Category: BME News

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 […]

We will update this throughout March! Check back to see what inspires our faculty, students and staff! Faculty contributions: Dr. Wesley Bolch’s article published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology, is a feature on women in the field of radiobiology. “The enduring legacy of Marie Curie: impacts of radium in 21st century radiological and […]

Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor, Fixel Brain Mapping Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor and UF Term Professor, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. AIMBE Fellows represent the top 2% of medical and biological engineers, who are recognized for their contributions to engineering and medical research, […]

UF News By Jill Pease University of Florida researchers joined forces with scientists at NVIDIA, UF’s partner in its artificial intelligence initiative, and the OpenACC organization to significantly accelerate brain science as part of the Georgia Tech GPU Hackathon held last month. The hackathon is designed to help computational scientists and researchers optimize their applications. […]

Congratulations to Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks, Ph.D., assistant professor, for having a collaborative group paper accepted in Cancer Research titled, Quantification of T- and B-cell immune receptor distribution diversity characterizes immune cell infiltration and lymphocyte heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. The collaborative team from the University of Florida, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of […]

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Furtney, Instructional Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator, for receiving the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award for 2021-2022. Undergraduate Teacher of the Year is awarded to faculty who excel in the classroom. On the very first day of the semester, Furtney tells her students that she […]

UF News: by Jill Pease With advancements in HIV treatments, people with HIV are living longer. More than half of Americans with HIV are now over age 50. Yet with longer lives comes an additional health concern. As people living with HIV age, about half will experience some sort of cognitive decline. Now, with the […]