the scientific community with a roadmap for new diagnostic and treatment pathways for a wide range of diseases. Her models have forced the field of molecular biology to develop new methods for measuring short-lived molecules and protein modifications, which she proposes are the unique \u201cfingerprints\u201d of cell communication, post-genetic variability, and cell stress responses that are responsible for biological variability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKemp\u2019s models are the key to unlock the basis for (and opportunities of) personalized medicine and patient-specific therapies. Importantly, subsequent experiments by colleagues in the field have validated her paradigm-shifting theories. Her innovative scholarship has been recognized by many awards: NIH New Innovator, the CSF2 Prize for Innovative Measurement Methods, and the Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoe Le Doux Promoted to Professor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELe Doux has gained unprecedented recognition as a scholar and pioneer in the field of engineering education and curriculum innovation, as evidenced in part by his being awarded the National Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize in 2019. The Gordon Prize establishes the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (and Georgia Tech) as the national leader in innovative training of engineering leaders. Le Doux\u2019s early gene therapy research program was recognized with an NSF CAREER Award, funding from the Whitaker Foundation, and multiple research seed grants from Emory, Centers for Disease Control, and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has served in departmental leadership as associate chair for undergraduate studies (2011-2013); executive director for learning and student experience (2013-2015), and is BME\u2019s associate chair for undergraduate learning and experience.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPromotions announced for BME professors Kemp, Kwong, and Le Doux\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Promotions announced for BME professors Kemp, Kwong, and Le Doux "}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-03-26 13:49:05","changed_gmt":"2025-01-24 18:01:03","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633835":{"id":"633835","type":"image","title":"Pictured are: Gabe Kwong, Melissa Kemp, and Joe Le Doux.","body":null,"created":"1585230315","gmt_created":"2020-03-26 13:45:15","changed":"1585230315","gmt_changed":"2020-03-26 13:45:15","alt":"Pictured are: Gabe Kwong, Melissa Kemp, and Joe Le Doux.","file":{"fid":"241175","name":"kwong-kemp-ledoux.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kwong-kemp-ledoux.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kwong-kemp-ledoux.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":572179,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kwong-kemp-ledoux.jpg?itok=rvj_A0Zk"}}},"media_ids":["633835"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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