AUSTIN, Texas-Alafair Biosciences Inc., an emerging medical device company, announced today that it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market and sell its tendon product, VersaWrap™ Tendon Protector, in the US. VersaWrap™ Tendon Protector is an ultrathin, sutureless, bioresorbable… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. John Sheets who has been appointed as the new director of FDA’s premarket review office for devices. Sheets is a UF alumnus and a former UF BME external advisory board member. Prior to joining the FDA, Sheets… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. John Sheets who has been appointed as the new director of FDA’s premarket review office for devices. Sheets is a UF alumnus and a former UF BME external advisory board member. Prior to joining the FDA, Sheets… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce that 12 BME undergraduate students each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering! Alexa Regina Avecilla – Snelling Scholarship… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Lin Yang, associate professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering for his recent award of tenure! This recognition reflects Yang’s scholarly contributions to the discipline, the department and the institution. The tenure process… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Cherie Stabler, associate professor & associate chair for graduate studies in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering who has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS)… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Huabei Jiang, Pruitt Family Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, and BME Ph.D. student, Lei Yao, on the patent issuance of their technology, “Enhanced Image Reconstruction in Photoacoustic Tomography.” This patent describes… Read More
Dr. Carlos Rinaldi, senior associate chair of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been invited to present an overview of the field of nanomedicine and a summary of his research at the 2016 U.S. Kavli Frontiers… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to welcome Dr. Edward Phelps, who has recently accepted an assistant professor position! Phelps will join the department starting January 1, 2017, focusing his expertise on biomaterials, regenerative medicine and… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. David Gilland, associate professor and undergraduate coordinator in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, whose collaborative research was presented at the 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting. The paper entitled, “Performance… Read More