Athanasiou next president of biomedical organization
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Kyriacos Athanasiou, a professor of bioengineering, was elected the 2003-2004 president of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at the organization’s annual fall meeting in Houston. BMES is an international professional organization representing more than 3,000 bioengineers and biomedical engineers.
Athanasiou’s one-year term as president will begin in October 2003.
Athanasiou, who joined the Rice faculty in 2000, has been a member of BMES since 1991. He currently serves on the BMES board of directors and is chair of its finance committee and past chair of the membership committee. He also is faculty adviser to Rice’s student chapter of BMES. BMES was incorporated in 1968 to increase knowledge of biomedical engineering and its use.
One of Athanasiou’s principal research interests involves developing approaches that can promote the healing of damaged articular cartilage in joints, such as the knee and jaw, and the knee meniscus.
Athanasiou has a Ph.D. in biomechanical engineering from Columbia University.
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