11th Korea-US Joint Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Workshop in Biomedical Engineering

The 11th Korea-US Joint Workshop in Biomedical Engineering was held during the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2023 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington with the explicit and official support of BMES Programming Committee as well as Korea Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (KOSOMBE). In the past nine years, this annual Workshop has become increasingly well-known among biomedical engineers and researchers in both US and Korea, attracting >~100 PIs and trainees from both countries as part of the Annual BMES meeting. The workshop covered topics on various convergent technologies to better understand and improve human health via different approaches in multi-disciplines including biomaterials, tissue engineering, mechanobiology, biotransport, neuro-engineering, exosome, and immunotherapies, drug delivery, medical imaging, immune cancer therapy, stem cell therapy, and bio-nanotechnology. 

The goal of the Joint Workshop was to promote cooperation, collaboration, and networking between the two societies and their members of KOSOMBE and BMES. With such a success, we are confident that this mutual effort would become a bridge for a long-term relationship and mutual benefit for both Society members. 

We had one plenary speaker and three invited speakers from the U.S. and Korea spanning the two sessions, followed by poster presentations by junior investigators, where about 80 Korean and US scientists and engineers attended the sessions. 

Following the session, a reception was held at the Marriott hotel with generous support by Korea Science and Engineering Association (KSEA), Korea-US Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO), KOSOMBE. Over 100 professors, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduate students, engineers, and scientists attended the workshop and the networking dinner.

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On behalf of the KBMES Board and Korea-US Joint BME Workshop Committee: 
Hanjoong Jo (Georgia Tech/Emory), Ho-Wook Jun (University Alabama at Birmingham), Deok-Ho Kim (Johns Hopkins University), Jungkyu Kim (University of Utah), Min-Ho Kim (Kent State University), Jennifer Shin (KAIST), James Moon (University Michigan Ann Arbor), Hyunjoon Kong (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Yong Bin Choy (Seoul National University), Claire Hur (Johns Hopkins University).