Roger Mark and George Moody Receive the 2026 IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award

Each year, the IEEE Awards Board selects a distinguished group of individuals to receive IEEE’s highest honors, recognizing exceptional achievements and significant contributions to technology, society, and the engineering profession.

We are honored to share that Professor Roger G. Mark and the late George B. Moody have been named co-recipients of the 2026 IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award for their leadership in ECG signal processing and the creation and distribution of curated biomedical and clinical data. View announcement on the IEEE website.

This recognition highlights the profound and lasting impact that Roger Mark and George Moody have had on biomedical engineering and the global research community. Their vision and contributions continue to underpin our work on PhysioNet and databases such as MIMIC.

About Roger G. Mark

Roger G. Mark is Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences and Technology Emeritus at the Institute for Medical Engineering & Science at MIT. His work spans physiological signal processing, patient monitoring, and critical care decision support. He is the co-founder of PhysioNet, launched in 1999 to provide open access to physiologic signals, clinical data, and open-source software for the research community.

About George B. Moody

George B. Moody made transformative contributions to biomedical signal processing through his work in electrocardiography. He developed the WFDB libraries and much of the code available on PhysioNet, which remains essential for ECG signal processing worldwide. He also created and led the PhysioNet/Computing in Cardiology Challenges for 15 years, fostering global collaboration and innovation.