2026 GWBE Events
Aug. 27: Annual GWBE barbecue, Sugarhouse Park.
Aug. 6: GWBE Book Club gathering, The Upside of Stress by Dr. Kelly McGonigal.
May. 21: Dr. Stephanie Cone, Director of the Orthopaedic Tissue Mechanics Lab and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware.
Apr. 7: Seeley Reenstierna, Principal Research Associate at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Mar. 17: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Erika Pliner, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah.
Feb. 17: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Elaine Biddiss, senior scientist at the Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Associate Professor with the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and Associate Member of the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto.
Jan. 20: GWBE Career Path - Sydney Robinson, CEO and cofounder of Vessl Prosthetics.
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Past 2025 GWBE Events
Dec. 8: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Ashley Dalrymple, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah
Nov. 25: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Kylee North, Assistant Professor (lecturer) in Biomedical Engineering and Research Associate in the NERVS Lab at the University of Utah
OCT. 31: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Elvira Pirondini, Neuroscientist specializing in stroke rehabilitation and motor control
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Past 2024 GWBE Events
February
FEB.6: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Ashley Dalrymple, Assistant Professor in Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
March
MAR.14: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Nathalia Esper, a Scientific Software Engineering Generalist at the Child Mind Institute in New York City
MAR.16: GWBE Rocking Climbing Event
MAR.28: STEAM Outreach Event at Local Elementary School - Ultrasound Demo
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Past 2023 GWBE Events
January
JAN.20: GWBE Volunteers @ The Leonardo (Salt Lake City)
February
FEB.8: GWBE Movie Night @ SMBB - The Woman In Motion
March
MAR.3: GWBE Career Path - Liz Zettel, Engineering Manager at Stryker Neurovascular
MAR.18: GSAC/GWBE Cross Country Ski Day
MAR.24: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Alena Grabowski, Associate Professor at University of Colorado Boulder, Integrative Physiology
April
APR. 3: GWBE Figure Making Workshop with Dr.Warren
APR. 28: Volunteer Event at the Utah International Charter School Career Day
May
MAY 5: Volunteer Event at the Leonardo Science Museum
October
OCT.19: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Marta Iverson, Research Associate University of Utah, Dept. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
OCT.30: GSAC and GWBE Halloween Pumpkin Carving Event
November
NOV.1: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Kylee North, PhD, Instructor in Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah
NOV.17: GWBE Outreach at Leonardo Science Museum
NOV.27: GWBE/GSAC Potluck
NOV.30: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Nathalia Esper, a Scientific Software Engineering Generalist at the Child Mind Institute in New York City [RESCHEDULED]
December
DEC.1: GWBE Round Table Talk with Dr. Linda McLean, Professor, Schools of Rehabilitation Science, University of Ottawa
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2022 Past GWBE Events
January
JAN.14: Supporting Students in Distress Workshop
JAN.25: Oryx & Crake Book Club
February
FEB.8: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Andrea Mazzocchi, Co-Founder Known Medicine
FEB.25: Recruitment Coffee Social
March
MAR.22: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Greg Stoddard, "Statistical Analysis of Clustered Data in Basic Science" (via Zoom)
MAR.22: Deep Tech w/ Altitude Labs
MAR.26: GWBE/GSAC Cross-Country Skiing Event
MAR.29: GWBE Career Path - Stryker Facility Tour
April
APR.6: GWBE Career Path - Post-Doc Panel
APR.27: GWBE/GSAC Ice Skating Event
May
MAY.10: GWBE Professional Headshots & Social Event
October
OCT.22: GWBE Mountain Bike Clinic
November
NOV.7: GWBE Career Path - Chandana Haque, Executive Director of Altitude Lab
NOV.17: Winter Social/Trivia Night
NOV.30: GWBE Career Path - Dr. Shreya Goel, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics
December
DEC.5 Virtual Book Club (GWBE): Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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2021 Past GWBE Events
October
OCT.6: GWBE Intro Meeting
OCT.17: GWBE Mountain Bike Clinic
November
NOV.4: GWBE Pumpkin Painting Social
NOV.22: GWBE Career Path - Kim Dobaj, Stryker Neurovascular
December
DEC.9: Alumni in Industry Panel - Zack Kagan (Nevro), Niloofar Farhang (ARUP), Jocelyn Todd (OrthoGrid)
DEC.14: GWBE Holiday Baking Park - Learn how to make Naan!