Industrial Advisory Board’s Mission

The IAB mission is to:

  • Regularly review, advise and direct programming in the Department of Biomedical Engineering to help the Department better achieve its mission
  • Enhance the biomedical professional community through advising
    • BME education and training scope and focus
    • BME information dissemination and communication, and
    • BME research and academic-industrial collaborations
  • Student Education and Training
  • Dissemination of BME achievements and competence
  • Communication to stakeholders, including local industry
  • Student and trainee opportunities in research and industrial collaboration
  • Academic programming
  • Student training effectiveness
  • The department’s relevance to addressing current medtech/life science industrial goals and interests
  • Industrial employee requirements
  • The department’s performance assessments and accreditation needs, and other academic reporting purposes
  • For students, by facilitating and enabling work experience opportunities with:
    • Biomedical industry in Utah
    • Internships
    • Employment needs from industry
    • Student research/senior project opportunities
  • For faculty, by providing information on:
  • For industry, by providing:
    • potential projects that can be efficiently solved in academic research settings
    • Philanthropic collaboration and support

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IAB Members

Head shot of BME IAB member, Roya Borazjani

Roya Borazjani, Ph.D., MBA

WW VP Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
Becton Dickinson
roya.borazjani@gmail.com

Head shot of BME IAB member, Kelly Christian

Kelly Christian M.S., Senior Director, RR&D

BD Medication Delivery Solutions Wasatch
Kelly.Christian@wasatchbiomedical.com

Headshot of BME IAB Member, Victor Garcia

Victor Garcia, Global VP RA, EHS & QA Compliance

Varex Imaging
victor.garcia@vareximaging.com

Headshot of BME IAB Member, Jeffrey R. Nelson

Jeff Nelson MBA, SM (NRCM)

Chairman

Nelson Laboratories, LLC

jeffportable@gmail.com

Mark Paul

Executive Director

Center for Medical Innovation, University of Utah

Mark.Paul@hsc.utah.edu

Headshot of BME IAB Member, Lynne Shwed

Lynne Shwed M.S.

V.P., Engineering, R&D

Edwards Lifesciences

Lynne_Shwed@edwards.com

Headshot of BME IAB Member, Jessica Smith

Jessica Smith, PhD

Corporate Vice Presidents and Chief Regulatory Officer

Integra Life Sciences
jws@xmission.com

Headshot of BME IAB Member, Carolyn Taylor

Carolyn Taylor

Manager

Stryker Neurovascular

taylor@stryker.com

Kimberly Dobaj

Director, Clinical PMO

Stryker Neurovascular

Kimberly.dobaj@stryker.com

Headshot of Emeritus Professor Tomasz Petelenz

Tomasz Petelenz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (Lecturer)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Utah
tomasz.petelenz@utah.edu

Headshot of BME's Chair, Dr. Jessica Wagenseil

Jessica Wagenseil, D.Sc.

Non-voting member

University Professor & Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Utah
Jessica.wagenseil@utah.edu

Headshot of BME Faculty Member, Kelly Broadhead

Kelly Broadhead, PhD

Associate Professor (Lecturer)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Utah
kelly.broadhead@utah.edu