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2013 Biomaterials Days Events
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October 26, 2013:
University of Kentucky,
Case Western Reserve University, &
Purdue University (joint meeting)
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
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Highlights
2013 Special Interest Group Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) Awards
InIn a competitive process based on abstracts submitted to the annual meeting, the following students were selected to receive the 2013 STAR awards. Congratulations!
Rachit Agarwal, University of Texas at Austin
Olukemi Akintewe, University Of South Florida
Robert Allen, University of Pittsburgh
David Baker, University of Texas at Arlington
Jennifer Bastijanic, Case Western Reserve University
Amy Cheng, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paninee Chetprayoon, Osaka University
Philip Chuang, Columbia University
Lynn Dudash, Case Western Reserve University
Pouria Fattahi, Pennsylvania State University
Li Shan Eliza Fong, Rice University
Annemarie Gallo, The University of South Dakota
Benjamin Geilich, Northeastern University
Jaime Giraldo, University of Miami
Emily Jacobs, University of Connecticut Health Center
Sujan Lamichhane, The University of South Dakota
Qingsheng Liu, University of Akron
Ashley Parker, The University of Memphis
Edna Prieto, Vanderbilt University
Laila Roudsari, Duke University
Julia Samorezov, Case Western Reserve University
Sonya Sonnenberg, University of California, San Diego
Akhil Srinivasan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Joel Sunshine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Emi Tokuda, University of Colorado
Chong Wang, The University of Hong Kong
SIGs Announce 2013 Poster Winners
Four of the Society For Biomaterials Special Interest Groups are pleased to announce their Awards of Merit for 2013 annual meeting poster presenters.
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News
NSF Biomaterials Workshop: Important Areas for Future Investments held June 19-20, 2012 is now available on-line. The 123-page report provides an up-to-date description of the biomaterials and identifies scientific themes, challenges and opportunities facing the field. The NSF Division of Materials Research thanks the workshop Organizing Committee
- David Tirrell, Chair, California Institute of Technology
- Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado
- Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania
- Lara Estroff, Cornell University
- Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and the workshop participants, listed in the report, for this important contribution. A copy of the report may be downloaded from http://nsfbiomatworkshop2012.caltech.edu/report/.
2013 Award Recipients
The Awards, Ceremonies and Nominations Committee is pleased to present the recipients of the 2013 awards, below. For full text of the press release announcing the award winners, please click here.
Founders Award
Robert S. Langer, ScD - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. William Hall Award
Arthur J. Coury, PhD - Genzyme Corp. (Ret.)
Society For Biomaterials Award For Service Award
C. Mauli Agrawal, PhD - University of Texas at San Antonion
Technology, Innovation & Development Award
Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD – The University of Connecticut Health Center
Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal
James M. Anderson, MD, PhD - Case Western Reserve University
Clemson Award for Basic Research
Phillip B. Messersmith, PhD - Northwestern University
Clemson Award for Applied Research
Elliot Lorne Chaikof, Md, PhD - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature
Peter X. Ma, PhD - University of Michigan
Young Investigator Award
Kurtis Kasper, PhD - Rice University
Student Award for Outstanding Research –PhD Candidate
Stephany Tzeng - Johns Hopkins University
Student Award for Outstanding Research –PhD Candidate
Rameshwar R. Rao - University of Michigan
Student Award for Outstanding Research –Undergraduate
Anna K. Blakney - University of Colorado
C. William Hall Scholarship Award
Benjamin Fuller – University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
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