Category: BME News

Received by the Atomic Bomb Survivors in 1945 Japan By, Dr. Wesley Bolch, Distinguished Professor   A little background of the discovery and immediate medical uses of ionizing radiation Ionizing radiation has been used in medical imaging and radiotherapy virtually since the time of its discovery.  In December of 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen announced details of […]

Ben Keselowsky, Ph.D., a professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF, and Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Surgery in the UF College of Medicine, are leading a three-year, $2.6M R01 project funded by the National Institute […]

Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang, who received tenure and promotion to associate professor effective August 2022. This recognition reflects Fang’s scholarly contributions to the discipline, the department, and the institution. The tenure process involves recommendation by the department, review by the Board of Trustees, and approval by the Dean. In 2017, Fang joined the department […]

Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D. candidate Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay and collaborators whose manuscript entitled, “Variational autoencoder provides proof of concept that compressing CDT to extremely low-dimensional space retains its ability of distinguishing dementia” was recently published in Scientific Reports. Abstract The clock drawing test (CDT) is an inexpensive tool to screen for dementia. In this […]

Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2019 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 […]

Congratulations to Dr. Kyle Allen, who has recently been named Associate Editor of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is the official journal of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). The journal is an international, fully peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal. The primary objective of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is to foster the cross-fertilization of findings from fundamental, clinical, and translational sciences […]

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Walter “Sebastian” Barrutia, who was awarded a Fellowship from the NIH T32 Neuromuscular Plasticity Program (NMPT). Barrutia studies under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Ferris in the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory. Barrutia is developing passive-elastic knee exoskeletons for gait augmentation and assistance. He has developed novel methods of testing and validating knee […]

Dr. Meghan C. Ferrall-Fairbanks, assistant professor, has been selected to receive support through the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI) KL2 Multidisciplinary Scholars Program. Ferrall-Fairbanks’ KL2 research project seeks to develop a mechanistic understanding of platinum-sensitivity in ovarian cancer and the impacts of the host on that sensitivity. Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic cancer, […]

Congratulations to Drs. Ivana Parker, assistant professor, and Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor, for being accepted to the 2022 Careers through Mentoring in Omics and Data for Early-stage Investigators (Career MODE) Program. The development of omics technologies and the most advanced data sciences has transformed every biomedical field and provides a limitless potential to understand […]

Congratulations to Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor, Fixel Brain Mapping Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor & UF Term Professor, and BME Ph.D. candidate Adrienne Widener, who are two of 16 honorees named to the University of Florida’s inaugural class of Gator Nation LeaDErshIp (DEI) Award winners, UF officials announced this week.  The DEI awards recognize […]