Call for Nominations - Award of Merit

Two Awards of Merit will be conferred at the Chicago 2000 Congress by the International Union of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM).

These prestigious awards will recognise a biomedical engineer and a medical physicist who have demonstrated a distinguished career in biomedical engineering and medical physics respectively. The awardees will receive support to attend the Chicago Congress.

The IFMBE has established a subcommittee, chaired by Dov Jaron, the task of which is to select a biomedical engineer for this award. The subcommittee is seeking nominations from the biomedical engineering community. The criteria for nominations include: a significant impact on the science and practice of biomedical engineering; major influence on the development of the profession; and meritorious activities in national and/or international biomedical engineering organisation.

The nomination consists of a two-step process. Initially, the nominator is asked to submit a single-page write-up (approximately 250 words) with a summary of the individual's qualifications and addressing the criteria for selection. The committee will evaluate the short summary and select between three and four individuals. The nominators of these individuals will then be contacted and requested to submit a more detailed nomination and a full curriculum vitae for final evaluation.

The committee urges nominators to keep all nominations confidential and not to contact or inform the nominee of the nomination.

To be considered by the IFMBE subcommittee, the nomination must have been received no later than August 15, 1999.

Email nominations to dov.jaron@coe.drexel.edu.

Dov Jaron