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Vince D. Calhoun Named 2013 Fellow to Both AAAS and IEEE
November 29, 2012
1-29-12 – UNM School of Engineering Professor Vince D. Calhoun was elected to Fellow by AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) for 2013. The grade of Fellow is the highest grade of membership in both organizations and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.
Calhoun is the Executive Science Officer of The Mind Research Network (http://www.mrn.org) and professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (primary) with additional appointments in Psychiatry, Computer Science, and Neurosciences.
He has spent much of his career focused on the development of flexible multivariate methods for integrating the huge amount of brain imaging and genetics data which is available today. Calhoun has developed advanced algorithms for identifying how brain regions ‘talk’ to one another (called functional connectivity) either during a specific task or at rest. He has also studied how these connections are impaired during mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment, among others).
He has also been a pioneer in the field of “data fusion” which emphasizes the fact that each type of imaging data we collect gives only a limited view of the brain and by combining multiple complementary types of information. Taking advantage of the strengths of each technique can produce new biomarkers of disease, for example using linked patterns of changes in brain connectivity and genetics to differentiate different subtypes of mental illness and predict clinical outcomes.
“Vince is making outstanding contributions in imaging in order to better understand healthy and diseased brains,” said Catalin Roman, dean of the UNM School of Engineering. “That he was elevated to fellow of both AAAS and IEEE is impressive and an excellent reflection of his achievements.”
Calhoun received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, in 1991, master’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1993 and 1996, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, in 2002.
He has authored more than 600 journal articles and conference publications. Calhoun has also recently received the A Earl Walker Neuroscience Award at UNM.
About AAAS
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science (www.sciencemag.org) as well as Science Translational Medicine (www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org) andScience Signaling (www.sciencesignaling.org). AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes 261 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The non-profit AAAS (www.aaas.org) is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, www.eurekalert.org, the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS.
About IEEE
The IEEE is the world’s leading professional organization for advancing technology for humanity. Through its 400,000 members in 160 countries, the IEEE is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics.
Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world’s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also sponsors or co-sponsors nearly 400 international technical conferences each year. www.ieee.org.
About the UNM School of Engineering
Founded in 1906, the University of New Mexico School of Engineering offers accredited engineering and computer science undergraduate degree programs and graduate programs leading to MS, ME, and PhD degrees in a research-intensive environment. An exceptionally active research faculty work in critical and cutting-edge areas, including nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, sustainable infrastructure, water resources, renewable energy, and information technology. For more information, visit engineering.unm.edu.