The Bioelectromagnetics Society

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The Bioelectromagnetics Society

• BEMS was founded in 1978 and is the leading
  international scientific organization addressing
  the science of electromagnetic fields and the
  interaction with biological systems.
• BEMS is a multidisciplinary organization whose
  membership includes engineers, physicists,
  epidemiologists, physicians, chemists and
  biologists.

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BEMS Mission Statement

• The Bioelectromagnetics Society promotes the
  exchange of ideas to advance the science of
  natural and applied electromagnetic fields in
  biology and medicine.

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• Subjects of interest include
• Response of living organisms to electric and
  magnetic fields at frequencies from DC to visible
  light
• Endogenous fields of biological systems
• Mechanisms of interaction of electromagnetic (EM)
  fields with biological systems
• Absorption by distribution of EM energy in
  biological models and living organisms
• Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of
  electromagnetic energy
• Commercial bioelectrochemical applications.

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BEMS Fosters Scientific Communication

• Bioelectromagnetics The official journal of
• The Bioelectromagnetics Society
• The European Bioelectromagnetics Association
• The Society for Physical Regulation in
• Biology and Medicine
• Newsletter of The Bioelectromagnetics Society
  published bi-monthly.
• Website http//www.bioelectromagnetics.org

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Bioelectromagnetics The BEMS Journal

• The Society strives to provide its members with
  services that stimulate and enhance the quality
  of their research and that promote an exchange of
  scientific information.
• The Bioelectromagnetics journal has been
  published since 1980 with worldwide subscriptions
  by individuals and libraries.
• Over the past 26 years peer reviewed scientific
  papers have been published in Bioelectromagnetics.
  

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Website

• Society information, upcoming meetings and other
  items of interest to both members and non-members
  can be found on our web site
• www.bioelectromagnetics.org
• Historical and current Newsletters
• Meeting Abstract Books since 1996
• Calendar of events
• History Book
• Membership list (Available to members only)

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BEMS Newsletter

• The Society publishes a newsletter that serves as
  a vehicle for rapid dissemination of
• ongoing research information
• recent developments of the use of EM fields in
  medicine and the bio-industry
• reported environmental effects
• meeting announcements, and other items of
  interest to the bioelectromagnetics community
• BEMS Newsletters are posted on our web site.

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Bioelectromagnetics 2005

• University College Dublin
• Dublin, Ireland
• June 20-24, 2005
• Joint meeting with the European
  BioElectromagnetics Association (EBEA)
• Approximately 500 attendees expected, including
  researchers, scientists, engineers, physicians,
  representatives of the European press and the
  general public.

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BEMS Annual Meeting

• Premier meeting of the year for anyone interested
  in electromagnetic field interaction with
  biological systems.
• Approximately 300 scientific papers, both invited
  and contributed, are traditionally presented.
• Workshops and panel discussions devoted to
  current topics that are either particularly
  important (e.g., possible "side effects" of NMR
  imaging), of particularly interest to a number of
  members (medical applications) or require intense
  scientific debate.

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Student Development

• The Society recognizes the importance of student
  interest and fosters student development by
  offering
• Travel grants to attend the Annual Meeting
• Waived registration fees
• Student presentation competition
• Reduced membership fees
• Bioelectromagnetics discounted subscription.

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Awards

• The prestigious d'Arsonval Award has been
  presented by the Society to recognize
  extraordinary accomplishment within the
  discipline of bioelectromagnetics to
• Herman P. Schwan 1985
• Arthur W. Guy 1987
• Dr. W. Ross Adey 1989
• C.A.L. Bassett 1991
• Carl Durney 1993
• Om P. Gandhi 1995
• Nancy Wertheimer 1999
• Thomas S. Tenforde 2001
• James C. Lin 2003
• Chung-Kwan Chou 2006

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Statistics

• 600-700 members from 40 countries
• 400-500 attend the Annual Meeting except for
  years when we hold joint meetings, which have
  700-800 attendees
• 300-400 Member subscriptions to the journal

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Student Awards

• The Curtis Carl Johnson Memorial Award is
  presented in recognition of the best scientific
  paper presented by a student in the Platform
  Competition and in the Poster Competition.
• Second and third place awards are also presented.
• Additional Memorial Awards may be presented.

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Symposia and Workshops

• In addition to the Annual Meeting, BEMS
  co-sponsors symposia or workshops around the
  world with other scientific or medical entities
  including
• The Society for Physical Regulation in Biology
  and Medicine (SPRBM)
• The Bioelectrochemical Society (BES)
• The European Bioelectromagnetics Association
  (EBEA)
• The URSI General Assembly.

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2004-2005 Officers and Board of Directors
Membership Categories

• The Society has five (5) categories of
  membership
• Full Members
• Associate Members
• Student Members
• Sustaining Members
• Emeritus/Retired Members
• To download a membership application, please
  visit www.bioelectromagnetics.org

Sitting from left to right S. Engstrom, B.
McLeod, S. Ueno. Standing from left to right M.
Markov, M. Simko, G. Parsley (Executive
Director), G, Nindl, J. Miyakoshi, P. Valberg, R.
Cleveland, K. Hansson-Mild (Technical Program
Co-chair), B. Greenbaum, R. Nuccitelli,
Vijayalaxmi, Y. Hamnerius, M. Swicord (Newsletter
Editor), S. Johnston, M. McLean, B. Goldberg, L.
Plitt (BEMS Office), T. Shigemitsu. Missing M.
Taki
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Written History of the Society

• The History of The Bioelectromagnetics Society
  can be found on our website and consists of eight
  chapters written in a narrative style.
• The document includes
• Societys Journal
• abstracts from the Societys annual meetings
• secondary resource materials
• anecdotes developed from interviews conducted
  with BEMS founders and members during the
  Societys annual meeting in Quebec City in June
  2002.

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Sponsor Categories

• The Bioelectromagnetics Society is thankful
• for the generous support of our sponsors.
• We have four categories of giving
• Platinum
• Gold
• Silver
• Bronze