CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
IEEE Medal on Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Deadline: July 1, 2009

Applications are now being accepted for the IEEE Medal on Innovations in Healthcare Technology. The medal will be presented annually to an individual, a team of individuals, or multiple recipients for outstanding contributions and/or innovations in engineering within the fields of medicine, biology, and healthcare technology. The areas of technology that would be eligible for recognition of this award include (but are not limited to) bio-signal processing, biomedical image and image processing (ultrasound, PET, MRI, etc), bio-instrumentation, bio-sensors, bio-micro/nano technologies, bio-informatics, computational biology and systems biology, cardio-vascular and respiratory systems engineering, neural and rehabilitation engineering, cellular and tissue engineering, bio-materials, bio-robotics, bio-mechanics, therapeutic and diagnostic systems, medical device design and development, healthcare information systems, telemedicine, and emerging technologies in biomedicine (e.g. biophotonics).
Recipients will receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and a $20,000 honorarium. The submission deadline is July 1, 2009.
For nomination forms and more information, go to the NPSS web site or http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/noms/healthcarenom.html.