Category: BME News

Dr. Christine Schmidt, known for her prominent contributions to biomaterials science and cellular/tissue engineering, has been elected a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). What the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine is to the Nation, ASEMFL is for the State of Florida. Individuals who are members of one of […]

Hyaluronic Acid Doped Liquid Metal Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Communication Restoration and Regeneration After Neurotmesis BME undergraduate student Keer Zhang and team members placed in the top 5 out of 187 for their proposed project, “Hyaluronic Acid Doped Liquid Metal Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Communication Restoration and Regeneration After Peripheral Neurotmesis” in the IgNITE Medical […]

On April 15, 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 sixteen undergraduate […]

Two J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering alumni have been recognized by the university in this year’s “40 under 40” awards, which honor outstanding young alumni whose achievements positively impact The Gator Nation® as they go greater in their communities and professions. Even though 2020 was a challenging year medically, economically and socially, […]

Congratulations to BME’s six outstanding students who have been selected for the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which recognizes exceptional students who are pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We are so proud of our students being honored with this prestigious award!  Leilani Astrab […]

Article: UF Health By: Michelle Jaffee BME researcher: Dr. Ruogu Fang University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early Parkinson’s disease or two related but distinct Parkinson’s-like syndromes under a new $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health announced […]

Congratulations to BME undergraduate student Sophia Saenz, who was selected to receive a 2021 Cato T. Laurencin Student Travel Fellowship through the Society For Biomaterials (SFB). This prestigious award is given to support undergraduate students of under-represented minorities in the field of biomaterials to attend the SFB Annual Meeting. Laurencin is a distinguished member of […]

Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, who has been invited to serve as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal Medical Image Analysis (Impact Factor = 11.148). Medical Image Analysis provides a forum for the dissemination of new research results in the field of medical and biological image analysis, with special emphasis on efforts […]

Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Term Fellow, and her team for receiving a $2.4 million RO1 grant from the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) for a collaborative project (Co-PI: Dr. Azra Bihorac) on “Intelligent Intensive Care Unit (I2CU): Pervasive Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Augmented […]

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 […]