UF News, Eric Hamilton You join a swing dance class, and at first you’re all left feet. But – slowly, eyes glued to the teacher – you pick up a step or two and start to feel the rhythm of… Read More
How our brains learn new athletic skills fast
UF Ph.D. students bring precision and perspective to AI initiative
By Dave Schlenker Athletes Mollie Brewer and Kevin Childs know high performance is more than sprints and straight-aways. Brewer is an accomplished cyclist who now assists cycling teams. Childs was a collegiate swimmer who now competes in triathlons. Both are… Read More
Four faculty members receive promotions for 2024-25
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce five faculty members have received promotions effective July 1, 2024. The promotion process is a rigorous review of the faculty members’ clinical accomplishments; scholarship of teaching and… Read More
BME Ph.D. Student Awarded Prestigious McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce that Jai Raccioppi, a Ph.D. student in the Williams lab, has been awarded the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship (MDF). This prestigious fellowship, allocated by the Florida Education Fund… Read More
BME Ph.D. candidate awarded NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
Taylor Lansberry, Ph.D. candidate in the Stabler lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project titled “Engineering a Multi-Therapeutic, 3D-Printed Scaffold for Local Immunoprotection… Read More
Williams appointed as Standing Member of BNVT Study Section
Dr. Lakiesha Williams, professor and associate chair for graduate studies, has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Bioengineering of Neuroscience, Vision Technologies Study Section (BNVT). This appointment recognizes Dr. Williams’ expertise and contributions to bioengineering and… Read More
Ph.D. student awarded prestigious USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Bryce Shirk, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, who has been awarded the prestigious USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Predoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship will… Read More
Ph.D. student recognized as a Rising BME Scholar at the 2024 Rising Scholars Conference
We are thrilled to announce that Ph.D. student Grace Lowor has been recognized as a Rising BME Scholar at the 2024 Rising Scholars Conference. This prestigious event will be held at the University of Illinois Chicago from June 19 to… Read More
Ferris named UF Research Foundation Professor
Dr. Daniel Ferris, the Robert W. Adenbaum Professor in Engineering Innovation at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, is among the University of Florida’s (UF) most productive and promising researchers named to the 2024 cohort of UF… Read More
The University of Florida Human Neuromechanics Laboratory shines at the MOBI Awards 2024 with two prestigious wins
The University of Florida’s Human Neuromechanics Laboratory, led by Dr. Daniel Ferris, is celebrating a significant achievement in mobile brain imaging. Two researchers from the lab, Chang Liu, Ph.D., and Noelle Jacobsen, Ph.D., have been honored with the prestigious Mobile… Read More