April 5, 2024
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows inducted UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Professor Juliane Nguyen, Ph.D., for outstanding contributions focused on the development of complex biologics for cancer and cardiovascular treatments.
“As a first-generation college student and scientist, I see this as a remarkable opportunity not only to give back but also to play a pivotal role in shaping and mentoring the next generation,” said Nguyen, vice chair of the Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics (DPMP).
The AIMBE Fellows represent the top 2% of medical and biological engineers. They include the most accomplished medical and biological engineers in academia, industry, education, clinical practice and government.
AIMBE’s mission is to recognize excellence, advance public understanding and accelerate medical and biological innovation. It drives advocacy initiatives into action on Capitol Hill and beyond.
“An important aspect of AIMBE is to communicate science to lawmakers and really make a difference by advocating for science, engineering and education,” said Nguyen.
Fellows are nominated each year by their peers and then voted in by the other College of Fellows members. Nguyen was nominated by her colleague, Kristy Ainslie, Ph.D., Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor and chair of DPMP.
“Juliane has made impactful contributions to the fields of medical and biological engineering,” said Ainslie. “Her dedication to pioneering new lipid, protein, and cell-based technologies has left an indelible mark on the scientific community by defining a new avenue of drug delivery research – that of the delivery of complex biologics. Her research in complex biologics for cancer and cardiovascular has garnered widespread recognition so there is no doubt she is truly worthy of induction into the 2024 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows.”
AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers including three Nobel Prize laureates and 22 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees. Additionally, 214 Fellows have been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, 117 have been inducted into the National Academy of Medicine, and 48 have been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
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