Congratulations to Dr. Christine Schmidt, Distinguished Professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, on her election to the Board of Directors of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine… Read More
UF Biomedical Engineering Professor Publishes Research on BCG Vaccine’s Epigenetic Impact
Congratulations to Dr. Ivana Parker, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, for her groundbreaking research on the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which has been accepted for publication in the prestigious journal Molecular & Cellular… Read More
BME students selected as finalists for the BMES student design competition
A team of biomedical engineering students from the University of Florida earned national recognition as finalists in the prestigious 2024 BMES Student Design Competition, sponsored by Medtronic. This year’s competition focused on innovative solutions in four categories: mechanical/electrical, electrical/computer science,… Read More
UF Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives NIH Award to Uncover Microbiome’s Role in Tissue Health
Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded the NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) to advance her research into how the human… Read More
UF researchers go nano to ease osteoarthritis
Equipped with a cutting-edge nanoparticle imaging technology, federal funds and a quest to quash pain, researchers at the University of Florida are working to revolutionize osteoarthritis treatments. Central to the research is the Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) technology, a scanner… Read More
With an NIH Pioneer award, UF researcher targets common infection
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering News Armed with a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, University of Florida biomedical professor Ivana Parker, Ph.D., is targeting one of the most common – and dangerous – infections in women.… Read More
Cutright and Williams awarded NSF grant to support underrepresented faculty in engineering
The University of Akron News There are few things we encounter in our daily lives that have not been touched in some way by engineers. From bridges to clean water to mobile phones, we rely on engineers to create, design… Read More
Dr. Ruogu Fang and Ph.D. student Skylar Stolte Win Pioneering Research HiPerGator Award
Dr. Ruogu Fang, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, and Ph.D. student Skylar Stolte have been awarded the UF Pioneering Research HiPerGator Award for their innovative use of AI in high-fidelity whole-head segmentation of MRIs, aiming to… Read More
Jamal Lewis awarded UF Tech Licensing’s 2024 Invention of the Year for his breakthrough in brain disorder treatment
Dr. Jamal Lewis, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and his graduate student, Clinton Smith, have been honored with UF Tech Licensing’s 2024 Invention of the Year award for their pioneering drug delivery platform for brain disorder treatment. Selected by one… Read More
NIH Offers High Reward for UF High Risk Health Innovations
UF News The National Institutes of Health granted two University of Florida engineering professors with New Innovator Awards, securing research funding that could revolutionize invasive surgical implants and improve understanding for disease detection. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward research program,… Read More