Month: March 2019

Dr. Jennifer A. Nichols, assistant professor, has been selected to receive support through the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI) KL2 Multidisciplinary Scholars Program.  Nichols’ KL2 research project seeks to identify the biomechanical, neuromuscular, and somatosensory mechanisms that contribute to the symptomology of carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC OA). CMC OA is a degenerative disease that […]

Congratulations to Robert Eisinger, an M.D.-Ph.D. student pursuing his doctoral work in Dr. Aysegul Gunduz’ lab, who received an NIH F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Service Award Predoctoral Dual-Degree Fellowship. The purpose of the F30 program is to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students, who intend careers as clinician-scientists. Eisinger […]

Dr. Blanka Sharma, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award Winner. Sharma’s achievement will allow her to develop biomaterials and engineering approaches to understand and direct immune responses in both cancer and tissue regeneration. This […]

Congratulations to BME Ph.D. candidate, Shaheen Farhadi, who received a Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) Award from the Society for Biomaterials for his abstract titled, “Locally Anchoring Proteins to Target Tissues via Fusion to Galectin-3.” Farhadi, under the guidance of Drs. Gregory A. Hudalla and Benjamin G. Keselowsky, has developed a strategy to anchor biotherapeutic […]

Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student, Zhenhong Hu, for receiving the Outstanding International Student Award by the UF International Center. Hu’s advisor is Dr. Mingzhou Ding and his research interests are in the field of cognitive neuroscience. His work focuses on applying multimodal imaging and quantitative engineering approaches to study the neural mechanisms underlying the individual […]

Scientific Reports article UF Health News article, by Doug Bennet For UF Health video, please click here. In a hospital’s intensive care unit, doctors get a cascade of data about each patient’s condition that can be challenging to quickly organize and interpret. Now, University of Florida researchers have developed and successfully tested an artificial intelligence […]

UF Engineers solve 50+-year-old enzyme dissipation and distortion puzzle, opening the door to enzyme therapy for osteoarthritis, periodontal disease and, potentially, cancer A 50-year-old problem Since the 1960s, scientists have known that employing enzymes as drugs would afford new opportunities to treat diseases such as cancer, metabolic disorders, and autoimmunity. The body’s own ability to […]

Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor, was recently awarded a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Trailblazer R21 Award for assessing pain management in ICU patients. The under-assessment of pain response is one of the primary barriers to the adequate treatment of pain in critically ill patients and is associated with many negative outcomes […]

Congratulations to Dr. Mingzhou Ding, distinguished professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, who recently received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for 2018-2019. Ding’s mentoring philosophy is to design a research program that takes each student’s interest and prior educational background into consideration. He challenges and inspires his students to […]

Congratulations to the following UF BME faculty on being selected to receive a three-year University of Florida Term Professorship. •    Dr. Wesley E. Bolch, professor •    Dr. Gregory A. Hudalla, assistant professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow •    Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor This recognition is for excellence in teaching, research and service […]