Rehabilitation Engineering: Other Links
Rehabilitation engineering is the use of engineering science and principles to develop technological solutions and devices to assist individuals with disabilities, and aid the recovery of physical and cognitive functions lost because of disease or injury
Societies
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The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is the professional society for biomedical engineering and bioengineering. Founded in early 1968, the Society now boasts nearly 6,500 members and is growing, rapidly.
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MIT's student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society was founded in 1995 by three MIT seniors who saw the need for a student organization dedicated to providing students with research, employment, and educational opportunities in biomedical engineering.
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EMBS members are focused on the development and application of engineering concepts and methods to provide new solutions to biological, medical and healthcare problems.
Other Links
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rectechThe Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Recreational Technologies (RERC Rec-Tech) at University of Alabama-Birmingham is a five-year grant funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the US Department of Education.
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NIHThe mission of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies.
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Health CareersThis section has all you need to know about a career in health - how the health sector is structured, the sort of people we need and where you might work, and specific information about careers in the NHS, medicine and public health.