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Session Description

This session explores the integration of equity, diversity, and social justice into biomedical engineering education. Presentations will examine strategies for teaching healthcare disparities in biomedical design, community-centered approaches to engineering efficacy, and the impact of bioengineering bridge programs on underrepresented student success.

Moderated by

1. Jenna Usprech and Dr. Ashley R Taylor

Papers Presented

1. Examining underrepresented student success and engagement in engineering following completion of a bioengineering bridge program [view paper]
   Dr. Emma Farago (University of Calgary) and Dr. Emily Ann Marasco (University of Calgary)
2. Ignite: Place-based Community-centered Design to Promote Biomedical Engineering Efficacy [view paper]
   Jennifer Ayres (Duke University), Hannah Lee (Duke University), Amaris Huang (Duke University), David Knudsen (Museum of Life and Science), Dr. Nirmala Ramanujam Ph.D. (Duke University), and Dr. Megan Madonna (Duke University)
3. The use of healthcare disparities as a tool to teach BME undergraduates about the importance of social justice in biomedical design. [view paper]
   Dr. Shannon Barker (University of Virginia)