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SBME Annual Symposium 2021
June 8, 2021 - 9:00 am - June 9, 2021 - 1:00 pm
Mark your calendars! The SBME Annual Symposium will take place on June 8-9, 2021, 9:00am-1:00pm (PST) both days.
The Symposium will be a virtual event this year and showcase industry panels, research presentations, poster sessions, and keynote talks from Dr. Ali Khademhosseini and Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff. Check out their bios below, and stay tuned for more event details to come.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Ali Khademhosseini
CEO and Founding Director, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Ali Khademhosseini is the CEO and Founding Director at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation. Previously, he was a Professor of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, and Radiology at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). He joined UCLA as the Levi Knight Chair in November 2017 from Harvard University where he was Professor at Harvard Medical School and faculty at the Harvard-MIT’s Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and associate faculty at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Dr. Khademhosseini is an Associate Editor for ACS Nano.
Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff
Professor and Director, Translational Tissue Engineering Center
Wilmer Eye Institute and Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering;
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Elisseeff is the Morton Goldberg Professor and Director of the Translational Tissue Engineering Center at Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wilmer Eye Institute, with appointments in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Materials Science, and Orthopedic Surgery. She was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, and a Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum.
