Category: BME News

Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student Peng Liu (SMILE Lab), who received the Best Abstract Award (undergraduate and graduate level) at the Montreal AI & Neuroscience (MAIN) conference. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, Liu was mentored by Dr. Ruogu Fang and Dr. Mingzhou Ding. Liu presented his research on deep neural network model for perceiving emotions in affective […]

Congratulations to Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., professor and department chair, who was awarded the 2021 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society – Americas Chapter (TERMIS–AM) Commercialization/Innovation Award. Schmidt was nominated by Cherie Stabler, Ph.D., professor and Integra Lifesciences Term Professor, who stated the following: Throughout her academic tenure, Dr Schmidt’s has made substantial and original […]

Congratulations to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering departmental award winners! Award winners were selected based on submitted nomination materials and faculty CVs/teaching evaluations. Winners were recognized during the department’s annual Holiday Party! Congratulations to the following outstanding BME faculty, staff and students! UF BME Faculty Research Excellence Award: Ruogu Fang, Ph.D. […]

UF News Article by: Michelle Koidin Jaffee and Todd Taylor New research published today shows that a form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain has the potential to predict whether people with a specific type of early memory loss will go on to develop a form of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. […]

Congratulations to Drs. Samuel Wu, Robert Cook, Ruogu Fang and UF collaborators on their $2.5 million NIH grant titled “Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium Biomedical Data Repository.” Dr. Samuel Wu (MPI, Associate Chair and Professor, Biostatistics) and Dr. Robert Cook (MPI, Professor of Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine) will lead the research team to […]

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 10th Annual Pruitt Research Day! This successful virtual event included student talks, keynote speaker and poster presentations in celebration of the wonderful research being conducted in the department and the BME community. We hold our celebration near the birth date of Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt Sr. whose […]

Congratulations to Dr. Ivana Parker and Dr. Ana Maria Porras, who were selected as 2022 Global Fellows from the UF International Center. The International Center’s theme of learning without borders extends to our faculty and research community. Through the Global Fellows Program, UF faculty can kick-start their international research program. A seed grant of $5,000 […]

By Doug Brown, UF Health Science Writer In the intensive care unit of the future, a patient’s pain level will be captured through visual cues such as body movement and facial expressions. Sensors will record head and limb movements, posture and mobility. Other monitors will detect and adjust light and noise levels to optimal levels. […]

By Todd Taylor Dr. Aysegul Gunduz Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D., an associate professor in University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was named the inaugural Fixel Brain Mapping Professor. The Lauren and Lee Fixel Foundation established the professorship with a $1 million gift to support a faculty member focused on brain mapping and […]

Thank you to those who participated in our annual Halloween contest! The panel of judges had a lot of fun walking around and seeing everyone’s creative ideas and we are excited to announce the winners! You can find event pictures here.   Best Individual Costume Winner: Blanca Ostmark               […]