http://www.eambes.org daily 1 2010-07-27T13:58:45Z http://www.eambes.org/news/201cbiomedical-engineering201d-mentioned-in-draft-version-of-the-2013-fp7-health-work-programme The European Commission has recently published a draft version of the 2013 “Health” Work Programme for the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). This paper lays out the areas of research which will be targeted in the calls due to be published in July of this year. “Biomedical Engineering” is specifically mentioned in the text of the work programme. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-05-02T13:47:15Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/horizon-2020-to-be-priority-of-incoming-eu-presidency On 1st January 2013, Ireland will take over the EU Presidency of the Council of Ministers. While the programme for action of the Irish government will not be published until the end of 2012, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Eamon Gilmore, advanced that Horizon 2020 would be one of the three main priorities of the Irish Government for the Presidency. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-05-02T13:48:37Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/fda-promotes-biomedical-engineering-and-faster-market-access-for-medical-devices The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 9 April 2012, launched “Innovation Pathway 2.0”, the aim of which is to provide patients with faster access to medical technologies and to increase collaboration between researchers, manufacturers and the FDA. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-05-02T13:51:15Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/the-fellows-committee-of-eambes-elects-its-founding-fellows The EAMBES Fellow's Committee composed by Jos AE Spaan (chair), Niilo Saranummi, Sergio Cerutti and Ákos Jobbágy, nominated its first cohort of fellows whose induction took place during a ceremony on March 13th, 2012. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-23T14:18:11Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/eambes-general-council-march-12th-2012 On 12 March, 2012, EAMBES Council met in Brussels, in its new full composition, including the newly elected Councillors. The previous Council meeting was held as a Teleconference in December, and prior to that it met during the 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) in Budapest, in September. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-23T13:58:14Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/eambes-general-assembly-march-13th-2012 The General Assembly of EAMBES was held on 13 March, 2012, in Brussels the day after the Council meeting. The meeting was very productive an well attended with 18 representatives of societies and institutions present. Here it is a short report by the Secretary General. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-23T09:06:57Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/fellows-symposium-2013-march-14th-2012 On March 14th the first EAMBES Fellows Symposium took place at the ROYAL FLEMISH ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, BRUSSELS. The Central theme of the symposium was: 'biomedical engineering as a driving motor for development, innovation and success in improving health and healthcare'. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-23T14:43:29Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/2012council-elections Four additional members of the EAMBES Council were recently elected by the EAMBES delegates through a secret ballot and they were officially presented at the General Assembly held on March 13, 2012 in Brussels. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-22T15:21:10Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/eambes-ifmbe The relationship between EAMBES and IFMBE (International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering) has now been formally established. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-22T10:24:12Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/chronic-diseases The purpose of the consultation is to gain input from stakeholders on the main issues to be addressed in relation to combating chronic diseases in Europe. Their input will then be used to guide the forthcoming reflection paper on chronic diseases which the Council is currently working on and is expected to be published in 2013. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-22T10:08:46Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/event-parliament Together with Dr. Thomas Ulmer MEP, EAMBES is organising a Policy Workshop on Biomedical engineering at the European Parliament in Brussels, on 27 March 2012. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-03-22T10:02:31Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/medical-device-directives-revision The EU legislative framework regulating the placing on the market and the classification of medical devices is expected to be revised shortly. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-02-10T16:18:54Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/Parliament_meeting The agenda for the Expert Policy Workshop, hosted by Dr. Thomas Ulmer, Member of the European Parliament, is being finalized with the full collaboration of EAMBES. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-02-10T15:03:53Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/GA2012 All EAMBES representatives are welcome to participate the next EAMBES General Assembly scheduled for March 13th, 2012 in Brussels. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-02-08T11:17:45Z News Item http://www.eambes.org/news/fellows-symposium The EAMBES Symposium organized on March, 14th 2012 will see the launch of the EAMBES Division of Fellows and the induction of EAMBES Founding Fellows. During the meeting, organized in connection to the EAMBES General Assembly –March 13th,2012- leaders in the Biomedical Engineering community will present and discuss developments in our field. No publisher martinacontin This work EAMBES - European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported . 2012-02-15T08:59:06Z News Item