Meyer Elected Chair of National Council

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Anne E. Meyer of Eggertsville, research associate professor in the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, and director of the UB site of the National Science Foundation-designated Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, was elected chair of the Council of Societies of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) during the group's annual meeting held recently in Washington, D.C. The Council of Societies is the arm of AIMBE that coordinates and enhances interaction among 16 scientific organizations in medical and biological engineering, representing approximately 50,000 scientists, engineers and medical professionals.

Meyer is past president of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials, a scientific research society with approximately 1,500 members from academia, industry and government agencies. Prior to joining the UB research staff in 1986, she was head of the Surface Science Section of Calspan Corp. Meyer is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and received the Society for Biomaterials' C. William Hall Award in 2002. In addition to the Society for Biomaterials and AIMBE, she is a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, International Association for Dental Research and The Adhesion Society.