Women in MBE Committee
(front row, from left to right): Loredana Marcu (Romania), Birgit Glasmacher (Germany), Monique Frize (Canada), Lenska Lhotska (Czech Republic), Tania Aznielle (Cuba), Pech Ha Khoo Tan (Singapore), Gilda Barabino (USA), Penny Martens (Australia) , Terri Fong (Hong Kong), Eleni Kaldoudi (Greece) (second row left to right): Jorge Castro (Cuba), Maria Siebes (Netherlands) Eva Bezak (Australia), Nicole Ranger (USA), Rossana Castaldo (UK), Anna Worm (Netherlands & developing countries), Salome Mwaura (Kenya)
AboutWiMBE
The Women in MBE committee was created in 2004 to investigate and make recommendations to the Administrative Council regarding issues and steps necessary to:
– Increase the visibility and participation of women within IFMBE
– Address ways to improve the climate for women in IFMBE and the workplace
– Gather and disseminate information regarding the status of women in MBE
The Chair for the first two terms (2004-2009) was Maria Siebes (Netherlands). The Vice-Chair was Laura Poole-Warren (Australia); Alicia El-Haj (UK) was a member as well as Herbert Voigt (USA and IFMBE President).
Action Plans
(1) The AC members and officers, the Academy, committees, especially the Nominations Committee, the Committee of National Secretaries, the Publication and Publicity Committee (PPC) need to be involved in activities of the WiMBE.
(2) Regarding the Academy, the program for young people should be geared appropriately towards the needs of each gender.
(3) The Nominations Committee should recommend qualified women for positions on the AC, its various committees, the Academy, and for awards and prizes that they would merit. The WiMNBE will make suggestions
(4) The WiMBE will work closely with the PPC to increase the committee’s profile and update information on the web site as well as profiling women in the Newsletter, hold workshops on topics concerning women in engineering, and publish papers in MBEC on this topic
Activities
“Encouraging more women to become scientists or engineers”
Monique Frize, Chair, WiMPMBE and WiMBE
Peck Ha Khoo-Tan, Member WiMBE IFMBE
Tainan, Chinese Taipei, Oct 2014
Committee Members
2022 – 2025
Co-Chairs
Co-Chair Marie-Ange JANVIER
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada
Co-Chair Peck-Ha TAN
National University of Singapore, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Singapore
Members:
Lenka Lhotska, Czech Republic
Virginia Ballarin, Argentina
Martha Zequera Diaz, Columbia
Fatimah Ibrahim, Malaysia
Eva Bezak, Australia
Y. Rachel Zhang, Canada
Millicent Alooh, Kenya
Fabiola Martinez, Mexico
Bat-Erdene M, Mongolia
Francine UMUTESI, Rwanda
Samantha Alvarado Jalomo, Mexico
Past Committees
2018 – 2021
Co-Chairs
Lenka LHOTSKA
Virginia BALLARIN
Members
Susana CASTRO
May WANG
Natalia Lopez CELANI
Wei-Li HSU
Caroline HAGSTRÖM
Elisabete Aramendi ECENARRO
Links to Resources
Reports
Past Committees
2015 – 2018
Co-Chairs
Birgit GLASMACHER
Eleni KALDOUDI
Members
Herbert VOIGT, USA
Alicia El HAJ, UK
Laura Poole WARREN, Australia
Lenka LHOTSKA, Czech Republic
Peck Ha TAN, Singapore
Anna WORM, UK
Martha Zequera DIAZ, Colombia
Andrel LINNENBANK, The Netherlands
Rossana CASTALDO, UK
2012 – 2015
Chair
Monique FRIZE
Co-Chair
Laura POOLE-WARREN
Members
Consuelo CORONA
Alicia EL-HAJ
Birgit GLASMACHER
Eleni KALDOUDI
Andre LINNENBANK
Ratko MAGJAREVIC
Penny MARTENS
Shauna MULLALLY
Susana Llanusa RUIZ
Lena Kajsa SIDEN
Maria SIEBES
Peck Ha TAN
Herbert VOIGT
May D. WANG
2009 – 2012
Chair
Monique FRIZE
Co-Chair
Laura POOLE-WARREN
Members:
Jennifer AYERS
Alicia EL-HAJ
Miya ISHIHARA
Eleni KALDOUDI
Susana Llanusa
RUIZ Maria SIEBES
Herbert VOIGT