Posted on December 23, 2002 at 9:18 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Linda C. Lucas, Ph.D., dean of the UAB School of Engineering, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NACBIB).

The council is the major advisory group to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It advises NIBIB and NIH on matters relating to the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, policy and program priorities, and other programs that address biomedical imaging, biomedical engineering and associated technologies. It also advises the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Biomedical engineering already has and will continue to have significant impact on the health of every person, both in the United States and globally,” Lucas said. “I am honored to have been selected to serve on a council that will be a driving force in advancing biomedical engineering and its impact on society.”

Lucas has been dean of the UAB School of Engineering since August 2001. She joined the faculty in 1982 and was department chair of biomedical engineering for five years prior to her appointment as dean. Lucas also is past director of the UAB Biomedical Implant Center and holds appointments with the university’s Center for Metabolic Bone Disease, the Gene Therapy Center and two departments within the School of Dentistry.

Her research focuses on materials for orthopedic, dental and cardiovascular devices. She has been published in more than 100 professional journals and is past president of the Society for Biomaterials and the Biomedical Engineering Society, a fellow in the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineers and an international fellow of the Society for Biomaterials.