Qin Selected to Receive 2025 BMES CMBE Christopher Jacobs Award

Yi-Xian Qin, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Yi-Xian Qin, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint department of the Renaissance School of Medicine and the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University, has been selected to receive the 2025 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) CMBE Christopher Jacobs Award for Excellence in Leadership.

Qin, who is also director of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory, co-director of the Institute for Engineering-Driven Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), will deliver a lecture and be honored at the 2025 BMES Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference in Carlsbad, California from January 3 to 6.

The annual award, established in 2019, honors the memory and contributions of Christopher R. Jacobs, co-founder and council member of the CMBE Special Interest Group (SIG) under BMES. It recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership excellence within the Cell and Molecular Bioengineering community. Leadership is broadly defined and includes efforts in education, service and publication/dissemination of knowledge related to the CMBE field.

"I am excited and humbled to receive the 2025 BMES CMBS Christopher Jacobs Award," Qin said. "Dr. Jacobs is a pioneer in the field of bone cellular and molecular engineering. He discovered the role of primary cilia in bone cells and its role in mechanotransduction for cell differentiation and tissue regeneration. He also contributed to establishing the cellular and molecular mechanobiology field with his outstanding leadership skills. It's a great honor to receive this prestigious award, which allows us to enhance bioengineering and bone tissue regeneration research in mechanotransduction and translation in the Stony Brook community."

Qin will be recognized at the upcoming conference alongside Chris Chen, MD, and William Fairfield, Warren Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, who will receive the CMBE's Shu Chien Achievement Award; and Ning Jenny Jiang, an associate professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and recipient of the CMBE Momentum Award (sponsored by APL Bioengineering).

An innovator whose work in the field of bone research has significantly advanced our understanding of how bone tissue responds and adapts to various functional environments, bone fluid flow and regenerative responses to dynamic stimuli, Qin has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles as well as related books and chapters and U.S. patents. His patents encompass groundbreaking technologies such as ultrasound diagnostic imaging, therapeutic applications, and mechanical stimulation for musculoskeletal diseases like osteopenia and fractures. These technologies hold promise in not only offering numerous clinical benefits but also predicting bone loss in microgravity during long-term missions in space.

Qin earned both his master's degree and PhD from Stony Brook University's Department of Mechanical Engineering. His contributions to the field have earned him Fellowship status in several prestigious organizations, including the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). He also serves as Executive Editor-in-Chief for Mechanobiology in Medicine, an Elsevier journal.

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