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Guangzhong YANG

FIEEE, FIET, FAIMBE, FIAMBE, FMICCAI, FCGI, Founding Dean, Chair Professor,
Medical Robotics Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Prof. Guangzhong YANG is the founding dean of the Medical Robotics Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was the founding director of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London. Prof. YANG is also the Chairman of the advisory board, the UK-RAS Network (http://ukras.org). Prof. YANG’s main research interests are in medical imaging, sensing and robotics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, fellow of IEEE, IET, AIMBE, IAMBE, MICCAI, CGI and a recipient of the Royal Society Research Merit Award and listed in The Times Eureka ‘Top 100’ in British Science. Prof. YANG is the founding editor of Science Robotics– a journal of the Science family dedicated to the latest advances in robotics and how it enables or underpins new scientific discoveries. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2017 New Year Honour for his contribution to biomedical engineering.

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