Title :
AIMBE??s Role in Promoting Biomedical Engineering Input to Public Policy [Letters]
Author :
Grundfest, Warren ; Ayers, J. ; Gallagher, Sean ; Abu-Taleb, Laith ; Watson, Jason
Author_Institution :
Biomedical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1600 USA
Abstract :
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering,
known as AIMBE, was founded in 1991 by a group of dedicated biomedical engineers.
Within the next two years, 282 Founding Fellows joined the institute with
the goal of promoting public awareness of medical and biological engineering.
AIMBEs main purpose is to provide leadership and advocacy in the field of
medical and biological engineering for the benefit of society. To accomplish
this mission, AIMBE works to establish liaisons with government agencies,
industry, and professional associations. AIMBE is dedicated to fostering inter-society
relations and cooperation with all the disciplines that are required to advance
the field, including electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering; biology,
medicine, and public health; chemistry; physics; and math. To advance this
goal, AIMBEs founders recognized that they must play an active role in discussions
regarding public policy and the public funding of bioengineering research.
They also recognized that this group of leaders had a duty to society to promote
the inclusion of women and minorities in the engineering fields. As demonstrated
in the following text, AIMBEs advocacy for biomedical engineering input into
public policy has been beneficial for patients, doctors, and the entire medical
and biological engineering community.
Keywords :
Biomedical engineering; Government policies; Organizations; Public healthcare; Public policy; Social factors;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCAS.2012.2205976