Jaclyn Brennan, Ph.D., Named 2021-2022 ASME Congressional Fellow
Jaclyn Brennan, Ph.D., Named 2021-2022 ASME Congressional Fellow
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 14, 2021) – The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has named Jaclyn Brennan, Ph.D., as a 2021-2022 ASME Congressional Fellow – Bioengineering. She officially began her fellowship in September 2021, serving in the office of the Honorable Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA 18th District), who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, serves as a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is the first woman to chair the Health Subcommittee, and previously served as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Brennan will support a range of health policy issues including: designing the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) statute, reauthorizing the FDA user fee programs, and increasing diversity in clinical trials. She is jointly sponsored by the ASME Foundation, the ASME Bioengineering Division, and ASME Government Relations.
Brennan earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from The George Washington University in 2020 and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher position in the same lab until the start of her congressional fellowship. Her research expertise spans cardiovascular bioengineering and cardiac electrophysiology. During her Ph.D., she had the unique opportunity to perform experiments on explanted donor human hearts that were rejected for transplantation, and this work resulted in the discovery of two spatially distinct leading pacemakers in the mammalian heart.
“ASME is pleased to welcome Jaclyn Brennan to the distinguished roster of engineers who have provided valuable service to our nation through the Federal Government Fellowship Program,” says ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “Through these prestigious year-long engagements, our fellows have a unique opportunity to participate directly in the policy-making process and gain an insider’s perspective on government decision-making – and, in turn, they can apply that learning to their professional roles and better contribute to the mission and vision of their own organizations.”
Brennan is passionate about science communication and science policy. She regularly writes articles for ASBMB Today, the member magazine of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, as well as for Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL), a national organization dedicated to increasing local civic engagement by people with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. She co-founded The George Washington University’s Chapter of the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), and she holds a certificate in “Science Policy and Advocacy for STEM Scientists" from the University of California, Irvine GPS-STEM Program.
“I am incredibly humbled and honored to serve as the 2021-2022 ASME Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow in Bioengineering for the Chairwoman of the Health Subcommittee,” says Brennan. “As someone who has lived in the District of Columbia for the duration of my doctoral program, I am excited to now have a front row seat in federal policymaking in our Nation’s capital. I look forward to using my science and engineering background to contribute to a range of projects that will advance the health and wellbeing of Americans while also serving the people of California’s 18th congressional district.”
Brennan received a Bachelor of Science degree in materials science and engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science degree in bioengineering from the University of Oklahoma. She is an alumnus of the Whitaker International Fellows Program, in which she spent a year doing scientific research in a hydrodynamics laboratory at École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France.
About the ASME Congressional Fellowship Program
ASME Congressional Fellowships are sponsored by ASME Government Relations, the ASME Foundation, the ASME Petroleum Division, and the ASME Bioengineering Division. Applications for 2022-23 ASME Congressional Fellowships in Energy, Bioengineering and Advanced Manufacturing are being accepted through Dec. 15, 2021. For more information, including more about current fellows and 2022-23 fellowship opportunities, visit https://www.asme.org/government-relations/federal-fellows-program.
Those interested in making a contribution to the program can do so and learn more by visiting the ASME Foundation’s website at https://www.asmefoundation.org/.
About ASME
ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education, and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world. In 2020, ASME formed the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers (ISIE) LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary to house business ventures that will bring new and innovative products, services, and technologies to the engineering community, and later established the holding company, Global Knowledge Solutions LLC. In 2021, ASME launched a second for-profit subsidiary, Metrix Connect LLC, an industry events and content platform to accelerate digital transformation in the engineering community and the exclusive agent for the Mechanical Engineering® brand of media products. For more information, visit www.asme.org.
Media contact:
Monica Shovlin
MCShovlin Communications LLC (for ASME)
monica@mcshovlin.com
+1 541.554.3796
“ASME is pleased to welcome Jaclyn Brennan to the distinguished roster of engineers who have provided valuable service to our nation through the Federal Government Fellowship Program,” says ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “Through these prestigious year-long engagements, our fellows have a unique opportunity to participate directly in the policy-making process and gain an insider’s perspective on government decision-making – and, in turn, they can apply that learning to their professional roles and better contribute to the mission and vision of their own organizations.”
Brennan is passionate about science communication and science policy. She regularly writes articles for ASBMB Today, the member magazine of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, as well as for Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL), a national organization dedicated to increasing local civic engagement by people with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. She co-founded The George Washington University’s Chapter of the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), and she holds a certificate in “Science Policy and Advocacy for STEM Scientists" from the University of California, Irvine GPS-STEM Program.
“I am incredibly humbled and honored to serve as the 2021-2022 ASME Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow in Bioengineering for the Chairwoman of the Health Subcommittee,” says Brennan. “As someone who has lived in the District of Columbia for the duration of my doctoral program, I am excited to now have a front row seat in federal policymaking in our Nation’s capital. I look forward to using my science and engineering background to contribute to a range of projects that will advance the health and wellbeing of Americans while also serving the people of California’s 18th congressional district.”
Brennan received a Bachelor of Science degree in materials science and engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science degree in bioengineering from the University of Oklahoma. She is an alumnus of the Whitaker International Fellows Program, in which she spent a year doing scientific research in a hydrodynamics laboratory at École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France.
About the ASME Congressional Fellowship Program
ASME Congressional Fellowships are sponsored by ASME Government Relations, the ASME Foundation, the ASME Petroleum Division, and the ASME Bioengineering Division. Applications for 2022-23 ASME Congressional Fellowships in Energy, Bioengineering and Advanced Manufacturing are being accepted through Dec. 15, 2021. For more information, including more about current fellows and 2022-23 fellowship opportunities, visit https://www.asme.org/government-relations/federal-fellows-program.
Those interested in making a contribution to the program can do so and learn more by visiting the ASME Foundation’s website at https://www.asmefoundation.org/.
About ASME
ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education, and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world. In 2020, ASME formed the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers (ISIE) LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary to house business ventures that will bring new and innovative products, services, and technologies to the engineering community, and later established the holding company, Global Knowledge Solutions LLC. In 2021, ASME launched a second for-profit subsidiary, Metrix Connect LLC, an industry events and content platform to accelerate digital transformation in the engineering community and the exclusive agent for the Mechanical Engineering® brand of media products. For more information, visit www.asme.org.
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Media contact:
Monica Shovlin
MCShovlin Communications LLC (for ASME)
monica@mcshovlin.com
+1 541.554.3796
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