2026 BMES Award Winners
Each year, BMES recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions of those in the field of biomedical engineering. Each Award recipient will present a lecture at the BMES 2026 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, October 21 - 24.
We are honored to announce the recipients of these prestigious awards for 2026 along with the dates and times of their lectures.
Top Row: William Wagner, PhD, University of Pittsburgh — BMES Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award | Jordon Gilmore, PhD, and Angela Alexander-Bryant, PhD, Clemson University — BMES Social Impact Lecture Award
Middle Row: Jennifer Amos, PhD, University of Illinois — Herbert Voigt Distinguished Service Award | Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Columbia University — NIH/NIBIB Lecture | Zhi Yang, PhD, University of Minnesota — Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation
Bottom Row: Gerard Coté, PhD, Texas A&M University — BMES Athanasiou Medal of Excellence in Translational Bioengineering | Hoda Hatoum, PhD, Michigan Technological University — BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award |Christopher Jewell, PhD, University of Maryland — BMES Mid-Career Award
Translating Biomedical Engineering Research to the Clinic — A Conversation with Dr. Craig Goergen
In this episode of Office Hours with Liz Wayne, Liz talks with Craig Goergen, PhD, a member of the BMES Board of Directors and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and Associate Head for Clinical Engagement in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. The conversation focuses on how biomedical imaging can help researchers better understand disease, track changes in the body, and move new technologies toward clinical use.
Dr. Craig Goergen