Dawn Elliott was awarded the Van C. Mow Medal by ASME for significantly advancing the field of biomedical engineering through her contributions in musculoskeletal tissue structure-function research, her student mentorship with a focus on mentoring women, and her leadership in the bioengineering division of ASME. She also received the ORS Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award for her exceptional achievement in mentorship and advocacy on behalf of new investigators in orthopedic research. Read more.
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“In science, you have to be resilient,” said Dawn Elliott, the founder of UD’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and a leader in her field. “Whether your experiment doesn’t work or your grant doesn’t get funded or you get bad reviews on your paper and need to revise, there are challenges. You get pushed down, and you need to learn how to accept that, be resilient in the face of it and just move forward.”