Graduate Student Appreciation Week is a chance for the university to give back to our amazing graduate student body for all of the work they do teaching, researching, and serving. During the week, graduate students will have the opportunity to… Read More
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BME student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; 1 Honorable Mention
BME student, Ella Hoogenboezem, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! These fellowships recognize and support exceptional graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees at accredited… Read More
UF BME students making a difference with children at Hand Camp
Each year campers ranging in ages from toddlers to eighth-grade head to Hand Camp for the annual signature networking event at Camp Crystal Lake in Starke, Florida, for adapted camp activates, networking and support groups and meaningful camaraderie. Generational Relief… Read More
Eight UF BME students selected as University Scholars for 2017-2018
Congratulations to Rachel DeNapoli, Michele Dill, Macartney Ewing, Jorge Figueras, Alexander Liptak, Olivia Liseth, María Inés van Olphen and Morgan Thomas who were recently selected as Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering University Scholars for 2017-2018! The University Scholars Program introduces… Read More
Dobson, Keselowsky and Gunduz selected to receive UF Term Professorships
Congratulations to the following UF BME faculty on being selected to receive a three-year University of Florida Term Professorship. • Dr. Jon Dobson, professor • Dr. Benjamin G. Keselowsky, associate professor & UFRF Professorship• Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, assistant professor This… Read More
Schmidt named President of AIMBE
Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D., professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair and Department Chair, has been named President of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Schmidt was inducted at AIMBE’s annual event held April 8-9, 2018 in Washington… Read More
Stryker ranked No. 19 among Fortune’s 2017 ‘Best Companies to Work For’
Congratulations to industry partner Stryker on being ranked as No. 19 on Fortune’s annual ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ list moving up two spots since 2016. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated… Read More
Bolch named to Federal Advisory Committee for Radiopharmaceutical Regulatory Approval
Congratulations to Dr. Wesley Bolch, BME professor and Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering associate dean for academic affairs, who was recently appointed to serve a 4-year term on the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee (MIDAC) of the Food and Drug… Read More
BME alum selected by the HWCOE as a 2017 Outstanding Young Alumni (OYA)
Congratulations to Dr. Justin Sanchez, Director of DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office and graduate of the UF BME program, who was selected by the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering as a 2017 Outstanding Young Alumni (OYA) of the University of Florida.… Read More
UF BME student featured on CGTN America
Congratulations to UF BME student, Evelyn Bracho-Sanchez, who was featured on CGTN America as a Hispanic woman in science. Evelyn is a Ph.D. candidate currently under the mentorship of Dr. Keselowsky, her focus has been the engineering of a cell… Read More