Category: BME News

Clinton Smith, Ph.D. candidate in the Lewis Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) F31 Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled “Cryptococcal nanotherapy: Engineering a novel fungus-based platform for improved drug delivery to the central nervous system.” The prestigious fellowship provides tuition, stipend and educational […]

Jessica E. Molina, an MD/PhD student and current PhD candidate in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab under Dr. Jennifer Nichols, has received a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship (Parent F30) for her project, “Identifying Phenotypes in Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis through Pain, Biomechanics, and Machine Learning Analyses.” Carpometacarpal osteoarthritis […]

  We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Roza Vaez Ghaemi to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida as an instructional assistant professor beginning in fall 2025. In this role, she will lead the cell and tissue coursework, mentor the next generation of biomedical engineers and help shape […]

Two research teams from the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering (UF BME) have been selected as recipients of the 2025 UF Innovate Innovation Fund. Each team will receive $50,000 to advance technologies with strong potential for commercialization and clinical impact. The UF BME projects represent two of the three […]

Dr. Gregory Hudalla of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has been promoted to professor in recognition of his impactful contributions to the university, the field and society. This milestone reflects his dedication to research, service and the education of future engineers. Congratulations, Dr. Hudalla!

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 […]