The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering AIMBE) reported on its website, on March 27, that Dr. He Miaozhuang (Dr. Mitchell Ho), an ECNU alumnus of the Class of 1985, Department of Biology (currently School of Life Sciences), and a tenured Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, was inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows.
Dr. Mitchell Ho, an ECNU alumnus, the Class of 1985 at the Department of Biology (currently School of Life Sciences), and a tenured Senior Investigator at National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, was inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows.
Dr. Mitchell Ho was inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows for his outstanding contributions to the development of glypicans as cancer therapeutic targets and antibody engineering methodologies for cancer therapy.
AIMBE College of Fellows comprises the top two percent of medical and biological engineers, who are nominated and stringently selected by international peers annually, recommended by existing Fellows, and ultimately inducted by all Fellows through two rounds of screening. It is considered as the highest academic honor in the field of Medical and Biological Engineering in the United States.
Founded in 1991, AIMBE is a leading international non-profit academic organization in the field of Medical and Biological Engineering. AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers including 3 Nobel Prize laureates, 17 Fellows having received the Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation, and 205 also inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 105 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine and 43 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.
Alumnus Dr. Mitchell Ho is also serving as a tenured Senior Investigator at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Chief of the Antibody Therapy Section at National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Alumnus Dr. Mitchell Ho has previously returned to ECNU several times to participate in academic activities, giving lectures and having in-depth communications with students. Speaking about ECNU’s cultivation he said, “I appreciate ECNU’s nurturing. The rigorous and practical spirit of ECNU has benefited me for life. I wish ECNU and the School of Life Sciences more excellence and new success.”
Source: AIMBE website (www.aimbe.org.)
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