Article: UF Health By: Michelle Jaffee BME researcher: Dr. Ruogu Fang University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early Parkinson’s disease or two related but distinct… Read More
Congratulations to BME undergraduate student Sophia Saenz, who was selected to receive a 2021 Cato T. Laurencin Student Travel Fellowship through the Society For Biomaterials (SFB). This prestigious award is given to support undergraduate students of under-represented minorities in the… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, who has been invited to serve as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal Medical Image Analysis (Impact Factor = 11.148). Medical Image Analysis provides a forum for the dissemination of new research… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Term Fellow, and her team for receiving a $2.4 million RO1 grant from the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) for a collaborative project (Co-PI: Dr.… Read More
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: Smit Patel, Ph.D. candidate in the Stabler Laboratory Smit Patel, Ph.D. candidate within the Stabler laboratory has recently published his lead-author paper in the journal Science Advances titled, Organoid Microphysiological System Preserves Pancreatic Islet Function within 3D Matrix. This… Read More
Dr. Meghan C. Ferrall-Fairbanks, assistant professor, was recently selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (GAFOE) 2021. The symposium will take place virtually March 17-19, 2021, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.… Read More
The Washington Post By Elizabeth Anne Brown Forget the soul — it turns out the eyes may be the best window to the brain. Changes to the retina may foreshadow Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and researchers say a picture of… Read More
Congratulations to BME undergraduate student, Gianna Sweeting, for being selected as a Fernandez Family Scholar by the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering for her excellent progress and interest in research and graduate studies. Her research focuses on multi-scale neuroimaging modeling… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Cherie Stabler, who received a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) grant for her project, Engineering Bioactive Retrievable 3D Scaffolds for Improving Islet Transplantation. The development of treatment options for insulin-dependent diabetics that provide a highly regulated glucose-sensing… Read More