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  <title><![CDATA[Congress Briefed on Biomedical Technology Research]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>On June 15, Ravi Bellamkonda, president of The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, gave a briefing to congressional members in Washington D.C. He was joined by Robert Kirsch of Case Western Reserve University and Milan Yager from AIMBE.&nbsp;</p><p>Some highlights from his presentation included:</p><ul><li>The United States is a world leader in biomedical engineering (BME)</li><li>Traditional engineering is 20% female, while half of BME students are women</li><li>BME is impacting healthcare in meaningful ways</li><li>The Georgia Tech/Emory partnership is ranked #2 nationally for BME graduate programs</li><li>Bellamkonda’s lab is using nanotechnology to make chemotherapy more effective</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can view his congressional presentation below.</p><p><strong>CONTACT:&nbsp;</strong></p><p><a href="mailto:wrich@gatech.edu">Walter Rich</a><br /> Communications Manager<br /> Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering<br /> Georgia Institute of Technology</p>&nbsp;]]></body>
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