The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce the awardees of the Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Fellowships to recognize talented junior faculty! Congratulations to: Dr. Edward Phelps, assistant professor Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor Dr.… Read More
Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2019 Art of Research Photo Contest. Thank you to all who submitted their images! This annual event celebrates the art of… Read More
Anis Davoudi, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded a 2020 MCI Symposium Young Investigator Travel Scholarship to attend the 18th Annual Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium. Davoudi is a Ph.D. student under… Read More
Congratulations to UF BME Ph.D. candidates, Jiapu Liang and Robert Accolla, who won presentation awards at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) annual meeting. A team from the Student and Young Investigator Section (SYIS) visited the top… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Wesley Bolch, professor, who recently received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for 2019-2020. The Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award recognizes excellence, innovation and effectiveness in doctoral student advising and mentoring. Bolch will be… Read More
Cherie Stabler, Ph.D., professor, and Jennifer Nichols, Ph.D., assistant professor, have been named an Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree from the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for being inspiring & influential to students. The award is named after James N.… Read More
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
Dr. Jon Dobson, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific… Read More
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 8th Annual Pruitt Research Day! This successful event included a full day of student talks, keynote speaker and poster presentations in celebration of the wonderful research being conducted in the department and… Read More
UF BME sophomore, Julie Mallinger, and UF team members won a silver medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition. The UF iGEM team selected the Synthetic Cellular Recorders Integrating Biological Events (SCRIBE) System because it gives amateur microbiologists… Read More