Congratulations to Dr. Blanka Sharma, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, who received a $1.23 million award from the Florida Department of Health James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program for her joint grant… Read More
Congratulations to BME graduate student, Shannon Brown, who was chosen as a Linda Hudson Scholarship Awardee at the Engineering Leadership Summit hosted in conjunction with the women of the Committee of 200. The Committee of 200 (C200) is an organization… Read More
Originally published by Alisson Clark, UF NEWS Shirley Pincus woke up in her hospital bed and waited for the pain. Years of failed surgeries had eroded her optimism. The pain always came back. A nerve block hadn’t helped. Amputating the… Read More
For the fifth year in a row, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has risen in the U.S. News & World Report’s national rankings. UF BME placed 15th among public school institutions in the U.S. News &… Read More
The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting world of academic research. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. A competition is help each spring within participating… Read More
Benjamin G. Keselowsky, associate professor and UFRF Professorship in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been invited to join the editorial board of the Journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (Nanomedicine: NBM). Keselowsky was selected by… Read More
The UF student chapter of the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) will be hosting its fifth annual Biomaterials Day on March 11, 2016 at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. This one-day symposium will include a keynote lecture and 4 invited talks… Read More
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a 2016 National Science Foundation Career Award. The NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is… Read More
Tissue-engineering techniques such as bioprinting could one day be used to create biological tissues for transplantation. Professor Yong Huang’s lab and their Tulane University collaborator have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of laser printing straight and Y-shaped tubes with and without… Read More
Two professors in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Engineering’s work has been highlighted in Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME). The goal of TBME is to publish original contributions in any area of biomedical engineering that report novel engineering… Read More