Category: BME News

Dr. Ruogu Fang and collaborators have secured a significant National Science Foundation grant for their project, “NCS-FO: Brain-Inspired Goal-Oriented and Bidirectional Deep Emotion Inference.” This pioneering initiative at the intersection of neuroscience and AI will explore groundbreaking advancements in both fields by building neuroscience-informed, brain-inspired AI systems to sense emotion as the human brain does. […]

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Damea Pham for her recent selection as a T32 Fellow for the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Program. Pham studies under the supervision of Dr. Cherie Stabler. Her doctoral research explores elevating the efficacy of clinical […]

Jessica Aldrich, Ph.D. candidate in the Sharma and OrthoBME labs, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project “Manganese dioxide as a nanozyme to mitigate oxidative stress in osteoarthritis.” The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. Aldrich’s […]

UF News University of Florida faculty conducted a record $1.25 billion in research in fiscal year 2023, a nearly 15% increase over 2022. One year after exceeding $1 billion in research expenditures for the first time, teams of UF faculty across the institution added another $160 million to the total. This year’s success was due […]

Department Chair Dr. Cherie Stabler recently announced changes to the department’s leadership team. Dr. Kevin Otto will be stepping down as Senior Associate Chair. He would like to now focus his time on his research and other service/administrative roles/endeavors. Dr. Otto served as an advisor to the Chair and was responsible for all matters related […]

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 diversity in biomedical engineering. The award is given for a broad range of activities, including […]

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 in MICCAI (WiM) Committee is to fortify and amplify the presence of female scientists within […]

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, which is expected to significantly contribute to the advancement of research and education in the […]

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 Biomechanical Sequelae of Syndesmotic Repair”. The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. […]

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 to the ASB. An ASB member since 1995, Dr. Ferris was previously honored with the […]