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May Dongmei Wang

Also known as May Wang, May D. Wang

May Dongmei Wang is a biomedical engineer at Georgia Tech and Emory whose work applies AI to healthcare. She received a BEng from Tsinghua University and earned a PhD in electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech in 2000. She joined the AIMBE College of Fellows in 2015, became an International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow in 2020 and was named an IEEE Fellow in 2022. In 2023 her group's first retrieval-augmented generation solutions for healthcare received the ACM SIGBio Best Paper Award. As of October 2026, she is a professor at Georgia Tech and Emory and directs the Biomedical Big Data Initiative.

Works
488

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Timeline

  1. 1991–2000

    Graduate study at Georgia Tech

    After a BEng from Tsinghua University, she earns three master's degrees at Georgia Tech in 1991, 1993 and 1995. She completes a PhD in electrical and computer engineering there in 2000.

  2. 2015

    Joining AIMBE's College of Fellows

    AIMBE elects her to its College of Fellows in the class of 2015. The honor recognizes her work in biomedical and health informatics for personalized and predictive health.

  3. 2020

    Named an IAMBE Fellow

    In September 2020 the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering welcomes her as one of 31 newly inducted Fellows.

  4. 2021

    A Coulter Distinguished Faculty Fellow

    In 2021 she is named a Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Fellow.

  5. 2022

    Named an IEEE Fellow

    In January 2022 IEEE names her a Fellow for contributions to biomedical informatics and AI. She also joins the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society executive committee as vice president-elect for conferences.

  6. 2023

    A SIGBio best paper award

    Her group's first retrieval-augmented generation solutions for healthcare receive the ACM SIGBio Best Paper Award in 2023.

  7. March 2026

    A talk on healthcare AI

    In March 2026 she speaks at Georgia Tech on translating AI for healthcare. Her talk describes a clinician-patient shared decision system that has gone through a nine-month AI showcase assessment at the American Medical Informatics Association.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at Georgia Tech and Emory

    She is a professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory. She directs the Biomedical Big Data Initiative and also leads the ACM Special Interest Group in Bioinformatics.

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  1. May Wang - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. May Dongmei Wang | GT Biomedical Engineering bme.gatech.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. May Dongmei Wang, Ph.D. COF-1892 - AIMBE aimbe.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. May Wang Inducted as IAMBE Fellow | GT Biomedical Engineering bme.gatech.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Wang Named an IEEE Fellow | GT Biomedical Engineering bme.gatech.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Translating AI for Healthcare and Biomedicine: Grand Challenges and STAR Opportunities | MS Program in Human-Computer Interaction mshci.gatech.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. May Dongmei Wang | Research Community research.gatech.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.