We are seeking exceptional members to join the prestigious BMES Awards and Fellows committees and play a key role in helping us recognize excellence in biomedical engineering. Serving on these committees is also a pathway to your own leadership roles and professional recognition within and outside of BMES. Deadline to Apply: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 11:59 pm EST
Qualifications:
Must be a current BMES member in good standing at the time of your application. *BMES student members are not eligible to apply
If appointed to a committee, you must maintain your membership status for the duration of your term.
Be willing to serve a 3-year term.
Be willing to serve as an active and collaborative participant in committee meetings (About a 5- to 7-hour total commitment each year that starts at the beginning of April and runs through mid- to late May).
To be a member of the Fellows committee, you must be a BMES Fellow.
Awards Committee
Charge: Select and secure awardees for the major BMES Awards, including the Athanasiou Medal of Excellence Award, Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award, the Mid-Career Award, the Pritzker Award, and all other awards that may be initiated by the Society.
Fellows Committee
Charge: To annually recommend a slate of BMES Member-level candidates to be promoted to Fellow-level membership.
BMES has announced the creation of the Linda Griffith & Douglas Lauffenburger childcare endowment, a set of annual grants aimed to help young investigators offset childcare costs while attending the BMES Annual Meeting. Established through a generous gift from BMES members and MIT professors Linda Griffith and Doug Lauffenburger, the endowment reflects a shared commitment to support early-career researchers and help families thrive within the biomedical engineering community. Applications will open after registration for BMES 2026 begins.
We are still accepting nominations for important positions on the BMES Board: BMES Secretary (two-year term beginning in October 2026), BMES Student Representative to the Board (three-year term beginning in October 2026), and four seats on the BMES Board of Directors (three-year term beginning in October 2026). At least one director position will be filled with an industry/government candidate. We invite you to put forward individuals, or self nominate, who embody the spirit of innovation, leadership, and collaboration that defines BMES. We seek those who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence and who share a vision for driving strategic change within our community. Deadline to Apply: March 31, 2026
Nominations for the 2026 BMES Awards and for this year's class of BMES Fellows are still being accepted. Nominate yourself or someone you know who has made a significant impact to the field of biomedical engineering. Learn more about each award and submit your nomination today!
The Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 11:59PM
March 31, April 14 and April 28 at 2 P.M. EST This webinar series is designed to help students and early-career professionals in biomedical engineering make informed, intentional decisions about graduate master’s education. This series will provide neutral, structured guidance on three key questions:
Should I pursue a master’s degree in BME at all, and when would be the best time to do so?
Which type of program is the right fit for me: professional vs research MS, different institutional models, or “under-the-radar” options?
How can I realistically pay for a master’s program, especially a professional/industry-focused one?
The series will explicitly distinguish between professional/industry-oriented master’s programs and research-oriented MS programs, with a special emphasis on professional pathways in BME, since these are often less well understood by students and advisors.
The BMES Job Board connects biomedical engineers with career opportunities across academia, industry, government, and nonprofit sectors. Explore openings at every career stage, from internships and early-career roles to faculty and leadership positions, and access resources designed to support your professional growth. Learn More
BMES Special Interest Groups (SIGs) connect members with shared research interests and professional goals, creating focused communities for collaboration, networking, and innovation in biomedical engineering.
Current SIGs include:
Advanced Biomanufacturing (ABioM-SIG): Accelerating technologies, partnerships, and workforce development in advanced biomanufacturing.
Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE-SIG): Bringing together researchers studying how physical forces influence biological systems.
Computational Biomedical Engineering (CBE-SIG): Advancing modeling, simulation, data analytics, and AI applications in BME.
Medical Devices SIG: Supporting the design, development, and translation of safe and effective medical technologies.
BME & Women’s Health SIG: Promoting engineering solutions that improve women’s health across the lifespan.
SIGs offer members year-round opportunities to connect with peers, engage in specialized programming, and contribute to shaping the future of the field.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering presents 21 new studies advancing bioengineering toward real-world patient solutions. The issue highlights cardiovascular innovations, biomechanics and injury prevention, regenerative therapies, and advances in imaging and monitoring—including AI-driven diagnostics, smart wearable technologies, and computational modeling. Additional studies explore molecular signatures in high myopia and sex-specific patterns in aneurysm rupture risk.
By Sarah Planchak, Alejandra Hernandez Moyers, Yiyin Chen, Owen Lockwood & Anubhav Tripathi
Three-dimensional liver spheroids provide physiologically relevant models for studying hepatocyte function and drug-induced liver injury, yet inconsistencies in formation methods hinder reproducibility across laboratories. To address this, researchers systematically compared HepG2 spheroid culture approaches—35 and 96 microwell agarose gels, microwell and single-well ultra-low attachment (ULA) plates, and hanging drop—across a range of seeding densities and culture durations. Read More
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