{"64102":{"#nid":"64102","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fostering the Next Generation of Leaders in Biomedical Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is preparing the next generation of\nleaders in biomedical engineering thanks to a new program \u2013 the Graduate\nLeadership Program within the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical\nEngineering at Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis program teaches Georgia Tech graduate students\nto be strong leaders who can readily communicate their research agendas beyond\nthe pragmatics of scientific techniques and experimental outcomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far, 16 students have completed the training and\nthis year, 15 students are enrolled.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cUltimately success is dependent not just on\ntechnical skills, but also one\u2019s ability to lead by setting the agenda and\nhaving the self-confidence to execute at a high level,\u201d said Professor of\nBiomedical Engineering Ravi Bellamkonda who conceived the program in 2008 as\npart of an National Institutes of Health T32 Training Grant.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program consists of an off-campus, followed by\nseven mentored meetings where participants explore four central concepts:\nself-awareness, leadership motivated by service to others, values-based\nleadership and the power of the individual as an agent for positive\nchange.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nDeveloped in collaboration with Wendy\nNewstetter, director of Learning Sciences for the Coulter Department and\nProfessor Terry Blum, director of the Institute for Leadership and\nEntrepreneurship, the Georgia Tech Graduate Leadership Program appears to be\nthe first program of its kind designed specifically for graduate students in\nengineering. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is preparing the next generation of\nleaders in biomedical engineering thanks to the new Graduate\nLeadership Program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-02-04 17:00:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:06","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64100":{"id":"64100","type":"image","title":"BME Graduate Leadership Program","body":null,"created":"1449176720","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:20","changed":"1475894564","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:44","alt":"BME Graduate Leadership Program","file":{"fid":"191936","name":"circle_3.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/circle_3_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/circle_3_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2756678,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/circle_3_0.JPG?itok=fzApXjZI"}}},"media_ids":["64100"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bmes.org\/aws\/BMES\/pt\/sd\/news_article\/38614\/_parent\/layout_bmezine\/false","title":"http:\/\/bmes.org\/aws\/BMES\/pt\/sd\/news_article\/38614\/_parent\/layout_bmezine\/false"},{"url":"http:\/\/glp.gatech.edu\/","title":"http:\/\/glp.gatech.edu\/"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11830","name":"College of Engineering; Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering; Graduate Leadership Program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}