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Special Interest (SIG) meetings/events

Women's Health and Biomedical Engineering S.I.G. Launch

Saturday, October 11, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Location: Room 23B

    Speakers(s)

  • CK

    Catherine Klapperich

    Professor
    Boston University
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    • Organizer/Submitter(s)

  • Michelle Oyen

    Associate Professor, BME
    Wayne State University
    Detroit, Michigan, United States

    • Speakers(s)

  • Juan Gnecco

    Tufts University
    Medford, Massachusetts, United States

    • Session Chair(s)

  • Brianne Connizzo

    Assistant Professor
    Boston University
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    • Speakers(s)

  • Erika Moore, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    University of Maryland, United States

    • Session Chair(s)

  • Kristin Miller

    Associate Professor
    UT Dallas, Texas, United States

Session Title for Website and App: Women's Health and Biomedical Engineering S.I.G. Launch

Special Session Program

Description: This will be a launch event to organize activities for the new Women's Health S.I.G. within BMES.
S.I.G. preliminary actions for discussion include:
Continue organization of the women’s health track at BMES annual meetings
Host in-person networking events at BMES annual meetings
Organize workshops and special sessions on women’s health engineering at BMES annual meetings
Promote year-long networking within the field including virtual mechanisms via BMES HUB
Organize virtual seminars and workshops throughout the year
Design and execute mentoring activities for early-career researchers in this field
Organize special journal issues on Women’s Health and Biomedical Engineering
Organize a one- to two- day future BI and/or workshop on Women’s Health and Biomedical Engineering separate from the BMES annual meeting
Coordinate activities with other women’s health organizations as the voice for Engineering aspects
Raise funds to support the SIG
Support student group formed out of BU/Northeastern/Tufts