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Institute of Biomedical Engineering Wins Top Prize For Innovation at Times Higher Education Awards 2009

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, Named Overall Winner In “Outstanding Contribution to Innovation & Technology” Category

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, has been honoured with a top prize for innovation at the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2009. The Institute was named overall winner in the category of “Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology.” The awards were announced at a gala ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Thursday 15th October.

Professor Chris Toumazou, CEO of Toumaz Holdings, is the founding Director and Chief Scientist of the Institute. Toumaz Technology's Sensium platform was specifically highlighted in the award citation as an example of innovative technology to emerge from the Institute that is addressing some of the biggest global healthcare challenges.

Now in their fifth year, the Times Higher Education Awards are the leading awards for the higher education sector, created to recognise, celebrate and reward the highest standards of excellence and talent in UK academia. This year the awards attracted over 600 entries from more than 130 higher education institutions.

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBE) was recognised by the panel of specially selected judges for its sheer breath of innovation in the areas of medical diagnosis and treatment, personalised healthcare, regenerative medicine and biomedical imaging. The panel was impressed by the range of innovation achieved and its transferability into other fields.

The IBE, which opened its state-of-the-art, purpose-built facilities in 2006, combines the strengths of Imperial’s world class research schools in engineering and medicine to drive major advances in biomedical technology and accelerate the commercial realisation of technologies to improve the lives of people around the world.

Prof. Chris Toumazou and the IBE team

For the full list of THE Award winners, please visit:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/theawards

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