Category: BME News

Tamara Ordonez Diaz, 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 to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) for her project titled, Integrating Biomechanics and Experimental Pain to Understand Compensatory Mechanisms in Symptomatic Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis. The prestigious fellowship […]

Dr. Christine E. Schmidt, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & BME Department Chair, recently announced changes to the department’s graduate leadership team.   The following appointment is effective August 16, 2022: Dr. Gregory Hudalla, associate professor, appointed to graduate coordinator Hudalla has a longstanding commitment to engineering leadership, both as an educator and researcher. His […]

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce our newest industry partner, Arthrex. Arthrex is a global leader in orthopedic surgical device design, research, manufacturing, and medical education. Arthrex develops and releases more than 1,000 new products and procedures yearly to advance minimally invasive orthopedics worldwide. Arthrex’s corporate headquarters is […]

Dr. Parisa Rashidi (PI), associate professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow and researchers awarded NIH NIA R21 grant to develop a new smartwatch-enabled symptom surveillance platform that will facilitate post-surgical care management. The proposed research can result in enhanced patient care workflow and early intervention, ultimately improving patient outcomes and decreasing healthcare costs […]

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted a celebration luncheon for the department’s summer undergraduate research interns. This internal Research Experience for Undergraduates program was created for our rising BME junior and senior undergraduate students. Students worked side-by-side with UF BME faculty and graduate students on active research projects and gained first-hand […]

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering held UF BME Field Day on July 28 to allow faculty, students and staff to connect and have a wellness activity break during the summer. The event was located on campus at Flavet Field and offered a place to relax and enjoy the outdoors. This is […]

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Furtney for receiving the 2022 Career Influencer Award. The University of Florida Career Influencer Awards celebrate the collaboration and innovation of our partners who have had an exceptional impact on career development and career engagements during the preceding academic year. As noted by her colleagues and students, “Dr. Furtney has been […]

Dr. Wesley Bolch and researchers were awarded an NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases program project grant for $10.7 million to conduct multiscale evaluations and to investigate mitigation of toxicities following internal radionuclide contamination. Wesley Bolch, PhD, (PI) Distinguished Progressor and UF Term Professor will lead the efforts for the University of Florida.  […]

UF News by Blake Trauschke The University of Florida is one of the best universities at moving new discoveries from the lab and into the real world through research commercialization and STEM graduates, according to a study by Heartland Forward. The report, “Research to Renewal: Advancing University Tech Transfer,” was produced by Heartland Forward, a […]

Summer 2022 UF Researchers Daniel Ferris, Ph.D., and Rachael Seidler, Ph.D., teamed up to bring more than 20 middle school students to campus this summer for a free, week-long summer camp aimed at empowering girls to explore neuroscience. Held July 18-22 in the Florida Gym, the camp brought sixth, seventh and eighth graders together for […]