Professor and Chair Xiaoping Hu has been elevated to Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineers (IAMBE) for his novel contributions to the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI), particularly in neuroMRI for the past three decades. As one of the original faculty members of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Hu played an instrumental role in developing imaging at ultrahigh magnetic fields, particularly high-field fMRI. Dr. Hu also contributed substantially to fMRI data analysis. In particular, his group published seminal work on using support vector machines for the temporal classification of fMRI data. His group also published novel work on resting-state fMRI studies. He has over 310 peer-reviewed publications and has an h-index of 95.  Professor Hu is also a fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2004), a fellow of IEEE (2009), a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE, 2009), and a fellow of AAAS (2021).

From their website, the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) comprises fellows who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the medical and biological engineering profession. Election to the Academy is initiated by nominations, which the membership committee of the Academy screens. A vote of all Fellows of the Academy conducts the election.