{"633936":{"#nid":"633936","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AIMBE\u0027s College of Fellows Selects Susan Margulies as Chair-Elect for 2020-2021","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan Margulies\u003C\/strong\u003E, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, has been elected chair-elect for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering\u0026rsquo;s (AIMBE) College of Fellows effective on March 30, 2020. Margulies is also a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics at Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElection to this position is a high honor where Margulies will serve in a leadership position to provide guidance and direction to the AIMBE national organization. As part of her duties as chair-elect, she will be responsible for directing the nomination, review, and election of new candidates to the AIMBE College of Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to \u0026quot;engineering and medicine research, practice, or education\u0026rdquo; and to \u0026quot;the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering, or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout AIMBE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAIMBE is the authoritative voice and advocate for the value of medical and biological engineering to society. AIMBE\u0026rsquo;s mission is to recognize excellence, advance the public understanding, and accelerate medical and biological innovation. No other organization can bring together academic, industry, government, and scientific societies to form a highly influential community advancing medical and biological engineering. AIMBE\u0026rsquo;s mission drives advocacy initiatives into action on Capitol Hill and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Margulies begins her term as chair-elect effective March 30, 2020"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-03-31 15:50:50","changed_gmt":"2020-04-01 12:34:59","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633935":{"id":"633935","type":"image","title":"Susan Margulies, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University","body":null,"created":"1585669768","gmt_created":"2020-03-31 15:49:28","changed":"1585669768","gmt_changed":"2020-03-31 15:49:28","alt":"Susan Margulies, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.","file":{"fid":"241216","name":"Susan-Margulies-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Susan-Margulies-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Susan-Margulies-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":479053,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Susan-Margulies-copy.jpg?itok=7KYPk-75"}}},"media_ids":["633935"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}