The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting academic research world. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. The University Scholars Program serves as an exceptional capstone… Read More

By Todd Taylor Three University of Florida investigators have earned Alzheimer’s Association grants for scientists working on new ideas in research of the neurodegenerative disease. The researchers’ projects were selected based on their potential to generate exciting new data and… Read More

Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation recognizes and rewards a faculty member who has best demonstrated… Read More

Dr. Parisa Rashidi, associate professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership recognizes and rewards… Read More

Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor, is now one of the many women on display in the Smithsonian Exhibit, an exhibit called “If Then, She Can,” honoring women trying to change the world. Porras is one of 12 Latinas featured… Read More

Congratulations to BME postdoc Eleana Manousiouthakis, Ph.D., on being awarded a Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE) postdoctoral fellowship funded through the McKnight Brain Institute. The BREATHE Training Program combines basic science and translational research to educate predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. She is one of… Read More

Congratulations to professor and Integra LifeSciences professor Cherie Stabler, Ph.D., on being appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (JTERM). The multidisciplinary Journal published by Wiley focuses on the development of novel tissue engineering and… Read More

Congratulations to BME undergrad student Marion Hagstrom and a team of seven students for winning the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) Global Prize at the 2022 Healthcare Hackathon. Health Hackathon 2022 is an innovation competition where talented and enthusiastic… Read More

Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor, Fixel Brain Mapping Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor and UF Term Professor, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. AIMBE Fellows represent the top 2% of… Read More