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UNMC\u2019s Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, vice chair for research and professor in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering\u2019s College of Fellows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Byrareddy, who leads the Byrareddy Laboratory at UNMC and was named last year as UNMC\u2019s 20th Scientist Laureate<\/a>, was inducted at a ceremony April 13 during the AIMBE organization\u2019s annual event in Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering announced that Dr. Byrareddy was inducted along with 175 colleagues in the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization said Dr. Byrareddy was nominated, reviewed and elected by peers and members of its college of fellows \u201cfor advancing immunotherapies, decoding biological pathogenesis and developing technologies to combat viral diseases by bridging lab research and clinical care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At UNMC, Dr. Byrareddy researches HIV and AIDS, SARS-CoV-2, also known as COVID-19, and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as Dengue, Zika and M-pox. His current research includes HIV pathobiology and cure strategies, substance abuse, gut-brain connections and CAR-T cell targeted immunotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering advocates for the value of medical and biological engineering to society, with a mission to recognize excellence, advance public understanding and accelerate medical and biological innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the AIMBE College of Fellows are considered among the top 2 percent of those in the medical and biological engineering fields.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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