Julieth Gómez, BME student in the Brain Mapping Lab, was awarded the 2020-21 Diversity Enhancement Award from the UF Office of Graduate Diversity Initiatives. Julieth is from Colombia and is a Fulbright Scholar who is finishing her M.S. and starting… Read More
Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D., known for her prominent contributions to biomaterials science and cellular/tissue engineering, has been chosen as a 2020 inductee into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Schmidt, professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & BME Department Chair,… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has achieved its highest-ever position in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nations’ top biomedical engineering graduate programs. UF BME rose in rank to No. 13,… Read More
Congratulations to UF BME professors, Drs. Kevin Otto, Lakiesha Williams, Carlos Rinaldi and Wesley Bolch, who were elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows! Representing a select group of the top two percent of… Read More
Congratulations to Wesley Bolch, Ph.D., who received the 2019-2020 UF Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award from the UF Graduate School. The UF Graduate School’s annual Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award encourages and rewards excellence, innovation and effectiveness in mentoring doctoral and Master… 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. The University Scholars Program serves as an exceptional… Read More
Deanna Bousalis, Ph.D. candidate in the Schmidt Lab, received a 4-year $300K National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for her project titled, Creating Hydrogel Tissue Mimics to Better Understand Congenital… Read More
For Immediate Release Carol Hall hall@ncsu.edu919.604.4383 Anant Paravastu anant.paravastu@chbe.gatech.edu404.385.4604 Greg Hudalla ghudalla@bme.ufl.edu352.273.9326 Matt Shipman matt_shipman@ncsu.edu919.515.6386 A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ordered row of alternating peptides, and has also… Read More
Stephanie Cernera, Ph.D. candidate in the Brain Mapping Lab, received a 4-year $300K National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for her project titled, Wearable-Sensor Driven Responsive Deep Brain Stimulation for… Read More
Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student, Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez, who was selected to participate in the 2020 St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS). Rivera-Rodríguez is one of 38 students selected from over 1,500 by a faculty review committee for the 2020… Read More