Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis, affects more than 30 million Americans. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “OA is caused by a breakdown of cartilage (the tissue that covers the ends of bones where they… Read More
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A team of biomedical engineering students are competing for the 2019 BMES Student Design Competition, sponsored by Medtronic. This year’s topic is Digital Imaging. BME team members include Altaful Amin, Justina Chan, Alexander Dluzneski, Youssef Elbanna, Marye Lee, Brian Nazareth,… Read More
Congratulations to Ryan J. Downey, postdoctoral associate, for being selected to receive the NIH Loan Repayment Program Award. Downey was funded through his project titled, Mobile Brain Imaging Assessment of Declining Mobility with Aging. This project aims to identify neural… Read More
The Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET has accredited the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering’s undergraduate program, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ABET accreditation assures… Read More
Thank you to everyone who attended the Fall Welcome Event this August! We had a successful event as there were great networking opportunities for the entire BME family (students, staff, faculty, affiliates, collaborators and supporters). Dr. Christine E. Schmidt, professor,… Read More
By: Doug Bennett A group of University of Florida researchers will use a new $5 million grant to develop a “pancreatic islet on a chip” — a platform that will allow them to more efficiently and effectively study Type 1… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to welcome Dr. Eric Fuller and Dr. May Mansy, who have recently accepted a lecturer position. Eric Fuller, Ph.D. B.S., Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2015 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering,… Read More
Congratulations to Tamara Ordonez Diaz, BME Ph.D. student, who has been selected to participate in the 2019 NextProf Pathfinder Workshop: Preparing the Next Generation of Scientific and Technological Leaders at the University of Michigan on Sept. 18-21, 2019. The intense… Read More
Congratulations to the following UF BME faculty on being selected to receive University of Florida Term Professorship awards: Dr. Kevin Otto, professor Dr. Blanka Sharma, assistant professor Dr. Cherie Stabler, professor This recognition is for excellence in teaching, research and… Read More