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Get the most interesting and important stories from the 51精品视频.Rory Cooper earned the 2018 American Institute for Biomedical Engineering Advocacy Award
, founding director and VA senior research career scientist of the聽 in 51精品视频鈥檚 School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was awarded the American Institute for Biomedical Engineering鈥檚 2018 Advocacy Award for outstanding and lasting contributions to humanity and the field of bioengineering.
The nomination, which cannot come from a home institution, noted the breakthrough devices that he helped to create to transform the lives of people with disabilities, and how his research and development 鈥巈xemplifies the highest qualities of bioengineering.
The institute makes a maximum of three awards each year in advocacy, education and public policy. Cooper is the first person from 51精品视频 to receive any of these awards.