Category: BME News

Scientific Reports article UF Health News article, by Doug Bennet For UF Health video, please click here. In a hospital’s intensive care unit, doctors get a cascade of data about each patient’s condition that can be challenging to quickly organize and interpret. Now, University of Florida researchers have developed and successfully tested an artificial intelligence […]

UF Engineers solve 50+-year-old enzyme dissipation and distortion puzzle, opening the door to enzyme therapy for osteoarthritis, periodontal disease and, potentially, cancer A 50-year-old problem Since the 1960s, scientists have known that employing enzymes as drugs would afford new opportunities to treat diseases such as cancer, metabolic disorders, and autoimmunity. The body’s own ability to […]

Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor, was recently awarded a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Trailblazer R21 Award for assessing pain management in ICU patients. The under-assessment of pain response is one of the primary barriers to the adequate treatment of pain in critically ill patients and is associated with many negative outcomes […]

Congratulations to Dr. Mingzhou Ding, distinguished professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, who recently received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for 2018-2019. Ding’s mentoring philosophy is to design a research program that takes each student’s interest and prior educational background into consideration. He challenges and inspires his students to […]

Congratulations to the following UF BME faculty on being selected to receive a three-year University of Florida Term Professorship. •    Dr. Wesley E. Bolch, professor •    Dr. Gregory A. Hudalla, assistant professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow •    Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor This recognition is for excellence in teaching, research and service […]

Congratulations to Alexis Brake, Jonathan Charles, Fiona Cheung, Maximillian Diaz, Leyda Marrero, Tran Ngo, Yan Carlos Pacheco, Alexia Poulos and Julia Withrow who were recently selected as Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering University Scholars for 2019-2020! The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting world of academic research. […]