Category: BME News

Amit Sapir, a senior in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a 2025 inductee into the University of Florida Hall of Fame, the highest honor awarded to student leaders at UF. The UF Hall of Fame recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, scholarship, and service during their time […]

Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the 2025 UF Center for Teaching Excellence Rising Star Award. This recognition highlights Porras’ commitment to innovative, student-centered education and her dedication to fostering global learning experiences. Porras leads the Tissue-Microbe Interaction Lab at […]

By Megan Howard Twelve times a day for 14 years – starting at 3 a.m. – Cameron Crouse checked his blood sugar with finger pricks from a glucometer. Diagnosed a month shy of his third birthday with type 1 diabetes in 2003, Crouse said administering 12 pricks a day became second nature. But for many […]

Walter Lee Murfee, Ph.D., professor and associate chair for undergraduate studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The honor places Murfee among the top 2% of medical and biological engineers recognized for pioneering contributions […]

Scott Carter / Senior Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida men’s basketball team thrilled Gator Nation last weekend by winning three games in three days to claim the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship for the first time in more than a decade. The Gators earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and by virtue […]

Ashni Zaverchand, a senior in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a 2025 inductee into the University of Florida Hall of Fame, the highest honor awarded to student leaders at UF. The UF Hall of Fame recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, scholarship, and service during their time […]

Karen Mancera Azamar, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Basic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (BMID) T32 Training Grant. She is conducting her research under the mentorship of Dr. Ana Maria […]

Skylar Stolte, a Ph.D. candidate in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a recipient of the UF Association for Academic Women’s (AAW) Emerging Scholar Award. Stolte conducts her research in the Smart Medical Informatics Learning and Evaluation (SMILE) Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Ruogu Fang. The AAW Emerging […]

Ivana Parker, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been named a Keystone Symposia Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding early-career scientists. The Keystone Symposia Fellows Program is a yearlong initiative designed to provide postdoctoral researchers and early-career scientists with the support, […]

By: Yelaine Aguilar If you ask an elementary schooler who attended the UF Biomedical Engineering STEM Outreach Day to explain what a brain looks like, he or she might compare the skull to an Oreo, the blood to Jello and the dura mater to red candy strips. The candy brain was one of many activities […]