The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has received the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) Diversity Lecture Award. The BMES Diversity Lecture Award honors an individual, project, organization, or institution for outstanding contributions to improving gender and racial… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang on her distinguished appointment as the President of the Women in MICCAI (WiM) Committee for the 2023-2025 term within the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Society. The core mission of the Women… Read More
UF BME is thrilled to welcome its newest addition to the faculty, Dr. Kuang Gong, who joins as an assistant professor this fall. Dr. Gong brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in medical imaging, deep learning, and data science,… Read More
Chloe Baratta, Ph.D. candidate in the Nichols 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 “Integrating Musculoskeletal and Data-Driven Modeling to Understand the… Read More
Dr. Daniel Ferris, Robert W. Adenbaum Professor, has earned the prestigious title of Fellow from the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). Among the nominees for the 2023 cohort, he stands out for his exceptional professional achievements, leadership, and invaluable service… Read More
Dr. Walter Lee Murfee was recently awarded an esteemed NIH R25 grant to sponsor an enriching summer clinical immersion experience for biomedical engineering students. The primary objective is to enhance the undergraduate learning journey by seamlessly integrating real-world clinical challenges… Read More
Congratulations to BME Ph.D. candidate Michele Dill for her paper titled “Generation and Characterization of Two Immortalized Dermal Fibroblast Cell Lines from the Spiny Mouse (Acomys),” which was published in the journal PLOS ONE. In her research, Michele generated the… Read More
We are pleased to announce and congratulate Distinguished Professor Dr. Wesley Bolch on his prestigious appointment as the Chair of the Radiation Therapeutics and Biology Study Section (RTB), Biology of Development and Aging Integrated Review Group (BDA) at the esteemed… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce five faculty members have received promotions effective July 1, 2023. The promotion process is a rigorous review of the faculty members’ clinical accomplishments; scholarship of teaching and… Read More
A recent study published in the renowned journal Nature Scientific Reports has shed light on the potential of the clock drawing test (CDT) as a reliable and affordable tool for diagnosing dementia. The groundbreaking research, led by Ph.D. candidate Sabyasachi… Read More