Category: BME News

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 learning; research; and service to the university, society and the profession. Their contributions are greatly […]

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 Bandyopadhyay from the intelligent Health Lab (i-Heal), uses a deep learning model called the relevance […]

Collaborative Effort Unveils Promising Breakthrough in Psoriasis Treatment: Advanced Fusion Protein Enzymes Target Chronic Inflammation with Reduced Side Effects Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky (PI), Dr. Gregory Hudalla (Co-I), and their collaborators have received a $3.8M grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The grant aims to address the problem of psoriasis, a […]

Congratulations to Matthew Becker, Ph.D., on his first author paper titled, Immune Engineered Extracellular Vesicles to Modulate T Cell Activation in the Context of Type 1 Diabetes, being published in Science Advances. Dr. Matthew Becker, postdoctoral fellow, and Dr. Edward Phelps, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, along with […]

Congratulations to Drs. David Clark, Ruogu Fang and UF collaborators at the University of Florida (UF) on receiving their NIH R01 grant titled “Cognitively engaging walking exercise and neuromodulation to enhance brain function in older adults.” Dr. David Clark (PI), an associate professor in the College of Medicine, and Dr. Ruogu Fang, an associate professor […]

Congratulations to Dr. Blanka Sharma and collaborators for receiving an NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases grant for her project titled “ROS scavenging nanoparticles for mitigating oxidative stress in osteoarthritis”. The team of investigators includes Dr. Kyle Allen (BME), Dr. Terrence Ryan (Applied Physiology and Kinesiology), and Dr. Hari Parvataneni (Orthopedic […]

Chris Ludtka, a Ph.D. candidate in the Josephine Allen Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled, Sex-Specific Angiogenic Responses of Vascular Cells to Simulated Microgravity. The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. The award is intended […]

Doctoral student Ta-Tyonna Buck from Dr. Williams’ Lab has been accepted to attend the NeuroPixels & Openscope Workshop at the Allen Institute in Seattle, Washington. Buck will have the opportunity to work with other top scientists and researchers in the field of neuroscience and develop her skills in state-of-the-art neural circuitry and live cell imaging […]

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has selected Dr. Cherie Stabler as the new chair of the J. Crayton Family Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Stabler, Ph.D., is the Integra LifeSciences & UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professor in BME. She will succeed Dr. Christine Schmidt, who led the department since 2013. Professor Stabler received her […]

Drs. Gregory Hudalla, Benjamin Keselowsky, and team members have a new paper published in the high-profile interdisciplinary research journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. The paper is entitled, Suppression of local inflammation via galectin-anchored indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Current treatments for chronic inflammation, such as glucocorticoids and biologic immunosuppressive drugs, can lead to serious adverse effects and require life-long […]