Mohammad F. Kiani, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., Board Chairman and President

Dr. Kiani is a co-founder of Engineering World Health. He has an academic background in biomedical and electrical engineering and has received a number of scholarly research and teaching awards. Dr. Kiani is a recognized expert in the field of biomedical engineering research and education and is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology, at Temple University.

Catherine Peck, C.P.A., Treasurer

Cathy, a founding board member of Engineering World Health, has served EWH in various capacities from Treasurer to President. She brings more than 25 years of business and accounting experience to EWH as well as extensive non-profit service—both professionally and as a volunteer. Cathy served the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis as board member and Finance Committee Chair. Formerly employed by Perry-Smith & Co and by Coopers & Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers) she is now self-employed as a CPA/consultant and business manager.

Robert A. Malkin, Ph.D., P.E.

A co-founder of EWH, Bob is now Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, North Carolina. Bob also directs the EWH-Duke Summer Institute Program. Previously, Dr. Malkin was the Herbert Herff Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The Joint Biomedical Program at the University of Memphis, Tennessee and The University of Tennessee. Before moving to Tennessee, Dr. Malkin was a professor of Electrical Engineering at The City College of New York and a member of the graduate faculty at The City University of New York and a research associate at Columbia University. Dr. Malkin received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1991 and 1993, respectively. Prior to attending graduate school, Dr. Malkin taught English in Thailand, worked at EM Microelectronics in Switzerland designing integrated circuits, worked for Cordis Corporation designing pacemakers and worked for Sarns Incorporated designing heart lung machines. Dr Malkin received the BS degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Michigan in 1984. Dr. Malkin is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Malkin serves as an expert advisor to the World Health Organization’s Advisory Group on Healthcare Technology, Advisory Group on Innovative Technologies and serves on the World Health Organization’s subcommittee on medical equipment donations.

Corinna E. Lathan, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Lathan is Founder and CEO of AnthroTronix, Inc., a biomedical engineering R and D company. Her work on technology for children with disabilities has been featured in Forbes, Time, and the New Yorker magazines as well as led to such distinctions as Maryland's "Top Innovator of the Year," and one of MIT Technology Review Magazine's "Top 100 World Innovators.” She has also been named a Technology Pioneer and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Lathan is actively involved in educational outreach programs that empower women and minorities in engineering and science including the FIRST and VEX robotics programs. Dr. Lathan received her B.A. from Swarthmore College, and an S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from MIT.