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Figure 1. Luis Kun (right) with Dr. Susan
Blumenthal, March 2023.
women, using Hanson's image-processing software
algorithms of MRI images with the RISC 6000 system.
After the meeting, I communicated this to my
boss and AHCPR. Some weeks or a month later, I
received a letter from Dr. Susan J. Blumenthal, who
served as U.S. assistant surgeon general and was,
at the time, the country's first-ever deputy assistant
secretary for women's health within the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
On Sunday, 26 March 2023, while attending the
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
(AIMBE) Annual Event, during the Grand
Challenge Topic 1: Redesigning Public Health with
Technology, Dr. Susan Blumenthal spoke which was
followed by a panel discussion. I had the chance
afterward to thank her for her congratulatory letter
sent to me 27 years before (Figure 1).
It was a wonderful experience for me to live all
of these events and realize later how everything is
really connected. This whole lifecycle took 45 years
of many exploring, learning, sharing, and connecting
events, with many people from different cities,
countries, and professions. It also makes me wonder
Figure 2. Luis Kun (left) with Dr. Bijan
Najafi.
where will the new generations of kids get their
" social skills " developed, considering that most of
their social relations and interactions happen virtually
through their phones or computers while avoiding
in-person interactions.
In contrast, Figure 2 is a picture with Dr. Bijan
Najafi, a bioengineer, professor of surgery, and director
of clinical research at Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX, USA. We also just met the same
Sunday, 26 March 2023, at the same AIMBE event,
and a " new cycle of life " started.
LuIs Kun is the 2023-2024 President of the IEEE
Society on Social Implications of Technology. He is
a distinguished professor emeritus, William J. Perry
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National
Defense University, Washington, DC 20319 USA.
Direct questions and comments about this article
to Luis Kun; l.kun@ieee.org.
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