View the Biomedical Engineering Student Association (BESA) Newsletter October 2022.

 View the Biomedical Engineering Student Association (BESA) Newsletter September 2022.

Each year the students of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group select student leaders to serve as offices of the Biomedical Engineering Student Association (BESA). Congratulations to the 2022-2023 BESA officers:

The 11th annual BMEGG Student Research Symposium was held on Friday, May 13th.  Dr. Katherine Ferrara, Professor of Radiology and the Division Chief for the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University, provided the keynote address titled "Career experiences of an Industrial Project Engineer, Biomedical Engineering Department Chair and Department of Radiology Division Chief". Current graduate students delivered 8 podium presentations, 23 poster presentations, and 3 science communication videos (a new category).

Leora Goldbloom-Helzner, BME Ph.D. Candidate under the mentorship of Professor Aijun Wang, and Abby Niesen, BME Ph.D. Candidate under the mentorship of Professor Maury Hull, were recently selected as fellows of the UC Davis Professors for the Future Program for 2022-2023. 

This competitive program provides outstanding Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars with  leadership-development opportunities and a $3000 stipend. The 2022-2023 cohort will engage in the following activities:

Congratulations to Caitlin Banks and Hanna Koster, both Ph.D. Candidates in the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, on their selection for the College of Engineering 2022 Graduate Student Excellence Awards.

This award recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion.

We recently concluded the 2021 Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Retreat.

Yiran Wang, Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, received the 2021 IEEE NPSS Christopher J. Thompson Student Paper Award for his paper:

Y Wang, E Berg, Y Zuo, E Li, BA Spencer, RD Badawi, SR Cherry, GB Wang. Voxel-wise kinetic model selection using single-subject deep learning for total-body PET parametric imaging. 2021 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS&MIC), October 16-23, 2021.

 View the Biomedical Engineering Student Association (BESA) Newsletter for September 2021.

Each year the students of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group select student leaders to serve as offices of the Biomedical Engineering Student Association (BESA). Congratulations to the 2021-2022 BESA officers:

 View the Biomedical Engineering Student Association (BESA) Newsletter for July 2021.

Emily Moreno was selected as the Best Teaching Assistant for the Department of Biomedical Engineering and is one of the recipients of the College of Engineering 2021 Best Teaching Assistant Awards. Emily has TAed for several courses including Biomedical Imaging, Manufacturing Processes and BME Senior Design. Please see the full award announcement in College of Engineering News: https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/2021-best-teaching-assistant-awards.

The 10th annual (Virtual) BMEGG Student Research Symposium was held on Friday, May 21st.  Dr. Amy Herr, Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley and Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, provided the keynote address titled "Advancing Biomedicine Using Microsystems Design". Current graduate students delivered 8 podium presentations and 16 poster presentations. We hosted a panel session with distinguished UC Davis educators on diversity, equity, and inclusion. There was lively discussion among the students and faculty during the virtual poster session.