Category: BME News

On April 14, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted Undergraduate Research Day. Undergraduate Research Day is designed to showcase the quality of student research projects conducted during the academic year, as well as to inspire classmates in the biomedical engineering programs to pursue their research. We had thirty-six undergraduate […]

by Bridgette Welch National Biomechanics Day honors the breakthrough science of the 21st century. This global celebration was observed in the Florida Gym as an annual outreach event that brings together labs from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, College of Public Health and Health Professions, and the College of Health and Human Performance. The purpose […]

The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting academic research world. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. The University Scholars Program serves as an exceptional capstone to the academic careers of UF students. The program will consist of undertaking an entire […]

By Todd Taylor Three University of Florida investigators have earned Alzheimer’s Association grants for scientists working on new ideas in research of the neurodegenerative disease. The researchers’ projects were selected based on their potential to generate exciting new data and strategies. Dr. Williams Assessing the role of the APOE genotype in traumatic brain injury (TBI) […]

Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation recognizes and rewards a faculty member who has best demonstrated extraordinary innovation and creativity through their research or teaching portfolio and best exemplifies innovation and […]

Dr. Parisa Rashidi, associate professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership recognizes and rewards a faculty member who has best demonstrated extraordinary leadership within their department, the HWCOE, the […]

Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor, is now one of the many women on display in the Smithsonian Exhibit, an exhibit called “If Then, She Can,” honoring women trying to change the world. Porras is one of 12 Latinas featured in the exhibit. “My favorite part about the exhibit was interacting with Colombian and Latin […]

Congratulations to BME postdoc Eleana Manousiouthakis, Ph.D., on being awarded a Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE) postdoctoral fellowship funded through the McKnight Brain Institute. The BREATHE Training Program combines basic science and translational research to educate predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. She is one of nine trainees currently in the program. The BREATHE Training Program is allied with several prominent […]

Congratulations to professor and Integra LifeSciences professor Cherie Stabler, Ph.D., on being appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (JTERM). The multidisciplinary Journal published by Wiley focuses on the development of novel tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches to restore, maintain, or improve tissue or organ function. Stabler will work […]

Congratulations to BME undergrad student Marion Hagstrom and a team of seven students for winning the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) Global Prize at the 2022 Healthcare Hackathon. Health Hackathon 2022 is an innovation competition where talented and enthusiastic students gather to provide practical solutions for better healthcare. The theme for this year’s event […]