External Advisory Board

The BME External Advisory Board (EAB) comprises nationally distinguished leaders from industry, academia and government who provide advice on the department’s academic, research, outreach and other programs.

The EAB meets once a year with students, faculty, and administrators to provide input and feedback for the department to achieve its vision of becoming a national leader in training biomedical engineers who will develop the newest innovative health care technologies. The faculty uses the board’s feedback to improve the department’s programs, services and facilities.

 

External Advisory Board

Jenny Amos, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor and Laura Hahn Faculty Fellow,
Department of Bioengineering,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Stacy Arnold

Vice President, Product Development & Clinical Research, Axogen, Inc

Brad Bassler

Vice President of Operations, Associate Executive Director, LifeLink Tissue Bank

Jerry Chang

Managing Partner
Samaritan Biologics

Karen L. Christman, Ph.D.

Professor, Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering; Associate Dean for Faculty, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego

Lola Eniola-Adefeso, Ph.D.

Dean, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Engineering

Karen Gallen

Vice President of Engineering, Arthrex

Andrés García, Ph.D.

Board Co-Chair
Executive Director, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Regents’ Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Ivan Howard, M.B.A.

Board Co-Chair
Director of Alternative Investments, Santander Private Banking International

 

Sarah Mayes, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer,
Alafair Biosciences

Gary Miller, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and Executive Vice-President Research and Development (Emeritus),
Exactech Inc.

Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D.

Professor of Bioengineering and Vice Dean, Research and Graduate Education, University of Washington School of Medicine

Lori Setton, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Lucy & Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University at St Louis

Jason Smith, Ph.D.

Senior Director of Research & Development, RTI Surgical

Andrew Stricklin

Assistant Director of Engineering, KLS Martin

Vanessa Tolosa, Ph.D.

Hardware Research Manager at Reality Labs, Meta

Marjolein van der Meulen, Ph.D.

Swanson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Vice Provost for Research and Innovation,
Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

Jeffrey Willis

Chief Operating Officer, Remedium Healthcare Products