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Nirmala Ramanujam, PhD

Director, Center for Global Women's Health Technologies, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University, United States

Nirmala (Nimmi) Ramanujam is recognized for creating globally accessible technologies for women’s health related to cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. She is currently the Robert W. Carr Professor of Engineering and Professor of Cancer Pharmacology and Global Health at Duke University. She founded the Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies (GWHT) in 2013 to catalyze impactful research, educational, and community outreach activities that promote women’s health. In 2023, she won the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Technical Field Award given annually for outstanding contributions to the field of Biomedical Engineering. In 2019, she received the Social Impact Abie Award from the AnitaB organization for making a positive impact on women, technology, and society.She was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017. She has created Calla Health to commercialize her technologies. Further, she has created a number of initiatives and consortia including WISH, (In)visible Organ, and IGNITE to have far-reaching impact on cervical cancer, reproductive health, and engineering design education, respectively.

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