Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--A senior Mississippi State administrator is being named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Jackson native Jerry Gilbert will be inducted in early March during the organization's annual meeting at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. The high honor recognizes those in the top 2 percent of the profession.
Based in the nation's capital, AIMBE represents 75,000 bioengineers worldwide. It works to promote the educational and societal issues that advance the field.
Gilbert has served since 2004 as the university's associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs. Also a biological engineering professor, he holds a 1977 bachelor's degree from MSU and a 1982 doctorate from Duke University.
An 18-year faculty member and former agricultural and biological engineering department head, he led in establishing MSU's graduate program in biomedical engineering.
He has been a multiple selection for the Bagley College of Engineering's Hearin-Hess Distinguished Professorship. He also was recognized in the first distinguished faculty class of the university's Shackouls Honors College, as well as with the national presidency of the Institute for Biological Engineering.
As a researcher in biomechanics at both the University of North Carolina and MSU, he has focused on bone modeling, orthopedic biomechanics, osteoporosis modeling, and biocompatibility of biomaterials. His investigations have been supported by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.
"Mississippi State is where I have had the opportunity to distinguish myself and become worthy of this great honor," Gilbert said. "It is both the reflection of a professional career and of MSU's outstanding programs in agricultural and biological engineering."
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