RECENTRE Tenure Tracker Arlene John wins TOPX Females to Follow Award 2025
Arlene John, assistant professor in the Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS) department of the Faculty of EEMCS (TechMed Centre, University of Twente), has been awarded the TOPX Females to Follow Award 2025 in the category Rising Star in Science. This honour places her among the most promising female researchers in the Netherlands and Belgium in the field of Life Sciences & Health.
The award was announced during the TOPX Summit on 13 November. It recognises her outstanding contributions to developing transparent, affordable and clinically deployable AI technologies with global impact on healthcare.
Arlene John: “Winning this award means a great deal to me. It reinforces to me that building explainable, accessible, and equitable algorithms for healthcare is not only scientifically important but deeply valued by our community. I view this recognition as motivation to continue on this path, pushing biomedical artificial intelligence towards a future where trust and transparency are central.”
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