Learn More About Sossena Wood

Dr. Sossena Wood is a Tenure-Track Research Assistant Professor within the Biomedical Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University. She completed her Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow under the guidance of Professor Jana Kainerstorfer. Dr. Wood is focused on developing and designing equitable medical devices that detect neurological damage and/or diseases. Dr. Wood completed her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh under the guidance of Professor Tamer S. Ibrahim in 2018 and was a K. Leroy Irvis Fellow, National GEM Consortium PhD Fellow, Pitt STRIVE Fellow, and received Pitt’s Provost Development Fund.  She received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 2011 and believes the platform of her success sprung from the Pitt EXCEL program.

 

Dr. Wood’s dissertation work was featured in more than several peer-reviewed journal articles, international abstracts, international talks, and a segment of NBC Learn.  Dr. Wood is one of the University of Pittsburgh’s Rising African American Leaders awardee, National Institutes of Health (NIH) F31 awardee, New Pittsburgh Courier’s FAB 40 awardee, NSBE’s 2017 Mike Shinn Distinguished Member of the Year (Female) Awardee, and Professional Women’s Network awardee.  Sossena served two-terms as the National Chairperson of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) as well as other leadership roles within the organization.  While committed to advancing neurological health, Sossena is also committed to engaging and empowering marginalized youth to pursue STEM degrees locally and globally.