From September 29th to October 4th, 2025, the triennial World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM 2025) was grandly held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Australia. Over a thousand experts, scholars, students, and industry representatives from more than 80 countries gathered to discuss cutting-edge trends and future directions in the field. A delegation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), including Xu Xuemin (Dean of Zhiyuan College, Director of the National Engineering Research Center for High-end Technology of Magnetic Resonance Diagnosis and Treatment, Executive Council Member of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, and Chair Professor of the School of Biomedical Engineering), Li Bin (Vice President of the SJTU Institute of Initiative Health Strategy and Development, former Vice President of the Lingang Branch of the Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to SJTU, and Council Member of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering), alongside faculty members Tong Shanbao, Sui Xiaohong, Lou Yue, and several postgraduate students, demonstrated SJTU's outstanding talent cultivation capabilities and international academic influence in the field of medical engineering through multiple awards and their prominent contributions to the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE).

Student Project Wins First Prize in International Competition

At the IFMBE Scientific Challenge Competition held concurrently with the congress, two postgraduate students from SJTU's School of Biomedical Engineering, Liu Yufeng and Liu Yi, stood out with their project titled "Predicting patient outcome and LOS using a two-stage approach with semantically enriched features" and won the first prize. Addressing the clinical need for early and accurate risk assessment of patient hospital length of stay and outcomes based on initial admission data, the project innovatively employed ICD coding enhancement integrated with medical prior knowledge, multi-dimensional deep feature mining, and a two-stage stacked ensemble model prediction framework. It showcased solid research foundations and cutting-edge innovative thinking, receiving high recognition from the competition judges. This award not only recognizes the individual capabilities of the two students but also serves as strong evidence of the high quality of talent cultivation in biomedical engineering at SJTU, highlighting the university's significant achievements in guiding students to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical application and fostering their international competitiveness.

Professor Tong Shanbao Receives IFMBE Outstanding Service Award

The official journal of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC), was established in 1963 and focuses on publishing frontier research in medical and biomedical engineering. Since July 2022, Tong Shanbao has served as its Editor-in-Chief, becoming the first Editor-in-Chief from China in the journal's history. The annual submission volume has exceeded 3,000 manuscripts, while the median time to first decision remains around one week, demonstrating an efficient and rigorous editorial and review process. In recognition of his outstanding contributions over the past three years to the operation management, enhancement of academic quality, and expansion of international influence of MBEC, for which he also received the 2025 Springer Nature "Award for Excellence in Editorship," the IFMBE presented him with a Federation Outstanding Service Award. At this IUPESM congress, Tong Shanbao chaired the IFMBE Journals Session and delivered a keynote report on "How to write a scientific paper," which attracted significant attention from the audience.

Professor Xu Xuemin Receives High Acclaim from IFMBE

Professor Xu Xuemin's distinguished academic achievements in the field of biomedical engineering and her outstanding contributions to international higher education are widely recognized. Having dedicated years to academic research, she has made significant breakthroughs, particularly in the field of cancer therapy, successfully developing innovative multi-modal interventional immunotherapy technologies, providing new ideas and methods for addressing the global challenge of cancer treatment. In the realm of international higher education, she actively promotes cross-border and interdisciplinary educational cooperation and exchange, contributing to the cultivation of high-level talents with a global perspective. The high praise for Professor Xu Xuemin's academic excellence and educational contributions at this congress further enhances SJTU's reputation and influence in the fields of biomedical engineering academic research and international higher education.

Professor Li Bin Elected as Chair of IFMBE CED

During the congress, the IFMBE conducted elections for its new organizational structure, with its Clinical Engineering Division (CED) also holding concurrent elections. Recommended by the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering and subsequently elected by global committee vote, Professor Li Bin was successfully elected as the new Chair of the IFMBE CED. Notably, Professor Li Bin is the first Chair from Asia since the division's establishment and also becomes one of the two representatives from Mainland China on the new IFMBE Executive Council. This appointment not only recognizes Professor Li Bin's professional expertise and international influence in the field of clinical engineering but also marks a significant elevation of SJTU's international voice in biomedical engineering. It will provide opportunities for deeper involvement in international rule-making, development planning, and global collaboration within the biomedical engineering field, contributing "Chinese Wisdom" and "SJTU Strength" to advancing global clinical engineering.

In-depth Visit to the University of Adelaide Expands International Collaboration

During the congress, the SJTU delegation also made a special visit to the University of Adelaide and held working meetings with Vice President (External Engagement) Jessica Gallagher and Associate Vice Chancellor Lori Hocking. Both sides comprehensively reviewed the long-term achievements of their cooperation in education and research and held in-depth discussions on future collaboration directions, reaching several important consensus points. Vice President Gallagher warmly welcomed the delegation and detailed the University of Adelaide's latest progress in digital transformation and the integration of AI with teaching and learning. She mentioned that the University of Adelaide is currently in a process of university merger and clearly expressed the expectation to expand broader and deeper collaboration with SJTU post-merger, hoping to jointly achieve new leaps in education, scientific research innovation, and talent cultivation.

Professor Xu Xuemin expressed gratitude for the warm hospitality from the University of Adelaide and highly commended the existing cooperative outcomes between the two institutions. She further proposed expectations for deepening collaboration in areas such as student long-term and short-term exchange programs, research internships, joint seed funds, and dual-degree PhD programs, aiming to continuously consolidate the strategic partnership and jointly cultivate high-level talents with global vision and innovative capabilities. Through in-depth discussion, both sides agreed to designate energy, One Health, and biomedicine as key future collaborative areas, aiming to jointly address major global challenges in health and the environment and promote high-level, interdisciplinary, and cross-border research collaboration.

During the visit, the SJTU delegation also held thematic discussions with representatives from the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Professors Li Bin and Tong Shanbao engaged in in-depth exchanges with the external representatives based on their respective research fields and work experience, further enhancing mutual understanding and consensus for collaboration. Following the discussions, the delegation visited relevant laboratories and research facilities at the University of Adelaide, gaining detailed insights into the university's research progress and experimental conditions in biomedical engineering, which laid a solid practical foundation for advancing specific collaborative projects in the future.

The participation of the SJTU delegation in the 2025 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering comprehensively and multi-dimensionally demonstrated SJTU's internationalization and global academic influence in the field of biomedical engineering, from students winning international awards to professors receiving individual honors, and from experts assuming core leadership roles in international organizations to the university deepening international institutional collaboration. In the future, SJTU will continue to actively participate in global exchanges and cooperation in the biomedical engineering field with an open and inclusive attitude, contributing more to the innovative development of the field and the advancement of human health.