Congratulations to Dr. Kyle D. Allen who has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Skeletal Biology Structure and Regeneration [SBSR] study section for the NIH Center for Scientific Review. SBSR study section reviews applications involving basic… Read More
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Phelps receives nPOD Young Investigator Award
Dr. Edward Phelps, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected by the Network of Pancreatic Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) as the 2018 recipient of its Young Investigator Award. The award is presented annually… Read More
AxoGen Named Employee Engagement Best Practices Award Winner by DecisionWise International
February 27, 2018AxoGen Named Employee EngagementBest Practices Award Winner byDecisionWise International ALACHUA, Fla., Feb. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerves, today announced it has received… Read More
Total knee replacement linked to cognitive decline in certain older patients, UF study finds
An interdisciplinary team of UF researchers have found in a recent study that following total knee replacement, 23 percent of patients 60 years and older suffered decline of activity in at least one of three brain networks investigated, each related… Read More
Atkinson and Keselowsky awarded NIH T32 training grant for type 1 diabetes
Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky, UF BME professor and Dr. Mark Atkinson, UF professor, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, were awarded a new five-year T32 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) entitled, “Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Type 1 Diabetes and… Read More
Rashidi receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Parisa Rashidi, an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. Rashidi’s achievement will allow her to advance her exploration… Read More
Gunduz to present at the AAAS Annual Meeting
Assistant professor, Dr. Aysegul Gunduz will present “New Technologies Emerging from the BRAIN Initiative” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting on February 17, 2018, in Austin. TX. This meeting has been called the “largest… Read More
BME alumnus to speak at UF Biomaterials Day 2018
The UF student chapter of the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) will be hosting its seventh annual Biomaterials Day on February 23, 2018, at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. The theme this year is “Breaking Barriers in Biomaterials Research” to reflect… Read More
Keselowsky appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
Professor Benjamin G. Keselowsky has been appointed a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Biomaterials Science and Engineering. ACS Publications stand alongside Chemical Abstracts Services in supporting the their goal to be the most… Read More
BME student receives BHI and BSN travel award
Anis Davoudi, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) and the Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Student Travel Award for… Read More