Category: BME News

Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2025 Art of Research Photo Contest. Thank you to all who submitted their images! This annual event celebrates the art of research through the eyes of BME faculty, staff and students. Judging was based on scientific […]

By: Grace Huff Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare, and at the heart of this transformation are foundation models (FMs), large-scale deep learning systems trained on massive datasets and a more general form of chatGPT beyond text. In their recent paper, A Comprehensive Survey of Foundation Models in Medicine accepted by IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (RBME), […]

Allison Campbell, a Ph.D. candidate in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship through the National Institutes of Health Neuromuscular Plasticity and Rehabilitation (NMPT) T32 Training Grant. Under the mentorship of Dr. Christine Schmidt, Campbell is advancing research focused on modulating the […]

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2024-2025 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards: Porras receives UF & Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Excellence Award for Assistant Professors Ana Maria Porras, Excellence Award for Assistant Professors Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Excellence Award: Ruogu Fang, Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award Walter Lee […]

Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024–25 University of Florida and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. Porras leads an interdisciplinary research program at the intersection of cell and tissue engineering, matrix […]

Walter Lee Murfee, Ph.D., professor and associate chair for undergraduate studies in the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2024–25 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership. Murfee’s leadership is defined by a deep commitment to student success, inclusive […]

We are thrilled to announce that two exceptional students from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering have been selected for the 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This highly competitive program supports outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral […]

On April 7th, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted a dynamic event that combined the energy of Undergraduate Research Day with the invaluable connections fostered by Industry Connect. Undergraduate Research Day served as a platform to spotlight the outstanding research projects undertaken by students throughout the academic year, while […]

Three of the 25 students recently inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame are biomedical engineering majors from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Alexis Boselli, Amit Sapir and Ashni Zaverchand have won UF’s top student honor. The Hall of Fame recognizes students […]

Alexis Boselli, a senior in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a 2025 inductee into the University of Florida Hall of Fame, the highest honor awarded to student leaders at UF. The UF Hall of Fame recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, scholarship, and service during their time […]