Congratulations to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering departmental award winners! Award winners were selected based on submitted nomination materials and faculty CVs/teaching evaluations. Winners were recognized during the department’s annual Holiday Party! Congratulations to the following… Read More

UF News Article by: Michelle Koidin Jaffee and Todd Taylor New research published today shows that a form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain has the potential to predict whether people with a specific type of… Read More

Congratulations to Drs. Samuel Wu, Robert Cook, Ruogu Fang and UF collaborators on their $2.5 million NIH grant titled “Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium Biomedical Data Repository.” Dr. Samuel Wu (MPI, Associate Chair and Professor, Biostatistics) and Dr. Robert… Read More

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 10th Annual Pruitt Research Day! This successful virtual event included student talks, keynote speaker and poster presentations in celebration of the wonderful research being conducted in the department and the BME community.… Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Ivana Parker and Dr. Ana Maria Porras, who were selected as 2022 Global Fellows from the UF International Center. The International Center’s theme of learning without borders extends to our faculty and research community. Through the Global… Read More

By Doug Brown, UF Health Science Writer In the intensive care unit of the future, a patient’s pain level will be captured through visual cues such as body movement and facial expressions. Sensors will record head and limb movements, posture… Read More

By Todd Taylor Dr. Aysegul Gunduz Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D., an associate professor in University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was named the inaugural Fixel Brain Mapping Professor. The Lauren and Lee Fixel Foundation established the professorship… Read More

Thank you to those who participated in our annual Halloween contest! The panel of judges had a lot of fun walking around and seeing everyone’s creative ideas and we are excited to announce the winners! You can find event pictures… Read More

By Allison Logan A team of researchers at the University of Florida will explore ways to increase trustworthiness and interpretability of artificial machine learning in healthcare under a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The team will… Read More

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce that twenty-five BME undergraduate students each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Molares, Oriana Hilo, Sireen S Chan, Vanessa Richards, Tisana Joanna… Read More